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diff --git a/app-admin/cygwin-rebase/metadata.xml b/app-admin/cygwin-rebase/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..1dc5534cdb9b --- /dev/null +++ b/app-admin/cygwin-rebase/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> + <maintainer type="person"> + <email>haubi@gentoo.org</email> + <name>Michael Haubenwallner</name> + </maintainer> + <longdescription lang="en"> + The rebaseall utility is a convenient way for users that suffer from the + Cygwin rebase problem to rebase their entire system (i.e., all of their + DLLs). The following is a list of known Cygwin applications that are + affected by the rebase problem: + + Apache + Perl + Python + + The rebase problem is due to fork() failing when it is unable to load + DLLs in the child at the same address as in the parent. This is caused + by DLLs which have conflicting base addresses. + </longdescription> +</pkgmetadata> |