X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4AF0C859.7030605@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:18:33 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Is it worth it to run rebaseall? References: <806a89db0911031541xaaabd11j81ffa5ffb12b7f80@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <806a89db0911031541xaaabd11j81ffa5ffb12b7f80@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 11/03/2009 06:41 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > During the brief period I ran Windows Vista, it was recommended to run > rebaseall. > > Now that I'm running Windows 7 and Cygwin 1.7, seemingly without > problems, is there any reason/need/advantage to running it? Not generally, no. You should only run it if you notice problems with DLL base address collisions. This is true no matter what the platform. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple