Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Sensitivity: Subject: Re: Win2k and cygwin memory leak To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: From: Brian DOT Kelly AT Empireblue DOT com Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 22:07:08 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-WSS-ID: 132DD9D6428849-01-03 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ---------------------- Forwarded by Brian Kelly/WTC1/Empire on 08/07/2003 10:07 PM --------------------------- Brian Kelly 08/07/2003 10:06 PM To: "Luc Hermitte" cc: Subject: Re: Win2k and cygwin memory leak (Document link: Brian Kelly) *You're Welcome* For it *I* the *clueless* (cfg's pet name for me) one who has brought the gift of RAMpage to the cygwin world. (Many thanks to J. Fitz who wrote it!). I will post in a couple of days a perl script that you can then use with cron and RAMpage that will enable you to use Cygwin "reboot free". As it "ought" to be. Brian Kelly "Luc Hermitte" @cygwin.com on 08/07/2003 09:44:11 PM Sent by: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com cc: (bcc: Brian Kelly/WTC1/Empire) Subject: Re: Win2k and cygwin memory leak * On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 03:24:26PM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > It has already been acknowledged several times over that it is not a > problem of Cygwin's rather a problem of Windows. I think we all agree to that. But unfortunatelly, so far, only Cygwin seems affected by that problem. Hence, every now and then, the question will be asked on this list. Because this is an extremly annoying bug that we have very little chance to run into if we are not using Cygwin. I guess cygwin is using a library not always correctly implemented. "Isn't there any workaround cygwin could use ? " is a typical question for many of us. > What else do you want? Personnally, I hope, as the question will be raised again and again, that an expertise will emerge. Just knowing why there is a problem will be a big step ahead -- ie: which library/service pack/... is faulty. This time, someone told us about a freeware that collects "forgotten" memory. Many thanks to him! If, thanks to this program, I will be able to run ./configure for mutt or run my computer for more than 2 days (or 2 hours) without the need to reboot ... you have no idea of how glad I will be. That kind of answer is want we expect. That is not a definitive bug fix, but a possible workaround. BTW, if this program is an effective workaround, I think this will merit a topic in the FAQ. > When you cluelessly continue to assert that it's a Cygwin memory leak > is exactly where is leads down the path to character assassinations. Could we say that cygwin relies on a faulty library developped by Microsoft ? And that nobody has identified the faulty library ? -- Luc Hermitte PS: don't mistake me, Cygwin is a wonderful project. And I thank people like Christopher who work so hard on it. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ "WellChoice, Inc." made the following annotations on 08/07/2003 10:09:35 PM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Attention! This electronic message contains information that may be legally confidential and/or privileged. The information is intended solely for the individual or entity named above and access by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Release/Disclosure Statement -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/