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Date:	Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:21:36 -0000
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* Marc Compere (Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:27:31 +0000 (UTC))
> The recent setup.exe update has caused bash.exe to have startup times approx. 
> 10x longer than before.  sh.exe starts pretty quickly but bash.exe via 
> cygwin.bat takes ~30 seconds to start.  Took just a couple of seconds before.  
> Cpu is nowhere near pinned, hovering around 3% or 5%.
> 
> Each bash process spawn from within bash takes a long time as well 
> making ./configure and make take a lot longer than before.
> 
> Similar problem here: http://www.nabble.com/Slow-compile-issue-with-cygwin-
> make-since-v1.5.17-t3235008.html
> 
> Interestingly enough, sh.exe spawns relatively quickly.

Now, that's really interesting as bash and sh are exactly the same 
file...


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