Re: [DotGNU]Problem under cygwin

[Ian Game]

Gopal V wrote:
> If memory serves me right, Ian Game wrote:
>
> > Problem shows up in the console window like the log file shows but worse 
> > still is it screws up the Win2k OS! You have to re-boot as there are no 
> > processes to see in the task mgr window and everything is real slow.
>
>
> I had only a brief look , but it looks like you're having permission
> problems for ld & gcc ?... Are you able to run them from the command
> line ?.
>
> Are you sure you didn't accidentally acquire a virus ?... which might
> explain why gcc was Permission Denied ... ie write exclusive locks to
> executables is a very very bad sign ... 
>
> I have never known configure to mess up a system ... at least not until
> today ..
>
> Gopal

Thanks for the suggestion Gopal, however I don't think that is the cause.

What seems to be happening is that memory allocation is going wrong and 
Cygwin runs out of memory. This explains why nothing works and it all 
runs slow afterwards. It also explains why treecc configure runs to 
completion, there is just a different set of circumstances.

I've had a quick look in the Cygwin area and tried acouple of things 
like using the CYGWIN variable 'ntsec' and allowing NT to allocate more 
memory, it just stops in a different place now. FWIW, I don't think it 
is configure itself, just a combination of that with some changes to 
Cygwin, and I notice that there are some issues being discussed on that 
newsgroup.

I will keep looking and trying but any ideas from others the group who 
use this platform would be most welcome.

Thanks

Ian