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Re: Fork issue with timerfd


On Sat, 2019-03-09 at 16:39 +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Mar  8 23:44, Peter Kozich (UM) wrote:
> > On Fri, 2019-03-08 at 23:21 +0100, Peter Kozich (UM) wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > I tested this:
> > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > https://cygwin.com/snapshots/x86/cygwin1-20190306.dll.xz
> > > 
> > > emacs was on for a long time, did not crash and as far as could
> > > judge
> > > it did not leak memory.
> > > 
> > > But it froze a couple of times which I cannot recall I have ever
> > > experienced before. I mean it suddenly became deaf and dumb and
> > > while
> > > I
> > > was actively editing the text, both the text area and the menu
> > > line
> > > got
> > > unresponsive. I could only shut it down from the task manager,
> > > because
> > > the red X didn't work either.
> > > 
> > > On the next week I will try the debug version in the hope that it
> > > can
> > > make a trace or something helpful. Is there a guide somewhere how
> > > to
> > > use it?
> > > 
> > > best regards
> > > PK
> > > 
> > 
> > I have just discovered for myself that the freeze problem might
> > have
> > been resolved in the  2019-03-08 12:01:20 UTC snapshot, thanks.
> 
> That's what I was asking for in
> https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2019-03/msg00181.html
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Corinna
> 


Emacs didn't crash or hang today all day long with the cygwin 0308
snapshot.

best regards
PK



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