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Re: 1.5.7: Problem with tcsh 6.12.00-7 / sed 4.0.8-1
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:05:03 -0500
- Subject: Re: 1.5.7: Problem with tcsh 6.12.00-7 / sed 4.0.8-1
- References: <d4c0d4800602131415w1303dcct74981a739f4ebdbc@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 03:15:16PM -0700, Stewart Midwinter wrote:
>From: Michael Brand <cygwin <at> brand.scso.com>
>>I disabled one of the CPUs on my dual-CPU Xeon, and everything started working
>well, so I guess this is a dual-cpu problem.
>
>> I tried running my scripts on several dual-CPU Xeons (different
>> computer models, but all of them HPs), ... snip ...
>> it generally crashes an hour or two later, at the most.
>
>Joining the party a *little* late here ... :-)
>
>I too have a dual-CPU Xeon made by HP and it too has a problem with a
>tcsh script hanging when it runs for a long time (it's a polling
>script). We suspect that it might have to do with forking, but are
>unable to test that theory at this time.
>
>Apart from disabling the 2nd CPU (which kind of defeats the purpose of
>having such a machine!), did you ever find any other solution?
Yes. Upgrade from Cygwin 1.5.7.
cgf
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