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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:25:00 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Win64 users, please test snapshot (was Re: cygwin on win x64)
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On Aug 15 14:09, Oliver Walsh wrote:
> 
> > On Aug 13 16:37, Frank Spies wrote:
> > > i have the same problem with the cygwin install spawning 1000s of
> > > processes on win x64 reported in a post on 28 july ..
> > >
> > > i did not see anybody responding with a fix or a workaround
> > > does anybody have an idea how to get cygwin up and running on win
> x64 ?
> > 
> > I've applied a potential fix to Cygwin.  Could you (and others using
> > a 64 bit Windows) please test the latest Cygwin snapshot 2005-Aug-14
> > from http://www.cygwin.com/snapshots/
> > 
> > Report back if it solves the problem or if not, please provide a
> > simple, reproducible situation which allows us further testing.
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Corinna
> > 
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> The snapshot works fine, at least for me.

Thanks.

> Just run clear.exe or gconftool-2.exe to reproduce the problem.

You misinterpreted my above statement.  I was trying to say, if you
see a problem with this snapshot, then tell us how to reproduce it.
It's definitely not reproducible with clear or gconftool-2 anymore,
since these tools are obviously what I used to reproduce the problem 
pre-snapshot.


Corinna

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