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

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Alexey Sokolov 2016-03-04 19:42:15 +00:00 committed by Corinna Vinschen
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@ -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