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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:32:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: confirmation of 1.1.5(0.29/3/2) 2000-10-16 build
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--- Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 10:52:27AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> >Much improved processing.  I was able to build without incident.  CPU usage
> >still high but not constantly so that other processes can respond
> >interactively.  I was unable to cause the bash exiting problem with this
> build.
> > I have *not* updated my bash and ash with Corinna's new fixes as I didn't
> want
> >that variable to enter into the results.  Timing results:
> >
> >        Command being timed: "ls --color -l /bin"
> >        User time (seconds): 0.09
> >        System time (seconds): 0.22
> >        Percent of CPU this job got: 11%
> >        Elapsed (wall clock) time (h:mm:ss or m:ss): 0:02.62
> >
> >/bin is mounted
> >  d:\Cygwin-1.1\bin   /usr/bin            user         binmode,cygexec
> >  d:\Cygwin-1.1\bin   /bin                user         binmode,cygexec
> 
> Strange.  I just duplicated the problem ten minutes ago.  I wasn't
> really expecting it, of course.  I'm feverishly trying to cause it to
> fail again.  One thing that I noticed is that the bash command prompt
> was returning prior to command execution.  That's usually an indication
> of something being screwed up in the 'exec()' code.  Coincidentally
> enough, that's what I've been working on for the last several months
> "in my spare time".
> 

Hmm... you break it for you and it works better for everybody else.  I do admit
that the exiting appears to be very sporadic.

> I'm obviously doing something to improve things, though.  I wish I knew
> what...
> 

Definately improved.

> AFAICT, 1.1.5 is still as much as 18% slower than 1.1.4.  I don't know
> when this happened.  I'm tracking this down, too.
> 

I didn't see this.

> Have you timed the build with 1.1.4 vs.  1.1.5, Earnie?  I suspect that
> you'll see slower execution?
> 

Yes, I actually did the build with 1.1.4, installed the resultant cygwin1.dll
and then redid the build.  It really seemed faster with 1.1.5.  I suppose I'll
have to time the make.

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com

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