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From: Steve Jorgensen <steve AT khoral DOT com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 12:24:35 -0600 (MDT)
Message-Id: <199910261824.MAA09264@benson>
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: Wierd perl problem..

> Ok.  I've just checked in changes that work around the problem "for me".
> They should be in the next snapshot.

> The problem was that a DLL in a forked child was not being loaded in
> exactly the same location as it was in the parent.  So, when the parent
> tried to copy its memory to the child -- boom!

> I kludged around this by allocating memory up to the point where the
> DLL should be loaded.  This is remarkably fragile and stupid but it
> seems to work.

> The DLL code looks like it is due for a rewrite.  Maybe we'll have time
> to do that someday.

> So, if you're adventurous, try out the latest snapshot and see if dynamic
> loading in perl just miraculously "works" now.

	I'll play with it.  Thanks.

				Steve

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