Cygwin 1.5.19-4 issues

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU> - reformatted

Virgil Adumitroaie wrote:
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<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR> - thanks.

>> Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 23:07:04 -0400
>> Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.5.19-4 issues
>> Virgil Adumitroaie wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This is my second call to the cygwin developers. There is a problem
>>> with cygwin 1.5.19-4 (on windows xp sp2).
>> 
>> 
>> Why is a second call required?  The first was plenty good enough.  And
>> actually, revisiting the issue so quickly can actually work against your
>> intentions.
>> 
>> 
>>> The qt designer (/usr/lib/qt3/bin/designer) crashes and its compilation
>>> from source fails.
>> 
>> 
>> Sorry, I can't reproduce the crash of which you speak.  I didn't attempt
>> to compile the source.
>> 
>> 
>>> You might not care about matplotlib, but the "gcc:
>>> fork: Resource temporarily unavailable" which I get during compilation,
>>> indicates some other trouble.
>> 
>> 
>> I believe you have gotten a pointer on this issue already so I won't 
>> comment
>> further.
>> 
>> 
>>> Please let me know if you think otherwise, or if you don't get the same
>>> behavior.
>>> What changes made between 1.5.19-4 and 1.5.18-1 could produce these
>>> problems?
>> 
>> 
>> Ah, now there's the $1,000,000 question.  Obviously, if there was a known
>> cause of this, there would already be a patch.  So your efforts in tracking
>> this down would be beneficial.  You may want to start with a recent 
>> snapshot
>> to see if it would help or hurt.  Any recent snapshot is going to give you
>> good insight into the capabilities of 1.5.20, which is pending release.
>> 
>> Perhaps it would be best to read and follow the problem reporting 
>> guidelines
>> outlined here:
>> 
>>> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>> 
>> 
>> This could unearth some important information that might help as well.
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Larry Hall                              http://www.rfk.com
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> 
> My apologies for the second call, it seemed my request was ignored
> and it was not clear why.
> 
> I just want to add that I am surprised you have not
> been able to reproduce the problem with qt designer.
> I have tried cygwin update and clean install on three different
> computers runnning xp sp2 (one being a virtual pc - vmware)
> and all three installations displayed this problem. Downgrading
> to 1.5.18-1 removed the problem on all three.

FWIW, I'm running XP SP1, though I doubt that's terribly significant.

> Anyway, I will heed your suggestions, and thank you for your time.
> 

Good luck and your welcome.

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Larry Hall                              http://www.rfk.com
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