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Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 18:29:49 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 08:32:11 -0600 (CST)
> 
> > Here's an idea: link a small test program with malloc-debugging routines, 
> > and try to see if the debug output tells something useful.  In particular, 
> > dumping all the allocated buffers in several strategic places during the 
> > startup code might be helpful.  See the docs for `mallinfo', 
> > `malloc_debug', and `mallocmap' (in the CVS version of the library), for 
> > more info.
> 
> I can't get it to fail in a small test program.  I can't even get the 
> current binary to fail under the debugger.  (If it would, I can work
> with the disassembly and source to find/fix).
> 
> But the current binary reliably fails without the debugger, or fails 
> differently when run from go32-v2, or fails differently with a different
> djgpp.env size.

It might still be useful to try to link the failing program with YAMD
and run that on plain DOS with CWSDPMI.

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