From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
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Subject: Re: Bug in  crt0.S
To: muller AT cerbere DOT u-strasbg DOT fr
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 16:22:29 -0600 (CST)
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> >How it affects? is this problem found only when using Unixy sbrk?
> 
>   I don't know,
> it really seems that its only when the base is changed!

This problem is probably only seen with Unixy sbrk.  But there are 
lots of other issues with unixy sbrk - locked memory may not stay
locked if the base values change!  The reason this bug is not
seen in other apps which used unixy sbrk (like quake) it that 
they allocated all the memory up front so the base never changed.

This is a real bug - but only a partial fix.

>   I first sent this message to Eli,
> but he told me to send it to the list and to Charles Sandmann
> But I forgot this, I did it right now!

Yeah - I know about the sins in this code...