X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4488A756.6060100@tlinx.org> Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 15:40:22 -0700 From: Linda Walsh User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: cygwin fork problem maybe? References: <4485E5F3 DOT 7010700 AT tlinx DOT org> <4485EB68 DOT 9F685880 AT dessent DOT net> In-Reply-To: <4485EB68.9F685880@dessent.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Brian Dessent wrote: > Linda W wrote: > > >> Windows just doesn't support forking at all, as far as I know. >> activeperl emulates forking using win32 threads. I don'tknow how cygwin >> handles it, but my guess is that it's not very well :-( >> > > This smells like total FUD. This person that admittedly does not use > Cygwin nor obviously know anything about Cygwin says that it's a fork > problem and that's that? ===== They don't have a windows machine to test with, but they are trying to help pinpoint a problem that works under linux and ActiveState, which seems like the most useful response to date. I can't give them a Windows machine or a cygwin install to test with. I can run the programs and report on the results, and I can get a copy of the source to you that fails. Is there anything else I could do to be helpful? :-) Linda -- 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/