From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31953 invoked by alias); 13 Sep 2010 14:51:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 31943 invoked by uid 22791); 13 Sep 2010 14:51:02 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_05 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp111.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com (HELO smtp111.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com) (209.191.68.76) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with SMTP; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:50:56 +0000 Received: (qmail 41056 invoked from network); 13 Sep 2010 14:50:54 -0000 Received: from [10.120.16.85] (reply-to-list-only-lh@12.159.140.126 with plain) by smtp111.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Sep 2010 07:50:54 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: Uu383n6swBCEN1G9up0WSnxbvN8fCPmk Message-ID: <4C8E3A4B.8030909@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:05:00 -0000 From: "Larry Hall \(Cygwin\)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.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@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin instabilities References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-09/txt/msg00381.txt.bz2 On 9/13/2010 9:19 AM, Al wrote: > Hello, > > I run Cygwin on a double core machine with Vista. I estimate that 1 of > 20 of my compilations break and need to be repeated. One weak point is > the compression of man pages. > > Others report that they don't use Cygwin because of instablilities, > especially in the server context. > > What are the reasons? Will this be better with Windows 7? Can Cygwin > become "server stable"? You'll need to be more specific about the issues you're encountering and your configuration. See . -- 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