FW: cygwin-1.dll long-time bug

[Dave Korn]

On 19 April 2006 04:44, Eric Blake wrote:

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> According to Dave Korn on 4/18/2006 12:38 PM:
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>>   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.... ;) 
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> 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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  Yes, actually!  Most of their testing is done by dropping hippos on software
and seeing what happens.  Usually it breaks.






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  Then they ship it!



    cheers,
      DaveK
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