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RE: Re[3]: cygwin download incomplete - try again - loop?
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at syncretize dot net>
- To: "'Robert Collins'" <robert dot collins at syncretize dot net>,"'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 23:58:11 +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 Robert Collins
> Sent: Saturday, 8 June 2002 11:53 PM
> To: 'Heribert Dahms'; 'Kilroy, David'; cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: Re[3]: cygwin download incomplete - try again - loop?
>
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>
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> > -----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?
And this is me eating my words. It's a different bug than the zero
length strcmp issue identified before.
Rob
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