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Re: cygwin crash: 'assertion "root_idx != -1" failed ...' reliably reproduced on my system
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:00:54 -0500
- Subject: Re: cygwin crash: 'assertion "root_idx != -1" failed ...' reliably reproduced on my system
- References: <4B8AC6B5.5090809@newsguy.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 02:40:37PM -0500, Bill Meier wrote:
> From time to time I've been
>getting 'assertion "root_idx != -1" failed ...' cygwin crashes.
I've found that this is usually a race that happens when you start two
Cygwin programs at the same time. It's fixable but it will require some
locking of Cygwin's shared memory.
cgf
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