From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: GnuTLS for W32 Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:45:43 -0500 Message-ID: References: <83boqkr9bp.fsf@gnu.org> <874nwcu17i.fsf@wanadoo.es> <834nwcr6un.fsf@gnu.org> <87vcosskhc.fsf@wanadoo.es> <831urgr2yr.fsf@gnu.org> <87r4zgsh2w.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87ipks3zbo.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87boqk3q69.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87aa634st8.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87fwfvsgfv.fsf@wanadoo.es> <877h17scdo.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87hb0b77nr.fsf@lifelogs.com> <8739bvs27m.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87lipnqdhy.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87d3ayrjrk.fsf@wanadoo.es> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1325745959 23976 80.91.229.12 (5 Jan 2012 06:45:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 06:45:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar?= Fuentes Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 05 07:45:51 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rih5A-0005Jn-An for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:45:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53399 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rih59-000600-SE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:45:47 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:39095) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rih56-0005zv-TY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:45:45 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rih56-00074o-1r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:45:44 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:41619) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rih56-00074k-0K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:45:44 -0500 Original-Received: from eliz by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rih55-00021Y-Pr; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:45:43 -0500 In-reply-to: <87d3ayrjrk.fsf@wanadoo.es> (message from =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93sca?= =?utf-8?Q?r?= Fuentes on Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:00:15 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.10 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:147322 Archived-At: > From: Óscar Fuentes > Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:00:15 +0100 > > Juanma Barranquero writes: > > > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 00:00, Óscar Fuentes wrote: > > > >> It took me > >> months to discover the problem for one of the users: a mass storage > >> device driver and accompanying backup utility installed their own > >> custom-modified MSVCRT.DLL on system32, which somehow caused my app to > >> freeze when certain gui action was performed. They didn't bothered to > >> use a different version string or id on the resources of the library, so > >> it reported itself as one of the "good" dlls. > > > > That just means that someone should be hit in the head with a printed > > copy of the full MSDN site. Repeatedly. > > It *also* means that depending on unknown third parties is asking for > trouble. If we put a DLL on ELPA or some other place and recommend it, it is no longer "unknown". The recommendation means someone has tested the DLL and found it compatible with Emacs and free of nuisances.