Yes; it appears that in the current MSYS release, 'make -jn' goes into an infinite loop. This is very depressing. I do not know a fix. If you google around and find a fix, do tell us. Currently I have to use THREADS=1 all the time Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: ghc-devs [mailto:ghc-devs-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of Edsko | de Vries | Sent: 01 October 2013 16:21 | To: ghc-devs@haskell.org | Subject: Make spins with THREADS>1 on Win 7 | | Hi all, | | Trying to get a build going on Win 7. On both the 32-bit and the | 64-bit version running 'sh validate' stalls at | | "inplace/bin/mkdirhier" utils/touchy/dist/build/tmp//. | | At this point nothing happens, other than that I seem to have 100% CPU | usage; 'ps' only shows two make processes, but no further | subprocesses. Not sure what's going on here. Running 'sh validate | --no-clean' after killing both make processes at this point stalls at | the same point; running it with THREADS=1 seems to resolve the issue. | | Anybody any idea what might be going on? | | Edsko | _______________________________________________ | ghc-devs mailing list | ghc-devs@haskell.org | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs