Re: CVS HEAD

FYI, similar problem reported, 21 mar 2004, in
"How many fds can *you* open?"
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-03/msg00984.html

But cfg terminated the thread with rudeness. :(

--- Claudio Natoli <> wrote:
>
>
> > I'm seeing PostgreSQL 7.4.2's postmaster SEGV on
> startup under 1.5.9-1
> > too. AFAICT, the stackdump indicates the problem
> is in the
> > Cygwin DLL.
>
> Well, that confirms things. 7.4.2 includes a
> repeated call to dup(0) to get
> an estimate for the max number of fds, whilst 7.4.1
> does not.
>
> Code like that below should not SEGV, IMNSHO. Want
> me to push this over to
> the cygwin list?
>
>
> #include <errno.h>
>
> int main(void)
> {
> int i;
> for (i = 0; ; i++)
> {
> printf("i = %d\n",i);
> if (dup(0) < 0)
> {
> printf("dup failed\n");
> return -1;
> }
> }
> return 0;
> }
>

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