Re: Why /usr/bin/*.dll must be executable?

[De-Jian Zhao <dejian dot zhao at gmail dot com>]

On 2012-4-21 1:29, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 4/20/2012 1:25 PM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> > From: Corinna Vinschen
> > > Windows requires the x bit for DLLs to be loadable as executable code
> > > into the address space of a process.  As VÃclav wrote, it's a Windows
> > > thing.
> >
> > So, I had to play with "chmod -x cyg*.dll" and, of course, it
> > totally hosed Cygwin. I recovered by reinstalling from scratch
> > only after realizing that ATTRIB did not have an option to re-
> > establish X--we're talking XP here.  So, as this is a Windows
> > thing, wondering how, through Windows, I could restore execute
> > access to the DLLs.
>
> What's wrong with "chmod +x cyg*.dll"?

It doesn't work any more. You cannot restart a new terminal, either. You 
will be trapped here.


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