From:	cabr85 AT ccsun DOT strath DOT ac DOT uk ("p.a.c.tavares")
Subject:	cygwin.dll bug
29 Jan 1997 04:44:51 -0800 :
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I found two problems when using functions from string.h (the C one, not
String.h) in win95. I believe they are caused by bugs in the utilities and
not by my own mistakes. 

1. when using GNU make to create the code the compiler confuses string.h
and String.h. Because by default String.h comes first on the include path,
cpp will include the GNU-C++ String.h when it should include C string.h

2. Once this problem was solved by renaming String.h I found that it
compiled and linked with no problems. However I get a runtime error
concerning the function strncpy( ). Under gdb I get the following report: 

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
strncpy (dst=0x263eb30 "H_c\002\027¦@", src=0x0, n=20)
    at /pizza/mushroom/noer/beta17/src/newlib/libc/string/strncpy.c:58
/pizza/mushroom/noer/beta17/src/newlib/libc/string/strncpy.c:58: No such file or
 directory.
Current language:  auto; currently c


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