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[newlib-cygwin] Mention 64-bit Cygwin as another remedy for fork() failures.


https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=bf45e12fb627ecc46f4758dbb1baddff775d4381

commit bf45e12fb627ecc46f4758dbb1baddff775d4381
Author: Alexey Sokolov <sokolov@google.com>
Date:   Fri Mar 4 19:42:15 2016 +0000

    Mention 64-bit Cygwin as another remedy for fork() failures.

Diff:
---
 winsup/doc/faq-using.xml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml
index ae72145..f6d4b8e 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml
@@ -1394,13 +1394,15 @@ such as virtual memory paging and file caching.</para>
   <para><itemizedlist>
     <listitem>Restart whatever process is trying (and failing) to use
     <literal>fork()</literal>. Sometimes Windows sets up a process
-    environment that is even more hostile to fork() than usual.</listitem>
+    environment that is even more hostile to <literal>fork()</literal> than usual.</listitem>
     <listitem>Ensure that you have eliminated (not just disabled) all
     software on the <xref linkend="faq.using.bloda"/>.
     </listitem>
     <listitem>Read the 'rebase' package README in
     <literal>/usr/share/doc/rebase/</literal>, and follow the
     instructions there to run 'rebaseall'.</listitem>
+    <listitem>Switch from 32-bit Cygwin to 64-bit Cygwin, if your OS and CPU support that.
+    With the bigger address space <literal>fork()</literal> is less likely to fail.</listitem>
     </itemizedlist></para>
   <para>Please note that installing new packages or updating existing
   ones undoes the effects of rebaseall and often causes fork() failures


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