Re: make[5]: execvp: C:/Cygwin/bin/bash.exe: No more processes

[Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>]

On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 04:21:39PM +0200, Bernard Dautrevaux wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chris Faylor [mailto:cgf@cygnus.com]
>> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 2:47 AM
>> To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com
>> Subject: Re: make[5]: execvp: C:/Cygwin/bin/bash.exe: No more 
>> processes
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 08:40:10PM -0400, Guy T. Moore Jr. wrote:
>> >Cygwin'ers:
>> >
>> >
>> >I've somewhat narrowed down a make error based on the level
>> >of nested makes but using our build system the way it is.
>> >i.e.: I cannot prove that my error is only related to the
>> >      number of nested makes.
>> >
>> >So I guess this is stack related or some other resource that
>> >I would like to bump up.
>> >
>> >What resource is my error related to, and can I bump it up
>> >using what command?
>> 
>> Since the only message you're getting is "no more processes", I
>> would guess that it may be accurate.  How about adding a 'ps -ef'
>> to each recursion, to verify.
>> 
>> cygwin 1.1.4 only allows a limited number of processes.  I've removed
>> this limitation in the snapshots.  Now you can have as many processes
>> as Windows allows.
>
>Sorry, this is the answer to my preceding e-mail... should have read th
>ewhole thread (my own excuse is that outlook had split the thread for some
>mysterious reason...)
>
>> 
>> So, two things:  1) try adding the 'ps', and 2) try a snapshot.
>> 
>
>Thanks; however I'll probably wait for the next cygwin release :-)

That's a shame.  It's likely that there will be problems in the next release
if no one tests the snapshots.

cgf

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