Re: cygwin64 - building 2.18.2 doc fails

[Marco Atzeri]

On 4/16/2015 4:04 PM, Masamichi HOSODA wrote:
> > > 64 bit "make doc" on 2.19.18 was completed.
> > > on 32 bit I have still issue but much later for a different issue.
> >
> > Any idea what could cause python to segfault here
> > or how to debug it ?
>
> Do you use 64 bit Windows?

Both as I am one the package maintainers.
I need to test both environments.

https://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-pkg-maint
I took over lilypond recently.

> About two years ago, I installed cygwin (32 bit) to 64 bit Windows.
> It was buggy. Sometimes, fork() was failed.
> (32 bit cygwin on 32 bit Windows was fine.)

Forks failure are more likely to happen on 32bit as the
address pool is more limited.
On 64bit are very rare.


> So, I use cygwin64 on 64 bit Windows.
>
> Has current 32 bit cygwin been fixed the such problem?

There was some improvement, specially as automatic rebase after install
is now in place. But they are always possible.
https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.fixing-fork-failures


Anyway, I can assure you that I am familiar with the problem and
it is NOT a fork issue.

Regards
Marco