In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 24 Nov 2002 11:38:09 +0100, ssl
mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
ssl> Hard to believe it might by true. Nevertheless
ssl> everything indicates there is a major design flaw
ssl> in BIO:
ssl>
ssl> BIO sends FILE* pointer across dll boundary, causing
ssl> crash of statically linked version of libeay32.dll.
ssl> (At least on WINNT). To reproduce, modify the corresponding
ssl> compiler switch to /MT and try enclosed tests. The crash
ssl> is located inside the EnterCriticalSection API, since the dll
ssl> incorrectly considers sent FILE* as FILEX structure after
ssl> being unable to locate it in its own list of FILEs.
ssl>
ssl> This is caused by the fact, both exe and dll maintain its
ssl> own copy of the run time library, hence FILE* from
ssl> the exe cannot work inside the DLL.
1. You didn't attach any test file.
2. What do you suggest we do?
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