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Re: perl threads on 2008 R2 64bit = crash ( was: perl 5.10 threads on 1.5.25 = instant crash )


On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 04:22:01PM +0000, Eric Blake wrote:
>Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please <at> cygwin.com> writes:
>>Right, and I don't know how you could make the claim that Cygwin apps
>>don't install SEH handlers.  We can't possibly know how every Cygwin
>>app does this.  Obviously there's at least one app out there which has
>>decided that it needs to use Windows-specific methods to accomplish a
>>goal.  I'm not exactly thrilled to see code which has decided to dig
>>deep into Windows internals.  That's what Cygwin is supposed to
>>prevent.
>
>If cygwin were to provide a working sigaltstack,...

Yes.  I got that the first time you said it.  That has no effect on my
thrilledness.

cgf

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