From: jqb@netcom.com (Jim Balter) Subject: Re: Sorting environment 12 Apr 1997 01:19:58 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <334EFBA3.3BB8.cygnus.gnu-win32@netcom.com> References: <199704112005.QAA14340@just.smarts.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; I) Original-To: Ken Estes Original-CC: smueller@microsoft.com, gnu-win32@cygnus.com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Ken Estes wrote: > All documentaion I have seen requires that NT environment be sorted > (more then just one parenthetical comment), thus it is a constraint of Cites, please. The MSVC helpbook info for CreateProcess, for instance, does not state that the environment block must be sorted. > the Win32 API which intends to be independent of 95/NT and is the > target of the Cygwin32 effort. I have personally verified this bug > under the conditions I have explained. ditto: bash$ cmd Microsoft(R) Windows N (C) Copyright 1985-199 c:\>set .... PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86 .... PID=2201 c:\>set PID=99 c:\>set .... PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD PID=99 PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86 .... PID=2201 -- - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".