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Subject: Re: 20060301 snapshot and later.  sh hangs with very long command line
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Christopher Faylor wrote:

> >arguments" hang in configure scripts.  Peter's testcase fails too.  As
> >a workaround I've set cygexec on my mounts which seems to workaround
> >the issue (and allows larger commandlines anyway.)
> 
> Out of curiousity, does this go away if you mount your /bin directory with
> the -X option?

Precisely.  (*points up*)

> If so, the latest snapshot should fix it.

Yes, it does.  Thanks!

Brian

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