X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 15:37:40 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Snapshot heads up for 20060301 2310 version Message-ID: <20060302143740.GB22718@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20060302095640.GD3184@calimero.vinschen.de> <20060302141135.GA2781@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060302141135.GA2781@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Mar 2 09:11, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 10:56:40AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >(*) It would be nice if you could try to shorten an strace in a meaningful > > way next time. Hundreds of lines with > > "--- Process 2480, exception C0000005 at 00000000 > > don't really add any useful information and just fill up people's > > mailboxes. Thanks. > > Sorry, Corinna, I have to disagree with you here. > > The cygcheck output was adequate to debug the problem in this case. > Personally, I would rather that people forego sending unsolicited strace > output entirely rather than either just blithely sending a large > attachment or, IMO, worse, thinking that they understand the output and > snipping the out the "irrelevant" parts. > > i.e., if no one has asked you for an strace, then don't send it. We don't really disagree. I just forgot to mention not to send straces without having been asked for them. Nevetheless, several hundred lines with "--- Process 2480, exception C0000005 at 00000000" are not really helpful. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/