X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 13:58:52 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: ASLR sometimes stops working on Vista with 1.7? [was: Re: Cygwin 1.7 release (was ...)] Message-ID: <20090607115852.GG25832@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <4A286B99.6020702@users.sourceforge.net> <20090605120936.GD23519@calimero.vinschen.de> <4A293237.2010102@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <20090605163510.GF23519@calimero.vinschen.de> <4A296778.2080507@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <20090605213012.GG23519@calimero.vinschen.de> <4A29B510.3020601@gmail.com> <20090606084924.GI23519@calimero.vinschen.de> <20090607082308.GA25832@calimero.vinschen.de> <4A2BA669.3080404@cornell.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A2BA669.3080404@cornell.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-02-20) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 Jun 7 07:37, Ken Brown wrote: > On 6/7/2009 4:23 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> I tested this change on XP 32 bit, 2K8 32 bit, W7 32 bit, and W7 64 bit, >> by running `cygport automake1.11 compile' and a subsequent `make check', >> which uses perl (and thus run-time loaded DLLs) a lot. > > I don't have the expertise to follow this thread in detail, but I have > one question from the user's point of view. Are your patches strictly > designed to solve problems in Vista and later, or might they have a > (positive) impact under XP? They are designed to fix a generic problem introduced in 1.7 due to the long pathname support, not a Vista-only problem. It was a coincidence that the guys involved in the discussion of that issue were running Vista/W7. The only difference of Vista/W7 to earlier system is the additional ASLR feature which could help to plaster over the issue in a non-reproducible way. */me ducks to escape Chucks slap* 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/