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Wireshark-dev: [Wireshark-dev] problem during verifying the tools

From: ankur madan <ankurmadan9@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:07:11 +0530
Hi,i am building the code,according to steps mentioned in wireshark dev guide.i am recieving the following error during the build.
Please let me know the reason for this.

i am executing the following command:
c:/wireshark>nmake -f Makefile.nmake verify_tools

the output i am getting is:
cygpath: cannot create short name of \\?\C:\wireshark-win32-libs

ERROR: The contents of C:\wireshark-win32-libs\current_tag.txt is (unknown).
ERROR: It should be 2010-03-26.

Checking for required applications:
        cl: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/BIN/cl
        link: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/BIN/link
        nmake: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/BIN/nmake

        mt: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/BIN/mt
        bash: /usr/bin/bash
        bison: /usr/bin/bison
        flex: /usr/bin/flex
        env: /usr/bin/env
      2 [main] bash 3012 C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe: *** fatal error - couldn't allo
cate heap, Win32 error 487, base 0x6D0000, top 0x720000, reserve_size 323584, al
locsize 327680, page_const 4096
      1 [main] bash 1400 fork: child -1 - died waiting for longjmp before initia
lization, retry 0, exit code 0x100, errno 11
      2 [main] bash 3816 C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe: *** fatal error - couldn't allo
cate heap, Win32 error 487, base 0x6D0000, top 0x720000, reserve_size 323584, al
locsize 327680, page_const 4096
1708264 [main] bash 1400 fork: child -1 - died waiting for longjmp before initia
lization, retry 0, exit code 0x100, errno 11
      2 [main] bash 3272 C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe: *** fatal error - couldn't allo
cate heap, Win32 error 487, base 0x6D0000, top 0x720000, reserve_size 323584, al
locsize 327680, page_const 4096
6011003 [main] bash 1400 fork: child -1 - died waiting for longjmp before initia
lization, retry 0, exit code 0x100, errno 11
      2 [main] bash 2208 C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe: *** fatal error - couldn't allo
cate heap, Win32 error 487, base 0x6D0000, top 0x720000, reserve_size 323584, al
locsize 327680, page_const 4096
10705047 [main] bash 1400 fork: child -1 - died waiting for longjmp before initi
alization, retry 0, exit code 0x100, errno 11
      2 [main] bash 3932 C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe: *** fatal error - couldn't allo
cate heap, Win32 error 487, base 0x6D0000, top 0x720000, reserve_size 323584, al
locsize 327680, page_const 4096
19395177 [main] bash 1400 fork: child -1 - died waiting for longjmp before initi
alization, retry 0, exit code 0x100, errno 11
/cygdrive/c/wireshark/tools/win-setup.sh: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'c:\cygwin\bin\bash.EXE' : return code '0x80'
Stop.

C:\wireshark>


thanks
ankur