From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19826 invoked by alias); 20 Nov 2013 08:59:28 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 19795 invoked by uid 89); 20 Nov 2013 08:59:26 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_80,FREEMAIL_FROM,RDNS_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-wi0-f175.google.com Received: from Unknown (HELO mail-wi0-f175.google.com) (209.85.212.175) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 20 Nov 2013 08:59:25 +0000 Received: by mail-wi0-f175.google.com with SMTP id hi5so1886350wib.2 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:59:16 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.20.65 with SMTP id l1mr6236938wje.4.1384937956605; Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:59:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.195.12.165 with HTTP; Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:59:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <0C723FEB5B4E5642B25B451BA57E273041FDF178@S1P5DAG3C.EXCHPROD.USA.NET> References: <1384839303.14356.YahooMailNeo@web125203.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20131119100343.GA27525@calimero.vinschen.de> <528B93E6.3030802@etr-usa.com> <20131119171330.GF2936@calimero.vinschen.de> <528BAC3D.9070506@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <20131119190343.GG2936@calimero.vinschen.de> <528BBA1A.2080209@cygwin.com> <20131119202958.GH2936@calimero.vinschen.de> <0C723FEB5B4E5642B25B451BA57E273041FDF178@S1P5DAG3C.EXCHPROD.USA.NET> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 08:59:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: cygcheck -svc segfaults on Windows 8.1 with cygwin64 From: Csaba Raduly To: cygwin list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-SW-Source: 2013-11/txt/msg00356.txt.bz2 On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 12:41 AM, Jim Garrison wrote: (snip) >> On Nov 19 14:20, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> >> I found what happened: >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en- >> us/library/windows/desktop/dn302074%28v=vs.85%29.aspx > > Hmm... from the quoted link: > > We have made some significant changes in how the GetVersion(Ex) APIs > work in Windows 8.1 due to undesirable customer behaviors resulting from how > the GetVersion(Ex) APIs have been used in the past. > > Pesky customers won't behave the way we want them to... (sinister music) This is why we can't have nice things. Sounds like a case of throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Csaba -- GCS a+ e++ d- C++ ULS$ L+$ !E- W++ P+++$ w++$ tv+ b++ DI D++ 5++ The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers. Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts. "Ok, it boots. Which means it must be bug-free and perfect. " -- Linus Torvalds "People disagree with me. I just ignore them." -- Linus Torvalds -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple