bug#10674: 24.0.92; cmdproxy.exe fork-bomb

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:50:10 +0000
> From: Simon Morgan <sjm@spamcop.net>
> CC: 10674@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On 03/02/2012 10:47 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Please see if ... the second one is the child of the first one and
> > the parent of the third one, etc.
> 
> This is the case.
> 
> > Are you able to run cmdproxy under a debugger and see what is going on
> > here?
> 
> Not currently.
> 
> > If you cannot run cmdproxy under a debugger, please tell:
> >
> >   . how exactly did you invoke cmdproxy from the command line to get
> >     the infinite spawning problem?
> 
> Just by executing "cmdproxy.exe" while in "C:\emacs-24.0.92\bin".
> 
> >   . do you have other copies of cmdproxy.exe somewhere on your Path?
> 
> Nope:
> 
>      C:\Users\Simon>where cmdproxy
>      INFO: Could not find files for the given pattern(s).
> 
> >   . is this Windows 7 box a 32-bit or a 64-bit system?
> 
> 64-bit.
> 
> >   . what is the value of the following Registry key?
> >
> >      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session 
> > Manager\SafeProcessSearchMode
> 
> It doesn't exist.

Then I'm out of ideas.  Unless someone can run cmdproxy under a
debugger on a system where this problem exists, I don't know how to
fix this problem.