CVS setup.exe crashes on Windows 2003 Server x64

[Brian Dessent]

"Thrall, Bryan" wrote:

> Well, I believe Win2k3 Server x64 has a 32-bit compatibility mode that
> it is using to run setup.exe. Self-modifying code would explain why DEP
> would kill the program, but does that explain why CVS setup.exe is
> getting killed but 2.510.2.2 isn't? It looks like autoload.c hasn't been
> changed since 2004...

I think the autoload.c thing is a red herring, since:

A) As you state it has been in setup.exe for years,

and

B) this same autoload technique is used by the Cygwin DLL itself as
well.

Brian