From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 49277 invoked by alias); 27 Feb 2019 03:45:12 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 49039 invoked by uid 89); 27 Feb 2019 03:45:04 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_NUMSUBJECT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=scientific, genius, ear, Hx-languages-length:1213 X-HELO: mail-ot1-f41.google.com Received: from mail-ot1-f41.google.com (HELO mail-ot1-f41.google.com) (209.85.210.41) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 03:45:02 +0000 Received: by mail-ot1-f41.google.com with SMTP id g1so13130848otj.11 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:45:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:date:from:subject:to:references:user-agent; bh=x/xbCtTv/Mna1Rm5chEvWG0wpJCDHPMw3u1wINlKxQo=; b=ZoMhjk2/Nqf9a46ZKP9/B3Ck1CL5NJTfNWlslWjzBf7jJwq2t+dsqmvQ/dei0gBGcZ 87ViMVBUwbdC72IO6Goy/J3pGnaxC0cEoHCMBSUujLtZDqsTM99kezN2tOOPu5yktWAg pQaOfc4QmRhZxTD6uEP6ouapNLK6GsbJImQ1dt5Wm3c8OPnHefHejx4ZUYc+Y1l0+2TA QQEfgC/yIiaEJqk7Lm0OPVHxPG6wsEz9LJpOLIeQWfo/o9nvspRwMwRGTtv/JDSf00nr wOSkoWEkGnxQI4ueORWENh+zZSjnTo6AeCFj2zAt+QI0xRVRsKafGnikeE160jcB+kXd F2Dg== Return-Path: Received: from z8X ([2605:6000:9fc0:56:2199:655:be99:2224]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w200sm6249541oif.13.2019.02.26.19.44.59 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:44:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5c7607bb.1c69fb81.ce2c0.65ce@mx.google.com> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 05:11:00 -0000 From: Steven Penny Subject: Re: Cygwin 3.0.1-1 Breaks ALL cygwin applications on Windows 7 x64 To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8; format=flowed User-Agent: Tryst/2.8.0 (cup.github.io/umber/tryst) X-SW-Source: 2019-02/txt/msg00470.txt.bz2 On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:21:15, "Jerry Baker via cygwin" wrote: > Well I guess it's a good thing there's only one possible state of > Windows 7 x64 which allows us to determine that there's no possibility > of a bug simply by running a single instance in one VM. We're going to > turn the world of unit testing on its ear with this information. correct, multiple states are possible. this is why the scientific method defines a control: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_control in this case that would be a clean virtual machine. if you cant or wont do that, then you must understand that you only have yourself to blame. > I would argue that what is a disservice to the community is jumping into > a thread in which you were not involved for no apparent purpose other > than to insult everyone who was already getting a long just fine without > your genius to guide us. i provided a valuable data point, which is what happens with a clean windows environment - results disagree with your original post. i think you missed my link first time - i have put again below for convenience! https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ad-hominem cheers -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple