SHOWSTOPPER: [was Re: vfscanf in newlib]

Robert Collins robert.collins@itdomain.com.au
Sun Apr 22 17:16:00 GMT 2001


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Faylor [ mailto:cgf@redhat.com ]
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 10:12 AM
> To: cygwin-developers@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: SHOWSTOPPER: [was Re: vfscanf in newlib]
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 09:52:51AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> >Committed. The NULL protection should not be needed. if thread_self()
> >ever returns NULL we are in big trouble across the board. So perhaps
> >pthread_self should system_printf if it fails ?
> 
> Yep.  Or should it be an api_fatal?

as long as cygwin dies horribly when it happens :] Yes api_fatal is
probably the call. Thanks.
 
> Were you ever able to duplicate the ssh crashing bug?  If not, can
> anyone else confirm that this problem has been squashed now?

I confess to not having an sshd setup to test the bug with. Thus I just
reviewed the source.

> 
> cgf
> 

Rob



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