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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 13:40:33 -0400
To: Troy Noble <troy DOT noble AT channelpoint DOT com>,
        "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: RE: What's a good stable snapshot DLL?
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Snapshots are built with debug symbols but the format won't be understood
by Dr. Watson or VC++.  You'll need to use gdb/insight. 

Larry


At 01:35 PM 4/16/2001, Troy Noble wrote:
>Fair enough.
>
>This is probably a FAQ.  Are the cygwin1.dll snapshots generated
>with debug symbols such that I'll get more information in my Dr Watson
>reports?  If not, do I need to build my own with VC++ 6.0 such that I
>can pull up the debugger when (if) I get the access violations?
>
>Thanks for the information.  Troy
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [mailto:lhall AT rfk DOT com]
>Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 9:33 AM
>To: Troy Noble; 'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'
>Subject: Re: What's a good stable snapshot DLL?
>
>
>At 10:45 AM 4/16/2001, Troy Noble wrote:
> >Am having some relatively frequent Dr. Watson dialogs on Win2K and NT 4
> >SP6a.
> >Access Violations.  Using 1.1.8-2 version of the DLL from a "cygwin/latest"
> >mirror.
> >
> >It's seems to happen in all sorts of places... echo.exe, make.exe,
>bash.exe,
> >basepath.exe.  Seems to be somewhat random, in other words I can't
>reproduce
> >it the same way twice.  And it only seems to occur on machines where I have
> >cygwin on the d: drive instead of the c: drive.
> >
> >So am willing to try a snapshot of the DLL as is frequently suggested on
>the
> >list.
> >My question is, what is a good stable version I can try (looking for
>minimal
> >risk if
> >possible).  Saw one reference to
> >
> >ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/mirrors/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/snapshots/cygwin1-2
>0
> >010411.dll.bz2
> >
> >but that seems awfully recent.  Is it generally safe using ones that recent
> >given
> >that these are built off of developer sources almost daily?
>
>
>Snapshots are not generally considered stable.   They are works in progress.
>If submissions build, a new snapshot is created.  If not, there's no 
>snapshot.  Whether they "work" or not is determined by those that run them.
>If you intend to try/use a snapshot, you should:
>
>    1. Backup any previous DLL/environment you have that you may want to fall
>       back to.
>
>    2. Be willing to try a few to see if they help solve your problems
>without
>       creating others.
>
>    3. Report the results of (2).
>
>    4. Preferably be willing to help debug issues you find.
>
>
>Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
>RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
>118 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
>Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX


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