Re: Heads up: *possible* bug in cygwin

[Jason Tishler <jason at tishler dot net>]

Chuck,

On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 11:36:49PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote:
> Turns out, the problem IS in newlib.

I concur.  In fact, this problem is the root cause for the Cygwin Python
SEGV that I was trying to debug in the following:

    http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2002-12/msg00027.html

For those interested, Python's test_format regression test would SEGV
after trying to display a 109 digit number.  Unfortunately, this
occurred deep in Python's garbage collection during exit which threw me
off the track.  Sigh...

Thanks for your astute analysis.  With the attached "patch," I was able
to get test_format to pass.  I will monitor the newlib list to see what
the outcome is.

Jason

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