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| author | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2000-10-18 18:36:07 +0400 |
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| committer | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2000-10-18 18:36:07 +0400 |
| commit | b55af6accd54d389e595828a22aae34d2379865b (patch) | |
| tree | 7a721572ba853c0cdd381d267e109ee364099a09 /winsup/doc | |
| parent | 6a0983f60f45f8e62f891282b82a3cb93623bf61 (diff) | |
Update entry "How do anti-virus programs like Cygwin?",
adding bit about performance hit and exempting C:\cygwin\bin from scanning.
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo b/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo index 3c4b53d92..6dc2b99ad 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo @@ -346,16 +346,24 @@ things you might add in the future?) @subsection How do anti-virus programs like Cygwin? -Users have reported that McAfee (now NAI) VirusScan for NT (and others?) is -incompatible with Cygwin. This is because it tries to scan the -newly loaded shared memory in the cygwin.dll, which can cause fork()s -to fail, wreaking havoc on many of the tools. - -There are also reports of NAI VirusScan causing the system to hang when -unpacking tar.gz archives. This is surely a bug in VirusScan, and -should be reported to NAI. The only workaround is to disable VirusScan -when accessing these files. This can be an issue during setup, and is -discussed in that FAQ entry. +Users have reported that NAI (formerly McAfee) VirusScan for NT (and +others?) is incompatible with Cygwin. This is because it tries to scan +the newly loaded shared memory in cygwin1.dll, which can cause fork() to +fail, wreaking havoc on many of the tools. (It is not confirmed that +this is still a problem, however.) + +There have been several reports of NAI VirusScan causing the system to +hang when unpacking tar.gz archives. This is surely a bug in VirusScan, +and should be reported to NAI. The only workaround is to disable +VirusScan when accessing these files. This can be an issue during +setup, and is discussed in that FAQ entry. + +Some users report a significant performance hit using Cygwin when their +anti-virus software is enabled. Rather than disable the anti-virus +software completely, it may be possible to specify directories whose +contents are exempt from scanning. In a default installation, this +would be @samp{@code{C:\cygwin\bin}}. Obviously, this could be +exploited by a hostile non-Cygwin program, so do this at your own risk. @subsection Why can't I run bash as a shell under NT Emacs? |