* pinfo.cc (pinfo::status_exit): Enhance comment.

diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 1fce36c35e5d2d3dc1c28a56feb1f4fcb944ac0d..481e2026436e06908031dbe8d4fdbe054521eec9 100644 (file)
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-05-24  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+       * pinfo.cc (pinfo::status_exit): Enhance comment.
+
 2013-05-24  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
        * environ.cc (win_env::add_cache): Set the Windows environment variable

diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
index c51902cbd81757bc0a49f00f8e057226beef1b00..51d01322cc7b887768d3fbdf5f6997d542a1205f 100644 (file)
--- a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ pinfo::status_exit (DWORD x)
         Windows environment is > 32K, startup of an exec'ed process fails with
         STATUS_NO_MEMORY.  This happens with all Cygwin executables, as well
         as, for instance, notepad, but it does not happen with CMD for some
-        reason.  This occurs at a point where there's no return to the exec'ing
-        parent process, so we have to find some way to inform the user what
-        happened.
+        reason (but note, the environment *in* CMD is broken and shortened).
+        This occurs at a point where there's no return to the exec'ing parent
+        process, so we have to find some way to inform the user what happened.
         
         FIXME: For now, just return with SIGBUS set.  Maybe it's better to add
         a lengthy small_printf instead. */