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Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 15:16:01 +0200
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Subject: Re: Please try latest snapshot (was Re: 1.7.13/1.7.14: Issue with command prompt not returning when forking process)
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On 5/8/2012 1:50 PM, Rob Burgers wrote:
> Hi Christopher,
>
> I managed to create a simple replicator for the latest issue with the 2012-05-07 snapshot.
>
> The script below crashes within seconds with the 'Resource temporarily unavailable' message.
>
> ====================
> f.sh:
> --------------------
> #!/bin/bash
>
> cmd /C start notepad
>
> while ( true ); do
>    X=hello
> done
> ====================
> $ ./f.sh
>        7 [main] bash 4288 fork: child -1 - forked process died unexpectedly, retry 0, exit code -1073741819, errno 11
> ./f.sh: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
> ./f.sh: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
> --------------------
>
> Best regards,
> Rob
>

it is not related to "cmd /C start notepad"

$ cat f2.sh
#!/bin/bash
a=0
while ( true ); do
   X=hello
   a=$(($a+1))
   echo $a
done

$ ./f2.sh
[cut]
132
133
       0 [main] bash 5836 fork: child -1 - forked process died 
unexpectedly, retry 0, exit code -1073741819, errno 11
./f2.sh: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
./f2.sh: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable

on my system stop random between 63 and 463

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