-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jennifer Smith wrote: > I tried to install cygwin on the Windows Vista Beta 2 (build 5308), here > are the problems I've run into: > 1) During package install bash seems to crash. > I get this dialog from windows: > Please close bash.exe > A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will > notify you if a solution is available. > > This occurs (it appears) once per package. > > 2) After install tools crash. About one in three times I run ls in > /usr/bin I get: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin]$ ls > 6 [main] ? (4596) C:\cygwin\bin\tcsh.exe: *** fatal error - > couldn't alloc > ate heap, Win32 error 0, base 0x800000, top 0x89B000, reserve_size > 630784, alloc > size 634880, page_const 4096 > 36534798 [main] tcsh 3908 child_copy: stack write copy failed, > 0x227010..0x23000 > 0, done 0, windows pid 2256708, Win32 error 5 > No more processes. > > If you would like anymore information feel free to contact me at this > email address. > > Thanks, > > Jennifer
I don't see it likely that cygwin will be actively supported on Vista until that OS is officially released or there is at minimum a public beta. Also last I checked beta 2 hasn't come out. They were still releasing refresh releases for Beta 1. - -- Robert Pendell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thawte Web of Trust Notary CAcert Assurer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (MingW32) iD8DBQFEU7cxNqnRaBCOmrYRAsULAKCL2M7oLAOpVOFDT+h/T+ejdPKpgQCfelsg 2sVXJTUL+rVF7zKC6VzOioE= =DPvA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
