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Subject: RE: Need tech info on need_invisible() and CreateWindowStation
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:40:49 -0000
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On 15 March 2006 14:07, Louis Lecaroz wrote:

> Hi,
> first, let me introduce why I need technical infos on the need_invisible()

  Can't speak to this one as I haven't studied the code.


> I also saw that (If i looked in the correct version), that Cygwin allocate
> at the end of the dll segment a block of memory for exchanging data with
> the child cygwin programs & that sometimes (if i understoound everything)
> due to dlls reallocation, this shared segment could be not allocated
> correctly... can this generate hanging/locking process ?    

  It shouldn't do, it should generate a fork error message about
MapViewOfProcess failing, with IIRC win32 error code 487 or 6 most of the
time.

 
    cheers,
      DaveK
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