Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 11:15:05 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com>
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Subject: perl.exe has wrong base address (was Re: git-svn hang starting with 20110721 snapshot.)
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On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 04:56:05PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>Is git-svn using perl?

Yes, very heavily.  Setting CYGWIN_DEBUG=perl filled my screen with gdb
windows.

>I have constant problems using perl after a rebase.  The problem starts
>with perl.exe(!) being rebased(!) to 0x50000000(!).

So, it is.  How odd.

>However, when rebasing perl.exe to 0x400000 where it belongs, it
>doesn't work either.  Only reinstalling perl helped afterwards.

perl itself seems to still work but rebasing doesn't solve the hang.

>Reini, could you please update the perl package so that the executable
>is in its default place at 0x400000?

Or at least explain why it's sitting up there where it interferes with
dlls?

cgf

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