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Re: Debugging snapshot of setup.exe


On 16 Apr 2003, Robert Collins wrote:

> On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 18:59, Max Bowsher wrote:
> > Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > > Would it be a good idea to have a debugging snapshot of setup.exe
> > > available somewhere, just so people who report problems can be directed to
> > > try it out, and if the problem is reproducible with it, use gdb and
> > > provide stack backtraces?  We probably won't need a HEAD snapshot, just
> > > the release one.  What do people think?
> >
> > It would only be useful when troubleshooting a crash, wouldn't it?
> > If so, we can just put up debugging snapshots when a tricky crash surfaces,
> > rather than all the time.
>
> ACK.
> Rob

Ok, then, can we provide one now?  Someone reported a hang (see
<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-04/msg01446.html>), it'd be interesting
to see what the backtrace looks like.
	Igor
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