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RE: latest Sergey's update (08/01) crashes on Win95
- To: "gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com" <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>, "'cgf at bbc dot com'" <cgf at bbc dot com>
- Subject: RE: latest Sergey's update (08/01) crashes on Win95
- From: Sergey Okhapkin <sos at prospect dot com dot ru>
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 17:06:45 +0400
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Chris Faylor wrote:
> >Ditto me too. I've got a valid /etc/passwd and /etc/group.
>
> I have contributed some code to the latest coolview release which seems
> to be misbehaving on Windows 95. I am actively tracking it down now, but
> it looks like it is a really strange problem; possibly a bug in Windows
95.
>
While searching for a win95-specific problems in the last cygwin.dll, I
have found the following bugs in Windows95:
1. The application hangs when tries to resume non-suspended thread.
Workaround: suspend the thread before resuming :-)
2. MsgWaitForMultipleObjects() returns WAIT_FAILED with errno
ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE instead of WAIT_OBJECT_0+N when the waited process is
killed with three-finger salute. Workaround: just wait again :-)
3. InterlockedIncrement()/InterlockedDecrement() returns the temperature on
the Shri-Lanka coast instead of operation result :-) This results in
incorrect tty allocation and the messages like "free_tty: count < 0". I
don't know a good workaround, and didn't fix it yet. I think, the tty
support should be completely disabled on #$%@'95.
> So, don't blame Sergey. It's probably my fault.
Try to write to askbill@microsoft.com :-)
--
Sergey Okhapkin, http://www.lexa.ru/sos
Moscow, Russia
Looking for a job.
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