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Re: 1.7.2 on 2008 SP2: man segfaults + X problems
2010/3/29 Mark McConnell <markd.mcconnell@gmail.com>:
> RESOLVED. ?Windows Server 2008 has Data Execution Prevention (DEP)
> enabled by default. ?Apparently there are a number of Cygwin programs
> that are not compatible DEP. ?All of the symptoms that I described are
> related to this. ?I've turned off DEP for all programs except crucial
> Windows applications.
>
> I would prefer to make exceptions for Cygwin programs only, rather
> than turning off DEP for all third party applications; but the unix
> model of many small programs interoperating with one another would
> seem to make this impractical. ?I'll investigate that further, but as
> for the problem I described with my Cygwin installation on Server 2008
> SP2, I've resolved it.
>
> Thanks for your patience.
>
> Mark
> --
By the way, I belatedly discovered that this is related to FAQ 14:
http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.setup-fails-on-ts
Mark
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