On Jun 24 15:30, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 02:00:52PM -0400, GJ Hagenaars wrote: > >Hi there, > > > >On a Windows Server 2008, running cronbug from the (bash) command line > >results in an ever increasing cronbug.txt file because cygcheck walks > >the registry and gets into an infinite loop. > > > >It will repeatedly find these entries, deeper and deeper in the registry: > >Cygnus Solutions > >Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin > >Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 > >Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/ > >Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin > >Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib > >Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options > > > >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Cygnus Solutions > >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Wow6432Node\Cygnus Solutions > >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Wow6432Node\Wow6432Node\Cygnus > >Solutions > >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Wow6432Node\Wow6432Node\Wow6432Node\Cygnus > > > >Solutions > > > > > >Wow6432Node is Windows-on-windows, and allows registry entries for 32 > >bit applications to be stored along side registry entries for 64 bit > >applications of the same name (allowing for different entries for 64 bit > >and 32 bit apps). The infinite loop behaviour is known and "fixed" by > >Microsoft by making the registry key HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node hidden > >from RegEnumKeyEx in the 32 bit hive. > > > >http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724072(VS.85).aspx > ><http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724072%28VS.85%29.aspx> > > > >Many registry cleaners are (still) struggling with this, as are registry > >backup utilities, and also, it appears, cygcheck. > > Which version of cygcheck is this? Does it come from 1.7 or 1.5?
I fixed that for the 1.7 cygcheck in January. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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
