Re: make check under Cygwin

2013-09-25 Thread Chris Faylor
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 12:43:43PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:30:14 +0200 >> From: Denis Excoffier >> >> 4) If i do _not_ apply the following patch: >> >> % type patch >> diff -uNr make-3.99.92-original/configure >> make-3.99.92-patched/configure >> --- make-3.99.9

Re: [PATCH] Use spawn() in GNU Make on Cygwin, updated

2013-09-08 Thread Chris Faylor
On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 06:40:01PM -0400, David Boyce wrote: > On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Chris Faylor wrote: > > *There is one know issue with fork where dlls in forked processes > don't > > load at the right address and cause cygwin errors. That is

Re: [PATCH] Use spawn() in GNU Make on Cygwin, updated

2013-09-02 Thread Chris Faylor
On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 10:32:38AM -0400, David Boyce wrote: > Slight change of subject ... > All this arguing has been about the value of spawn as a speed > enhancement: > Pro: spawn is way faster! > Con: but it may destabilize things - we'll stick with slow-but-stable > fork. > Whic