[X-Unix] what the fork?

[Brian Medley]

On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 03:03:34PM -0400, Victor Eijkhout wrote:

> Trying to install some big package (lots of compiles):
> 
> /bin/sh: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
> /bin/sh: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
> /bin/sh: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
> 
> et cetera.
> 
> Anyone any idea?

Is it doing the compiliations in parallel?  If so, this may be
causing your system to runn lown on resources.

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