Re: perl 5.10 threads on 1.5.25 = instant crash

["Steven Hartland" <killing at multiplay dot co dot uk>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Corinna Vinschen" <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>
> On Jul 14 14:55, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 07:18:44PM +0100, Steven Hartland wrote:
> > >On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:16:46 +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
> > >>> sub dothread { print STDERR "I'm a thread!\n" }
> > >>> [/test]
> > >> 
> > >>  WFM with perl 5.10.0 on both 1.5 and 1.7.
> > >
> > >Thanks Dave, maybe a Windows Server 2008 R2 64bit issue?
> >
> > FYI, 1.5.25 is rumored to have problems on Windows Server 2008 64bit.
> >
> > At the very least, it is known to have inexplicable hangs not seen
> > in 1.7.
>
> ... and the script works fine on Windows 7 Build 7201 running under
> Cygwin 1.7.

Thanks guys looks like an update to 1.7 is in order then, any tips
or gotchas I should be aware of?

   Regards
   Steve


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