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RE: Re[3]: cygwin download incomplete - try again - loop?
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at syncretize dot net>
- To: "'Heribert Dahms'" <heribert_dahms at icon-scm dot com>,"'Kilroy, David'" <david dot kilroy at detroitdiesel dot com>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 23:52:53 +1000
- Subject: RE: Re[3]: cygwin download incomplete - try again - loop?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Heribert Dahms
> Sent: Saturday, 8 June 2002 6:12 AM
> To: 'Robert Collins'; 'Kilroy, David'; cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: Re[3]: cygwin download incomplete - try again - loop?
>
>
> Hi Rob,
>
> unless I lost track in the thread,
> wouldn't rfc1738 simply need
> to check right at the beginning something like
> if (!ptr || !*ptr) return ptr;
> and how many million times does setup call it
> that it makes a noteable difference to the user?
> Or do you re-install cygwin hundred times a day 8-)
Its more a fix the actual bug location thing. Rfc1738's code is (in this
instance) correct. It's a system library that is buggy. Do we work
around the bug or correct it?
Rob
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