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Subject: Re: 1.7.2 on 2008 SP2: man segfaults + X problems
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2010/3/29 Mark McConnell <markd DOT mcconnell AT gmail DOT com>:
> 2010/3/29 Mark McConnell <markd DOT mcconnell AT gmail DOT com>:
>> I am running the XWin X Server
>> Release: 1.7.6.0 (10706000)
>> Build Date: 2010-03-22
>>
>> After installing Cygwin 1.7.2 for the first time on Windows Server
>> 2008 SP2, I discovered several indications of a problem with my Cygwin
>> installation. I describe 4 "symptoms" below.
>>
>> SYMPTOM 1
>> =A0man* dumps core after a Segmentation fault
>>
>> $ man man
>> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>>
>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>> ...
>
> In addition to man segfaulting, dgb also dumps core - which is
> inconvenient for tracking down what's going on with man. =A0 But they
> leave such a small dump, I've attached the stackdump from both man.exe
> and dbg.exe to this message.
>
> Mark
> --


I realized after reading these stackdumps, that this sort of
STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION failure is what I should expect from Windows
Data Execution Prevention being turned on.  I turned this off for
man.exe, and now man is able to work.  SYMPTOM 1 is resolved.

Mark
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