Problem with releases since -37

[Harold L Hunt II]

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Harold

Andrew Braverman wrote:

> There is only 1 cygwin1.dll anywhere on my system.
> 
> Just to clarify what happens, I do get the do you want to report this to
> microsoft box and no specific error message originally.  I then choose the
> debug button, which is when I first see the access violation.
> 
> Anyone have any other ideas?
> 
> - Andy
> 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Harold L Hunt II [mailto:huntharo@msu.edu]
>>Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 10:35 AM
>>To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>>Subject: Re: Problem with releases since -37
>>
>>
>>Andrew,
>>
>>Please do a manual file scan for multiple copies of
>>cygwin1.dll.  Don't
>>tell me anything about paths, just do the search and report how many
>>copies you find.
>>
>>For more info specific to this problem, see the following FAQ entry:
>>
>>http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-sta
>>tus-access-violation
>>
>>
>>I wouldn't doubt it if this problem is just exemplified by the new
>>randomness of things that happen in releases after -37.  I would
>>actually be surprised if we introduced a bug, since the crash
>>seems to
>>be in cygwin1.dll.
>>
>>Harold
>>
>>Andrew Braverman wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I suddenly have a problem running one of the programs that
>>
>>I run all the
>>
>>>time.  As of release 37, it works fine (I just went back to
>>
>>37 so that I can
>>
>>>run it).  The program is ddd (a good graphical debugger,
>>
>>for those who do
>>
>>>not know).  When running it with versions since 37, it
>>
>>crashes XWin before
>>
>>>even displaying the first window.  I just tried it with -41
>>
>>and it still
>>
>>>happens.  If I debug it, I get the following error:
>>>		"Unhandled exception in XWin.exe (CYGWIN1.DLL):
>>
>>0xC0000005: Access
>>
>>>Violation."
>>>
>>>I can get this to happen at will, so if someone wants me to
>>
>>try something, I
>>
>>>can do that.  I do not, however, currently have source code
>>
>>on my machine.
>>
>>>I have the bz2 from setup.
>>>
>>>Thanks, everyone, for the wonderful product.  I appreciate
>>
>>the work you are
>>
>>>putting into it.  One of these days, I will dig up enough
>>
>>time to get and
>>
>>>understand the source code so I can contribute as well.
>>
>>Until then, any
>>
>>>help you can give me would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>Andrew Braverman
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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