Snapshot 20040221: make hangs on XP

[Volker Quetschke]

> I can say that is not what is happening (because it would not be using 
> any CPU if it were waiting for input), but I will humour you the next 
> time I see it freeze.  I have (once) had that happen (make waiting for 
> input that is), but I never thought of hitting ^D.
The funny thing is I don't get freezes with the newer versions, only
errors in make.

> And, just for completeness, I built and ran a CVS version from about an 
> hour ago, and it has not failed yet (350 iterations).  So, maybe someone 
> already fixed this problem after Feb21.
No, not for me. I'm using the same version, see my other mail, but it
seems very hard to trigger the problem.

I tried to use "uname" instead of sleep 1. This doesn't seem to
fail either (752 iterations).

Volker

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