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,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Mail-Handler: MailHop Outbound by DynDNS X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1+8osL8uDUfqi1N7npzUni/ Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 11:11:09 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Please try latest snapshot (was Re: 1.7.13/1.7.14: Issue with command prompt not returning when forking process) Message-ID: <20120508151109.GA11552@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20120507152517 DOT GA6779 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> 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 Tue, May 08, 2012 at 01:50:21PM +0200, 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 >-------------------- Thanks for the test case. This was due to Cygwin's not dealing well with Windows reuse of pids. It should be fixed in today's snapshot when it shows up at: http://cygwin.com/snapshots/ 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