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From:	"Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To:	"Gary R. Van Sickle" <g DOT r DOT vansickle AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>,
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Subject:	Re: setup crashing (attn Corinna)
Date:	Wed, 23 Jan 2002 22:31:13 +1100
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g DOT r DOT vansickle AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
To: <cygwin-apps AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 10:22 PM
Subject: RE: setup crashing (attn Corinna)


> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > Sunday, 20 January, 2002 Robert Collins
robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > RC> Something seriously funny was going on in the C++/C runtime
> > interaction.
> > > RC> Rather than try and explain it, I've linked in a recent
version of
> > Doug
> > > RC> Lea's malloc, which also had a couple of quirks, that I've
> > (apparently)
> > > RC> fixed.
> > >
>
> What'd I miss?  What's wrong with the MS-provided malloc in
msvcrt*.dll?  Or is
> this just for debug?  It appears to add quite a bit (~10%) to the
stripped exe
> size.

I had 0 luck tracking down the time of the heap corruption. dlmalloc
gives me more insight into the heap behaviour.

> BTW: Setup built from CVS as of two minutes ago crashes for me as well
(WhyXP).
> As of earlier today it crashes on Why2K too.

Yah. Find the cause, and I'll buy you a chocolate bar :}.

Rob

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