Subject: Re: "make" with pkgsrc
To: Daniel Bolgheroni <dab__@uol.com.br>
From: James K. Lowden <jklowden@schemamania.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/25/2003 02:09:05
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 03:11:37 -0300, Daniel Bolgheroni <dab__@uol.com.br>
wrote:
> I've update the pkgsrc and I'm trying to install some packages. I've got
> the same errors whatever package I try to build.
> 
> ./configure.lineno: ./configure.lineno: Cannot forkCannot fork
> 
> configure: creating ./config.status
> ./configure.lineno: Cannot fork
> ./config.status: Cannot fork
> config.status: creating Makefile
> eval: Cannot fork

"Cannot fork" means you've reached the limit to the number of processes
that shell process is allowed to start.  For now, you probably should
close a few windows.  

Your shell probably supports "ulimit -a".  That's a place to start.  

HTH.

--jkl