Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <000801beb82d$e0fdc880$29acdfd0@InspirePharm.Com> From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" To: "Chris Faylor" , Cc: , References: <19990616145002 DOT A1955 AT cygnus DOT com> Subject: Re: Something is rotten in recent snapshots Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:24:39 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 > There is some kind of memory corruption in recent snapshots. I'm > tracking down the cause now. Unless you want to track down the problem > for me, you'd all probably be well-advised not to use any snapshot from > the last week or so. > > Just in case anyone cares, the problem I see is that an attempt to close > all of the open handles in the spawn_guts() function uncovers the fact > that the heap is corrupted. I'm trying to find out where the corruption > occurs now. > > I don't suppose that Electric Fence has been ported to cygwin? > I tried porting it then put aside. i tink my X is more important now. Suhaib > -- > cgf AT cygnus DOT com > http://www.cygnus.com/ > > -- > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com