Re: git fork failure on pull with a workaround (hopefully a clue for a fix)

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Nov 23 16:32, Andrey Repin wrote:
> > I *think* this is an issue between Windows and Cygwin for which there's
> > no easy solution.  The memory layout created by Windows can move the
> > main stack address in a child process depending on the size of the
> > environment.
> 
> > I observed this myself, but didn't find a way to fix it.  Maybe it's
> > related to the fact that Cygwin cleans out the Windows environment to a
> > bare minimum when forking.  This obviously results in a changed env.
> 
> Would it be meaningful to instrument this cause for easier tracking?

I don't understand.


Corinna

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