X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4B3CF490.2060606@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:59:28 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: 1.7.1: sshd rsync fork problem References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On 12/31/2009 01:50 PM, Brien wrote: > rebaseall might have done the trick (still need more time to be sure since > the problem was sporadic). > > i don't really understand why my system needed it. it's a clean install > plus openssh, rsync, psmisc, netcat, vim. The install isn't a key component of the issue. It has more to do with what's running and if Cygwin DLLs will collide when loaded, given the existing memory layout. Yeah, it's complicated. ;-) > you might want to consider getting a blurb about "rebaseall" into the event > log entry for fork failures. > > i am running under Windows 7... could that contribute? Not necessarily, though by my unscientific count, it seems more of a problem on x64. But that may be a skewed observation of the actual facts. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple