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T3994 is intermittently broken on Windows

The T3994 testcase sometimes appears to crash on Windows,

+++ ../../libraries/process/tests/T3994.run/T3994.run.stderr.normalised 2016-10-16 03:11:54.601205700 +0000
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+   1521 [main] sh 5272 child_copy: cygheap read copy failed, 0x1802FE408..0x180307A08, done 0, windows pid 5272, Win32 error 299
+   7952 [main] sh 5272 C:/msys64/usr/bin/sh: *** fatal error in forked process - ccalloc would have returned NULL

This very well may be an msys issue.

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Version 8.1
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component Test Suite
Test case
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CC Phyx-
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