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Re: cygwin-make issue


On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 03:47:32PM -0600, Warren Young wrote:
>Clearcase Administrator wrote:
>>The cygwin version of make is 3.80. And my OS is WIN32.
>>The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another 
>>process.
>>
>>make[1]: *** [KJxSvc] Error 255
>>make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
>
> File locking semantics are different on Windows -- far more strict -- than 
> on your average *ix where GNU make normally lives.  Things you can get away 
> with on *ix are often prohibited on Windows.

Very true.  Also the above is not actually a make error, make 3.80 is
not the current version of Cygwin's make, and there are not enough
details in this report to provide even vague help.

cgf

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