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Re: FW: cygwin-1.dll long-time bug
- From: Eric Blake <ebb9 at byu dot net>
- To: The Quality-Schmality List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:44:18 -0600
- Subject: Re: FW: cygwin-1.dll long-time bug
- References: <002e01c66317$581533e0$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
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According to Dave Korn on 4/18/2006 12:38 PM:
>
> Well, I think it's reasonable enough to say that cygwin does things that are
> pushing the envelope of what's documented to work in relation to how we handle
> forking and process startup. After all we just had that lockup caused by the
> fact that you can't even call GetModuleName[*] from DllMain safely. Things
> happen in an unusual order in cygwin processes and threads, and it's probably
> not something that gets a whole load of testing in microsoft's QA dept.... ;)
They have one? What are the job qualifications to become a member of that
dept, I wonder? I bet even a hippo could apply...
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Life is short - so eat dessert first!
Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net
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