[ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: cygwin-1.7.0-58

[Dave Korn]

Reini Urban wrote:
> 2009/8/14 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>:
>>> Bugfixes:
>>> =========
>>> - Fix and workaround a bug in the implementation of the C++ memory
>>>  allocation support introduced in 1.7.0-49.  A structure pointer got
>>>  accidentally manipulated when DLLs got loaded at runtime via dlopen.
>>>  When dlclose'ing the same DLL, the pointer content pointed into the
>>>  memory of the just unloaded DLL, with probably unexpected results.
>>>  This fixes the problem reported in
>>>  http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-08/msg00352.html
>> I can confirm that it also fixes my (not so simple) real world case.
>> Thanks to all involved for the speedy resolution!
> 
> It also fixed my problem reported at
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-08/msg00114.html
> so it was indeed related. Thanks!

  These thanks belong to Corinna, who basically worked it all out while I was
crashed out after a previous all-nighter.  Thanks Corinna :)

    cheers,
      DaveK

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