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RE: FW: cygwin-1.dll long-time bug
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'dept. of ISO9001 compliance'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:28:33 +0100
- Subject: RE: FW: cygwin-1.dll long-time bug
- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
On 19 April 2006 04:44, Eric Blake wrote:
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> According to Dave Korn on 4/18/2006 12:38 PM:
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>> Well, I think it's reasonable enough to say that cygwin does things that
>> are pushing the envelope of what's documented to work in relation to how
>> we handle forking and process startup. After all we just had that lockup
>> caused by the fact that you can't even call GetModuleName[*] from DllMain
>> safely. Things happen in an unusual order in cygwin processes and
>> threads, and it's probably not something that gets a whole load of testing
>> in microsoft's QA dept.... ;)
>
> They have one? What are the job qualifications to become a member of that
> dept, I wonder? I bet even a hippo could apply...
>
Yes, actually! Most of their testing is done by dropping hippos on software
and seeing what happens. Usually it breaks.
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Then they ship it!
cheers,
DaveK
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