[ITP] rebase

[Jason Tishler]

Max,

On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 10:07:43PM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote:
> Jason Tishler wrote:
> > 2. non-persistent: rebase DLLs ignoring setup.exe's rebase database
> > (which is essentially today's, MS-like functionality)
> 
> "non-persistent" seems to imply that the effects get cancelled out by
> a reboot. Is this really the case?

No, once a DLL is rebased it stays that way until it is rebased again
regardless of reboots.

By "non-persistent," I mean that once a set of DLLs are rebased the
knowledge (i.e., persistence) of their base addresses is lost.  Hence,
if you want to rebase a new DLLs, then one must rebase *all* DLLs again
to guarantee that no DLL base address conflicts will occur.

If setup.exe or rebase.exe persists this information in a convenient
form, then the user can rebase incrementally without having to rebase
all the DLLs over and over again.

> If not, can we discuss a more self-explanatory name for this?

Sure.  Can you suggest a better name for this concept?

I hope that using the term "non-persistent" does not delay the voting
process...

Thanks,
Jason

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