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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 10:32:38 -0400
> From: David Boyce <address@hidden>
> Cc: Christopher Faylor <address@hidden>, bug-make <address@hidden>
> 
> 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.
> 
> Which ignores the fact that Cygwin fork is *not* that stable. In our
> experience make -jN results in frequent failed builds due to fork failures.
> Thus it seems to me that
> 
> Pro: spawn doesn't suffer from the documented problems which result from
> trying to emulate fork on Windows.
> 
> should be part of the conversation too.

Actually, there's no argument.  The solution was suggested way back:
make the use of 'spawn' optional, triggered by a special command-line
option.  If such a change is submitted, it will be accepted without
any argument.