1.7.2 on 2008 SP2: man segfaults + X problems

Tue Mar 30 01:50:00 GMT 2010

2010年3月29日 Mark McConnell <markd.mcconnell@gmail.com>:
> 2010年3月29日 Mark McConnell <markd.mcconnell@gmail.com>:
>> I am running the XWin X Server
>> Release: 1.7.6.0 (10706000)
>> Build Date: 2010年03月22日
>>>> After installing Cygwin 1.7.2 for the first time on Windows Server
>> 2008 SP2, I discovered several indications of a problem with my Cygwin
>> installation. I describe 4 "symptoms" below.
>>>> SYMPTOM 1
>>  man* dumps core after a Segmentation fault
>>>> $ man man
>> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>>>> ================
>> ...
>> In addition to man segfaulting, dgb also dumps core - which is
> inconvenient for tracking down what's going on with man.   But they
> leave such a small dump, I've attached the stackdump from both man.exe
> and dbg.exe to this message.
>> Mark
> --

I realized after reading these stackdumps, that this sort of
STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION failure is what I should expect from Windows
Data Execution Prevention being turned on. I turned this off for
man.exe, and now man is able to work. SYMPTOM 1 is resolved.
Mark
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