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From: "Andris Pavenis (andris DOT pavenis AT iki DOT fi)" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: DJGPP v2.05: some thoughts
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On 05/30/2015 06:06 PM, Damien wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I did some test with this version 2.05 and did not get any problem using it. The change in memory 
> deallocation time is impressive (less than 1s for a bunch of deallocations when it tooks 5s with 
> version 2.04).
>
> Some time ago, I had signaled a trouble with XP NTVDM. The bug is in XP, not in DJGPP, and is 
> still present with Seven, but it could easily be workarounded in DJGPP. You can get the 
> explanation and associated patch in 
> http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/mail-archives/browse.cgi?p=djgpp/2005/11/21/15:28:15
> The program that allows showing this is the following:
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <string.h>
> #include <dir.h>
>
> int main(void) {
>   struct ffblk desc;
>   int status;
>
>   strcpy(desc.lfn_magic, "LFN32");
>   status = findfirst("*", &desc, FA_RDONLY | FA_HIDDEN | FA_SYSTEM | FA_LABEL | FA_DIREC | FA_ARCH);
>   while (status == 0) {
>     printf("%s\n", desc.ff_name);
>     status = findnext(&desc);
>   }
>
>   return 0;
> }
> This program shall be executed in a directoy containing 2 files (one named a_long_filename, 
> second one named €_euro_char) to show the problem.
>
>
Verified problem presence on Windows Vista and tested change.

Applied modified patch. Original patch did not apply due to other source changes.
It happens often when patch is about 10 years OK.

Andris