Re: Problem with pty allocation code, race condition?

[Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>]

On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 06:08:01PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>On Mon, 17 May 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
>> On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 09:29:44AM -0400, John P. Rouillard wrote:
>> >Does the last cygwin snapshot contain any code changes in the pty
>> >allocation area?
>>
>> Yes, the very latest snapshot attempts to fix this problem.  Please give
>> it a try and report the results here.
>
>I'm sorry to report that the problem I described in
><http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-05/msg00596.html> (multiple xterms
>started in quick succession get the same PTY) still exists in the 20040519
>snapshot.  The output of "ps" after reproducing it with 4 xterms is below,
>if it's of any help (the last bash, PID 1948, is a console).

And, now I finally receive this email...  Amazing.

cgf

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