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Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:57:16 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: rebaseall rebasing dlls into cygwin address range?
From: "Edward Lam" <edward AT sidefx DOT com>
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On Wed, April 20, 2011 21:06, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> But, for now, just setting the base to something higher:
>
> rebaseall -b 0x77000000
>
> would solve some of the problems we've seen.
>
> I don't know if that stomps on system routines or not, though.

Just curious, why is this even a problem? If the system libraries happen
to use some base address that is already taken up, the loader is supposed
to just choose a different spot.

-Edward


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