GNU bug report logs - #23893
24.5; Emacs vfork error

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Message #11 received at 23893 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Jim Hurt <jim <at> enventive.com>
Cc: 23893 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23893: 24.5; Emacs vfork error
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 12:05:29 -0400

On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Jim Hurt <jim <at> enventive.com> wrote:
>
> Several days ago, while using Emacs to edit LaTeX files, while
> successfully editing one such file I tried to open another, and got the
> message:
>
> File mode specification error: (file-error "Doing vfork" "Resource temporarily unavailable")
>
> I have tried doing a rebaseall, setting the rebase switch then updating
> cygwin, and uninstalling then reinstallin cygwin, all to no avail.

According to https://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-05/msg00333.html,
you should do

rebase-trigger fullrebase (then reboot, and rerun setup.exe)

not rebaseall.


Also seems relevant:
https://www.cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.fixing-fork-failures

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