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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To: <nhv AT cape DOT com>, "'Charles Wilson'" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>,
   "'Jason Tishler'" <jason AT tishler DOT net>
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Subject: Re: dll_list::load_after_fork() blues (was Re: [ python-Bugs-489709 ] Building Fails ...)
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 13:44:43 +1100
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Norman Vine" <nhv AT cape DOT com>

> FWIW
> I just tried patching Cygwin's dlopen() function to always rebase
dll's
> on loading with a 'slightly hacked to force rebasing' version of

Interesting idea. Unfortunately it only covers the dlopened dll's - and
we need to ensure the imported .dll's relocate (or not) consistently.

It's the consistency thats the problem, not the actual relocation.

Rob


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