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Date:	Thu, 3 Jun 2004 21:28:59 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: BUG: shmget() [was RE: shmget() not working(?)]
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On Jun  3 14:18, Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
> shmget() is not able to 'find' an existing shared memory segment
> unless the 'flags' argument is set to '0'.  This is a bug.  If
> flags = 0666 (or at least compatible with the permissions set
> when the segment was created), it should still be able to find
> and use the segment.

Yes, it's a bug.  And I already found the cause, I used an internal flag
value which matches the upper permission bit.  Urgh.  This requires not
only another Cygserver, but also a new Cygwin DLL.

Thanks for the report,
Corinna

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