Andrew Paprocki wrote: > Corinna, >> I've been trying to figure out why cygwin isn't working properly on > Vista x64. I saw the thread you posted to here: >> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-11/msg00595.html >> I see that cygwin is performing the trick outlined here: >> http://www.catch22.net/tuts/undoc01.asp >> (Search for "Pass arbitrary data to a child process!") >> This is achieved because the child_info class is declared to have: >> DWORD zero[4]; // must be zeroed >> It appears as if this trick is no longer working under Vista x64. The > question is, does this code now have to resort to using > VirtualAllocEx/WriteProcessMemory, or is there a way around it? >> Have you been able to isolate this into a simple binary test? I am > currently running on a Vista x64 system right now with VS2005 > installed in case you would like me to try out anything which may be > of help. You may be interested in this update from Corinna today: <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-12/msg00159.html> -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/