Heads up: *possible* bug in cygwin
Gary R. Van Sickle
g.r.vansickle@worldnet.att.net
Fri Jan 3 06:42:00 GMT 2003
> Chuck,
>
> On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 11:36:49PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote:
> > Turns out, the problem IS in newlib.
>
> I concur. In fact, this problem is the root cause for the Cygwin Python
> SEGV that I was trying to debug in the following:
>
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2002-12/msg00027.html
>
> For those interested, Python's test_format regression test would SEGV
> after trying to display a 109 digit number. Unfortunately, this
> occurred deep in Python's garbage collection during exit which threw me
> off the track. Sigh...
>
> Thanks for your astute analysis. With the attached "patch," I was able
> to get test_format to pass. I will monitor the newlib list to see what
> the outcome is.
>
> Jason
>
Free software is so very, very sweet. Thanks to everybody involved in killing
this latent (to me anyway) defect.
--
Gary R. Van Sickle
Brewer. Patriot.
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