cygin 3.6.2-1 under Win11 24H2: Cannot launch: no available terminals

[Thomas Wolff]

Am 01.06.2025 um 10:02 schrieb Roumen Petrov via Cygwin:
> Hello,
>
> FYI: I have the same issue on the same date.
>
> На 28.05.25 г. в 15:52 ч., Robert Fensterman via Cygwin написа:
> [SNIP]
>>>>> Error: Could not fork child process: There are no available terminals
The message is reported by mintty if forkpty() fails because 
open("/dev/ptmx") fails because of "too many open files".
Rebooting Windows helps temporarily.
This sounds like a resource leak, either of cygwin/newlib file handles 
or of underlying Windows resources.
Thomas

>>> (-1)
> [SNIP]
>
> Also I found the same work-around i.e., revert from 3.6.2-1 to 3.6.1-1.
>
> Robert report it just first.
> It seems to me Robert has more time to track and already provide all 
> details.
>
> Above means that issue is reproducible.
>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> With best regards,
>>> Andrey Repin
>>> Wednesday, May 28, 2025 13:20:56
>
> Regards,
> Roumen Petrov
>