Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 11:49:14 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: jrubin <jrubin AT bix DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: info.exe crash
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On 25 Jul 1996, jrubin wrote:

> This crash is due a bug in the library routine
> __crt0_load_environment_file. It overwrites memory if the file
> djgpp.env contains a non-empty line without an '=' sign in
> the section it is looking for. In particular, Your system
> may crash if you edit djgpp.env with an editor that appends
> control/z to the file!

That's what I figured.  Thanks a lot for debugging this.  This now goes 
into the FAQ.