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Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?


On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> From: marco atzeri
>> BLODA is still a possibility, I have Symantec installed; or there is
>> subtle bug handling the missing files on the website
>>
>> Marco
>
> I had understood BLODA to affect Cygwin programs that rely on code
> in cygwin1.dll that tries to bridge the imperfect divide between
> the Unix and Windows architectures; it therefore would not affect
> pure Windows programs such as setup.exe. Have I misunderstood?

Yes, you have misunderstood.  We point people to the BLODA FAQ at
Cygwin at mingw.org which has nothing to do with Cygwin.  BLODA can
affect any DLL or EXE.

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