Matt D. writes: > I noticed today that we don't have this package. "We" don't have this package because it can't work correctly on Cygwin in certain circumstances (see below) and upstream didn't want to change the way semaphores work to accomodate this situation.
> I tried building it > from source with a './configure && make && make install'. > > But when I run "sem" I get the following output: > > 1 [main] perl 7712 child_info_fork::abort: address space needed by > 'Util.dll' (0x1E0000) is already occupied > 1 [main] perl 13596 child_info_fork::abort: address space needed by > 'Util.dll' (0x1E0000) is already occupied > 1 [main] perl 13920 child_info_fork::abort: address space needed by > 'Util.dll' (0x1E0000) is already occupied > ... > > I don't have any issue running perl directly. That's most likely List::Util colliding with some other DLL or getting intercepted by BLODA. > The package in question: > https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/ You'll either need to rebase all XS modules it installed manually or install them from setup.exe before installing parallel. Note that parallel can't work correctly when your home is on a file system with ustable inodes and thus can't refcount hardlinks. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Factory and User Sound Singles for Waldorf Q+, Q and microQ: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSounds -- 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
