From: jeffdbREMOVETHIS AT goodnet DOT com (jeffdb) Subject: Re: Win 95 troubles 7 Nov 1998 08:38:26 -0800 Message-ID: <3642c02b.242153.cygnus.gnu-win32@mail.goodnet.com> References: <852566B2 DOT 006FAACE DOT 00 AT us DOT ibm DOT com> Reply-To: jeffdbREMOVETHIS AT goodnet DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: marc_auslander AT us DOT ibm DOT com, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com in config.sys msdos.sys or autoexec.bat set CYGWIN= tty other_options NOTE the SPACES this avoids a 2 off count bug in the CYGWIN variable handeling don't start bash from a .bat file, or the command.com prompt start it directly by double clicking or via a shortcut, this avoids some of the 16 bit code in user.exe that causes hangs. don't use spaces in your %path% ie. use progra~1 instead of Program Files On Wed, 4 Nov 1998 15:27:35 -0500, you wrote: >Doing a large make on Windows 95 Rel 1, I'm seeing hard hangs and also: > >[main] C:\BIN\BASH.EXE 1228 (0) sig_send: wait for sig_complete event >failed, sig -3, rc 258, error 288 >[main] BASH 1228 (60) sig_send: wait for sig_complete event failed, sig -3, > rc 258, error 288 >[main] BASH 1228 (60) sig_send: wait for sig_complete event failed, sig -3, > rc 258, error 288 > >[main] BASH 1228 (0) sync_with_child: child -196699(0x26) died before >initialization with status code 0x1 >[main] BASH 1228 (0) sync_with_child: *** child state child loading dlls >/kitchawan/anchor/share/stubgen/stubgen: fork: No more processes > >I am as sure as I can be that I am NOT trying to run a parallel make. The >failures occur inside a relatively long bash script which runs a number of >executables including some compiles. But it runs everything one at a time. > >Is there a known problem with bash not waiting till a program finishes >reliably? > >(The same make works correctly on NT. But NT doesn't support my laptop >very well so ...) > > > >Marc Auslander 914 945-4346 (Fax x4425) > > >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".