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Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 22:40:31 -0400
From: Greg Smith <gsmith@nc.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: execve() fails in a thread under 98/ME
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Yes, I understand.  I can't help but contribute our developer's
analysis of your analysis :-)

   (Patient):  "Doctor! It hurts when I do this!"
   (Doctor):  "Well then don't do that!"

Someday maybe 9x will disappear; I shudder, though, when I think
what it might be replaced by.

We have decided, btw, that it is far easier to kludge our own code
rather than yours.

Greg

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> If PAGE_GUARD is not implemented for Windows 9x, then the "solution"
> will be "don't do that on Windows 9x".  I'll add a guard against this in
> fork when I return from vacation.  I'll have the fork fail with a ENOSYS
> or something.
> 
> As the author of the original code, I'm not interested in trying to
> kludge around this for Windows 9x.  It was hard enough to get right in
> its current form.  However, I'll certainly, as always, accept patches.
> 
> cgf

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