RE: GNUstep BUFFER OVERFLOWS

[a b]

After I was able to see what was going on, it was easy to correct.
As the saying goes, it's easy once you know how.  I have never been
a big fan of software which just quits without any explanation of the
problem.
 
I now have the test application running on Win7 where GNUstep
is not installed.  It's showing the GNUstep theme instead of the
WinUXTheme, but I think I can fix that now without too much trouble.
 
I have reached the point in the document where the author
says to remove everything from your package which wasn't necessary
after all.
 
That, plus a little better organization of the files should finish my learning experience .
Then on to the next experiment.
 
Thanks for the help.
 

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Subject: Re: GNUstep BUFFER OVERFLOWS
From: fredkiefer@gmx.de
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 18:43:24 +0100
CC: discuss-gnustep@gnu.org
To: a_bright2@hotmail.com

You might need to log into the Windows event viewer to see the error logs on Windows.

Fred

On the road

Am 29.12.2013 um 15:53 schrieb a b <a_bright2@hotmail.com>:

Your references were spot on.  Russinovich really explains it well.  Since I am just
beginning to familiarize myself with GNUstep it can be difficult to know what is
due to GNUstep, what is due to Windows, etc.  Trying to absorb everything about
GNUstep all at the same time can be a little daunting.
 
Thanks again for the reply.  Now I just need to figure out why the test application
closes without even displaying the GUI window but does not display any error
message.

 

> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 13:42:22 +0100
> From: fredkiefer@gmx.de
> To: discuss-gnustep@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: GNUstep BUFFER OVERFLOWS
>
> On 29.12.2013 12:47, a b wrote:
> >> Does this happen with your "Own" test app only? or also when starting
> >> Gorm or PojectCenter?
> >
> > I am trying to become familiar with GNUstep; it is a test app only.
> > If GNUstep is already installed, I don't see any problem.
> >
> >> If you just compile and run it inside ProjectCenter, does it happen?
> >>
> > If GNUstep is already installed, I don't see any problem.
> > In my opinion, buffer overflow is unusual. That is why I am asking.
> >
> >> Where/how do you see these buffer overflows?
> >>
> > The overflows were captured using the SysInternals Process Monitor tool
> > made available by Microsoft. Start the process monitor, then set the filter
> > to ignore all the normal background processes. Start the application, the
> > monitor will capture all the activity related to the application.
>
> Why didn't you say so before? Getting buffer overflows in that situation
> seems to be quite common and harmless. See for example:
>
> http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2005/05/17/buffer-overflows.aspx
>
> or
>
> http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2005/06/04/buffer-overflows-in-regmon-traces.aspx
>
> Nothing to worry about, just something you have to live with if you
> really want to use Windows and look under the hood as well.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Fred
>
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