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Re: Stack fault in SETUP.EXE
- From: "David A. Cobb" <superbiskit at home dot com>
- To: Cygwin Library General Discussion <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 23:24:16 -0500
- Subject: Re: Stack fault in SETUP.EXE
- Organization: Excite/At-Home User via Cox
- References: <3C06391F.5090903@home.com>
I'm happy to report that SETUP 2.125.2.10 solves this problem.
David A. Cobb wrote:
> Running SETUP 2.125.2.5
>
> Suddenly [since yesterday] I get a Stack Fault immediately after
> downloading SETUP.INI. The SETUP.INI file is downloaded and looks
> normal - whatever that means. I'm hypothesizing a buffer overflow in
> parsing some of the long commentary in the INI file; but I can't see
> anything obvious like a missing quote.
>
> The fault registers are -
> Stack Fault at 0167:0042d76f in SETUP.EXE
> EAX=008a7c20 cs=0167 EIP=0042d76f EFlags=00010217
> EBX=0079ad90 ss=016f ESP=00582000 EBP=00580210
> (I didn't write down the rest but it's 100% repeatable)
>
> Attached is a Watson, if that helps.
>
> I'd be glad to help locate it if someone can lend me a clue how.
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