From: harbaugh AT nciaxp DOT ncifcrf DOT gov (Toni L. Harbaugh) Subject: ncurses-4.1 configure locks up my Win95 machine *too* 1 Mar 1998 18:46:06 -0800 Message-ID: References: <34fa860b DOT 3106656 AT smtp DOT netzone DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Cc: harbaugh AT ncifcrf DOT gov Folks- Has anyone gotten the ncurses-4.1 configure to complete on a Windows 95 (OSR 2) box? If so, could you please post details about your setup (config.sys, autoexec.bat, ..bashrc, etc.) and/or any special tricks that are necessary? On my PC with 32Mb of memory, configure consistently locks up the machine in almost - but not *exactly* - the same spot every time. I have tried the various suggestions I've seen posted to the list (including the one quoted below) to no avail. I have noticed that ncurses configure will lock up the machine *much* earlier in the run if I have been previously using another bash window, even if I have exited the window prior to opening the one in which I attempt the configure. What makes this so frustrating is that the script appears to be running along just fine. Then suddenly everything just freezes - darn. :( Any help in resolving this matter is greatly appreciated. Thanks. Toni Harbaugh-Blackford harbaugh AT nciaxp DOT ncifcrf DOT gov ------------------------------------------------ On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Mikey wrote: > A partial workaround is to reduce to a minimum the > number of environment variables passed down > to the forked process. > > export -n > on all variables used only in the top level shell > set +a > at the end of .bashrc similar to the following > > unset CYGROOT WINBOOTDIR WINDIR WINPMT BLASTER CMDLINE > unset PROMPT QBACKUP SYMANTEC TEMP CMDLINE ISP16 > unset COPYCMD DIRCMD E2CWD HLP NU PKUNZIP CONFIG > export -nf dlow tlow tup which > export -n TZ CVSROOT EDITOR LESSCHARSET PS1 PS2 > export -n TMP TERMINFO LS_COLORS C32PATH HISTCONTROL HOSTTYPE > export -n IGNOREEOF SHELLOPTS SHLVL MACHTYPE HOSTNAME OSTYPE > trap '' 5 > set +a #do not export variables in subshells > > Will get you much farther in configure/make of > the cdk. > > On Sun, 1 Mar 1998 03:27:08 -0800 (PST), you wrote: > > >David Walter wrote: > >> > >> Now consistently, but at different stages of the build process the > >> machine freezes. > > > >I had more problems than before in Win 95 with random freezes. This > >problem mostly went away when I upgraded to the latest version of Win > >95. > > > >If anyone figures out what's causing this, I would really like to > >know. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".