Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/1999/02/28/07:17:37
On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Mark E. wrote:
> > Static/global variables like these that cache information need to be
> > reinitialized if the program is restarted (like Emacs, after it dumps its
> > own image).
>
> I don't understand why. If the startup routine is modified to read the
> environmental variables produced by chroot and then call chroot, then
> wouldn't these variables be taken care of during a restart?
If the code in the startup initializes these static variables, even in
the case that SYSROOT (or whatever it will be called) is not defined,
then that's an alternative solution.
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