Re: Setup and memory usage

2004-11-25 Thread Luke Kendall
On 25 Nov, Christopher Faylor wrote: I can report that the problem is slightly improved in the current release of setup, Er, there hasn't been any release of setup since the original reports. The last release was on April 25, 2004. Sorry, I jumped to a conclusion. I was

Re: Setup and memory usage

2004-11-25 Thread fergus
Is this just a local problem here, do you think? Other people are, somehow, still able to install Cygwin these days? Any idea how they do it? I guess posts of the style Well, I do this are not very welcome on the grounds of volume and non- generalisability. But since you ask: 1. I always do a

Re: Setup and memory usage

2004-11-25 Thread Luke Kendall
On 25 Nov, fergus wrote: 5. If you try installing in two stages (i - the default Base installation, then ii - the rest) then, in my experience anyway, on three machines as described above, the whole thing goes through like a dream. Ah! Thanks, Fergus, I'll give that a try. I assume you

Re: Setup and memory usage

2004-11-25 Thread fergus
I assume you mean you just install Default then run setup a 2nd time, choosing All? Exactly. Fergus -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: Setup and memory usage

2004-11-25 Thread Luke Kendall
On 25 Nov, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I assume you mean you just install Default then run setup a 2nd time, choosing All? Exactly. Many thanks, Fergus. Knowing that, I can add it to our Cygwin automated installation process. luke -- Unsubscribe info:

Setup and memory usage

2004-11-24 Thread Luke Kendall
Some weeks ago, I seconded a report that Cygwin wasn't releasing handles, causing some machines to thrash to death and the installation to fail. I can report that the problem is slightly improved in the current release of setup, but I think there are still some leaks as it is currently sitting at

Re: Setup and memory usage

2004-11-24 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 05:07:33PM +1100, Luke Kendall wrote: Some weeks ago, I seconded a report that Cygwin wasn't releasing handles, causing some machines to thrash to death and the installation to fail. I can report that the problem is slightly improved in the current release of setup, Er,