X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: jenXL62swBAWhMTL3wnej93oaS0ClBQOAKs8jbEbx_o- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 22:12:01 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: 1.7.9-1: Random failures during exec() Message-ID: <20110405021201.GA14340@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 08:34:38PM -0400, Jonathan Pearson wrote: >Hi, > >The development group that I work in has been experiencing random >failures when starting programs from Cygwin. The problem only occurs >when McAfee's (version 8.7i) on-access scanner McShield is running. We >do not have official control over this, so disabling it is not an >option. Sorry but that puts McAfee into the http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#BLODA category. Attempting to work around every single piece of software which prevents Cygwin from behaving normally would conceivably be a large undertaking and it is not something that is likely to be attempted. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple