Segmentation faults on old software

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On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Graham Rangel-Sharp wrote:

> Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 15:33:35 +0000
> From: Graham Rangel-Sharp <een7gdr@leeds.ac.uk>
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Segmentation faults on old software
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Ive just started my Phd which involves getting some 5 year old software to
> run. I can get it to compile using cygwin on win2000, but when it runs its
> gets a small way into the program before a Segmentation fault occurs and the
> program crashes.
> 
> Ive tried compiling the code on a friends Linux machine and it works fine.
> 
> Has anyone got any ideas ? Ive tried installing the latest patches but it
> still occurs.
> 
I have made the experience that linux is much more tolerant against
programing errors (bad pointers) that other unixes. Try to find out
where these sefaults occur using a debugger (gdb).

regards 	Matthias Buchmeier

> Thanks in advance.
> ____________________________________
> 
> Graham Rangel-Sharp
> Institute of Microwaves and Photonics
> School of Electonic and Electrical Engineering
> The University of Leeds
> Leeds
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