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Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 20:57:29 -0800
From: Linda W <cygwin AT tlinx DOT org>
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Subject: setup modifying code?
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Dave Korn wrote:

> Since it is a known fact that it _does_ legitimately contain
>
>self-modifying code, the fact that your system doesn't warn must mean it is
>not configured to warn about self-modifying code.
>  
>
----
   This is probably a non-issue, but I don't know if it's been
tested.  Does anyone know if setup's self-modifying code feature
could cause problems on XP-SP2 running on a processor that supports the
No-execute bit on data segments?

Linda





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