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Date:	Thu, 7 Jun 2001 18:52:07 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To:	cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: dtable changes causing _very_ slow startup and process-startup headache. [was Re: auto-import ld]
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In-Reply-To:	<009901c0efa2$23f65320$0200a8c0@lifelesswks>; from robert.collins@itdomain.com.au on Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 08:35:22AM +1000

On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 08:35:22AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
>To: <cygwin-developers AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
>Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 5:51 AM
>Subject: Re: dtable changes causing _very_ slow startup and
>process-startup headache. [was Re: auto-import ld]
>
>
>>
>> What clues are you hoping for that wouldn't be immediately apparent
>from
>> running gdb on this?  If there is a substantial delay, it should be
>really
>> easy to figure out where this is.
>
>There are no clues immediately apparent _after_ running GDB on this.
>Should != what I experienced.
>
>Clues_p (If it was a known HEAD issue, or if it sparked a memory for
>you!?)
>
>How do you get gdb to stop in cygwin1.dll before main() is reached? The
>delay occurs during dll initialisation AFAICT, and I haven't managed to
>find out how to stop that early on.

Set a breakpoint in the appropriate routine.

You can use the "dll" command to preload cygwin1.dll.

cgf

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