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From:	"Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
To:	"'Cygwin List'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	RE: setup modifying code?
Date:	Tue, 8 Mar 2005 13:30:19 -0000
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----Original Message----
>From: Linda W
>Sent: 08 March 2005 04:57

> Dave Korn wrote:
> 
>> Since it is a known fact that it _does_ legitimately contain
>> 
>> self-modifying code, the fact that your system doesn't warn must mean it
>> is not configured to warn about self-modifying code.
>> 
>> 
> ----
>    This is probably a non-issue, but I don't know if it's been
> tested.  Does anyone know if setup's self-modifying code feature
> could cause problems on XP-SP2 running on a processor that supports the
> No-execute bit on data segments?
> 
> Linda


  Shouldn't do.  It only modifies the code segment AFAIUI.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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