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Re: executable does not load


On Mar 12 15:02, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Mar 12 14:26, Denis Excoffier wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have a problem that appeared between the 20120308 snapshot
> > and the 20120309 snapshot.
> > [...]
> 
> The problem could be a result of that very executable.  So it could be
> extremly hard to create a testcase without it.  I assume you saw the
> changes I made in the 20120309 ChangeLog entry.  So there is very likely
> some bug in the new code in hook_or_detect_cygwin, which was supposed to
> handle differences between VC++ and GCC-generated executables.
> 
> If you feel up to the task, you could install the cygwin1.dbg file,
> start bash under gdb, set a breakpoint at hook_or_detect_cygwin, and
> call "exec foo", assuming your application is called foo.
> 
> If not, you could also provide the application and the necessary DLLs
> on your homepage and send me a pointer via PM (use my mail address from
> the ChangeLog entries).

Thanks for sending the executable.  It was pretty much exactly the
problem I already suspected.  I applied a patch to CVS which should fix
the problem.


Corinna

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