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Re: 1.7.2 on 2008 SP2: man segfaults + X problems
RESOLVED. Windows Server 2008 has Data Execution Prevention (DEP)
enabled by default. Apparently there are a number of Cygwin programs
that are not compatible DEP. All of the symptoms that I described are
related to this. I've turned off DEP for all programs except crucial
Windows applications.
I would prefer to make exceptions for Cygwin programs only, rather
than turning off DEP for all third party applications; but the unix
model of many small programs interoperating with one another would
seem to make this impractical. I'll investigate that further, but as
for the problem I described with my Cygwin installation on Server 2008
SP2, I've resolved it.
Thanks for your patience.
Mark
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