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Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 16:39:34 +0200 (WET)
From: Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>
To: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Does Windows 98 lose DMPI descriptors?
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On 20 Feb 1999, Martin Str|mberg wrote:

> Daniel Barker (sokal AT holyrood DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk) wrote:
> : "expr" and "true" are not internal commands on my setup, according to the
> : bash command "type". Which means I was able to do over 90000 launches of
> : DJGPP programs from one shell before I killed it for a reason unrelated to
> : anything important. 
> 
> Hmm. You're right. I'm confused. Are you sure you let it run long
> enough? Or does anyone else know why these programs doesn't loose
> selectors?
> 

I think this output is good enough to tell that system leaks DPMI
descriptors. Do we really need it crashed ???

Andris