From dtenenba at fhcrc.org  Thu Nov 21 00:13:18 2013
From: dtenenba at fhcrc.org (Dan Tenenbaum)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 15:13:18 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Rd] "size of shared memory region" messages show up with
 Rtools 3.1.0.1939
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Tenenbaum" <dtenenba at fhcrc.org>
> To: "R-devel" <r-devel at r-project.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:49:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rd] "size of shared memory region" messages show up with Rtools 3.1.0.1939
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dan Tenenbaum" <dtenenba at fhcrc.org>
> > To: "R-devel" <r-devel at r-project.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:41:36 PM
> > Subject: [Rd] "size of shared memory region" messages show up with
> > Rtools 3.1.0.1939
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > After installing Rtools 3.1.0.1939 into c:\rtools31, when I call
> > any
> > (most?) of the commands in c:\rtools31\bin, I see strange messages
> > printed to stderr. Example:
> > 
> > C:\Rtools31>bin\tar
> >       0 [main] tar 6084 shared_info::initialize: size of shared
> >       memory region changed from 27984 to 21136
> > bin/tar: You must specify one of the `-Acdtrux' options
> > Try `bin/tar --help' or `bin/tar --usage' for more information.
> > 
> > 
> > Sometimes I see quite a few of these just from running a single
> > command.
> > 
> 
> It seems this is more than cosmetic; simple commands seem to fail:
> 
> E:\sandbox>cp
> c:\Users\biocbuild\Downloads\iClusterPlus_0.99.8.2.tar.gz .
>       1 [main] cp 3348 shared_info::initialize: size of shared memory
>       region changed from 27984 to 21136
> 15001297 [main] cp 3348 c:\Rtools31\bin\cp.exe: *** fatal error -
> add_item ("\??\c:\Rtools 31", "/", ...) failed, errno 1
> Stack trace:
> Frame     Function  Args
> 
> I am reverting back to my previous version of Rtools for now, till I
> hear that this has been addressed.
> 

Rebooting the machine seems to have cleared up the problem. I'm now running version 3.1.0.1939 without any issues.
Dan


> Thanks,
> Dan
> 
> 
> 
> > Can this be fixed?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Dan
> > 
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[Rd] "size of shared memory region" messages show up with Rtools 3.1.0.1939
Dan Tenenbaum