Hi Peter, glad to see that other have the same problems:)
But seriously, on Windows 7 I'm currently experiencing the same massive build problems and I'm not sure what the root cause of these problems is. I found the following bug which exactly describes the problems I'm facing: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6903517 Among others, these are: - rm: cannot remove directory `META-INF': Directory not empty - error: cannot create example2.html: Permission denied - [javac] C:\Software\OpenJDK\jdk8\langtools\src\share\classes\com\sun\tools\javac\util\SharedNameTable.java:40: error: error while writing SharedNameTable: c:\Software\OpenJDK\output_amd64\langtools\build\bootstrap\classes\com\sun\tools\javac\util\SharedNameTable.class (Access is denied) but I also saw the 'out of memory' and 'for' problems mentioned by you. The description of bug 6903517 references the "Big List of Dodgy Apps" (http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda). This is a list in the Cygwin FAQ which lists applications like Virus Scanners which can interfere with Cygwin in an unpredictable way. An indeed the Windows 7 box on which I observe the problems has some of them installed (e.g. McAffe {Agent, GTI Proxy Agent, Intrusion Prevention, VirusScan Enterprise, AntySpywaare Enterprise} to name just a few). On the other hand, on the same Windows 7 box I have a virtual machine running inside VirtualBox with WindowsXP which has the same McAffe software installed and it is running without any problems. The OpenJDK build always succeeds in the virtual machine! So I'm not quite sure of this is: - a problem of some additional software which is running on my Windows 7 box and interferes with Cygwin - a general Windows7 problem - a problem of the specific Cygwin version I'm using - a problem of Cygwin running on 64-bit Windows 7 I'll try to further narrow down the problem, but of course any hints are highly welcome (unfortunately I can't easily get rid of the McAffe stuff without losing my job, so please don't advise this:) Regards, Volker PS: below you can find the exact versions of the software/hardware I'm using: 64-bit Windows 7, SP 1 Dual Core Intel i7, 8GB RAM Cygwin (output of uname -a): CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64 WDFN00299915A 1.7.9(0.237/5/3) 2011-03-29 10:10 i686 Cygwin bash 4.1.10(4) // installed by Cygwin setup.exe make 3.82 // compiled by myself In the Virtual box VM I have the following system: 64-bit Windows XP Professional Version 2003 SP 2 Cygwin (output of uname -a): CYGWIN_NT-5.2-WOW64 WDFV00248216A 1.7.9(0.237/5/3) 2011-03-29 10:10 i686 Cygwin bash 4.1.10(4) // installed by Cygwin setup.exe make 3.82 // compiled by myself On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Pete Brunet <peter.bru...@oracle.com> wrote: > Is anyone able to build on Win 7? I'm on my 8th build hoping to get to > the end and have seen these errors: > > out of memory, 3 times - I have more than enough memory > fork: Resource temporarily unavailable, 3 times > error 126, once > > I have read http://cygwin.com/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.bloda so > apparently something on my system is causing a problem but I haven't > been successful in finding it yet. I have my Norton 360 "Auto-Protect" > turned off. It would be helpful to know if anyone has successfully > built on Win 7 and also if anyone has ideas on what I might look for > beyond what is listed in the cygwin FAQ. > > Thanks, Pete > >
