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Date:	Wed, 26 Feb 2014 11:18:17 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: How should I report a critical type of Cygwin bug?
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On Feb 26 17:00, Shaddy Baddah wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> Risking the wrath that I should just report the bug, I would like to
> just get some advice on how to go about it.
>=20
> I'm encountering a problem with a rather new Cygwin package/feature that
> if reproducible, has serious consequence on the hosting Windows
> platform.
>=20
> My concern is that if I list the steps here, readers will blindly try
> this (rather easily performed) action and break their computer.

Cygwin is a user space DLL.  It cannot break the OS, unless you do
something really terrible like rm -rf in /cygdrive/c with admin rights,
but you can do the same with CMD.  And we also don't access or try to
write UEFI variables, usually.  Hmm, /proc/sys, maybe?

> Should I just whack on a disclaimer and report it?

Yes, please.  Please see http://cygwin.com/problems.html.  A simple
testcase would be cool.


Thanks,
Corinna

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