Subject: Re: Feedback needed on proposed cygwin feature
From: [email-masked] (Tomas Fasth)

3 Dec 1997 10:49:09 -0800
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Modifying the exe file "on-the-fly" for environmental settings is not to
recommend. Two of the reasons I can think of is:

* Security considerations in a multiuser / multiprocess environment.
* Will cause problem in environments with active virus protection.

Tomas
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