From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 46773 invoked by alias); 9 May 2017 13:21:33 -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 46687 invoked by uid 89); 9 May 2017 13:21:32 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=3.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,EXECUTABLE_URI,KAM_EXEURI,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=setup-2.878.x86_64.exe, setup2878x86exe, UD:setup-2.878.x86.exe, UD:x86.exe X-HELO: mailsrv.cs.umass.edu Received: from mailsrv.cs.umass.edu (HELO mailsrv.cs.umass.edu) (128.119.240.136) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 09 May 2017 13:21:30 +0000 Received: from [192.168.0.6] (c-24-62-203-86.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [24.62.203.86]) by mailsrv.cs.umass.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EDB9A40444C6; Tue, 9 May 2017 09:21:31 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: moss@cs.umass.edu Subject: Re: setup release candidate - please test References: <33b5dca0-2ed2-dac2-78be-c17c8ca241b9@cs.umass.edu> <52351e32-1ff3-05ac-bcc8-af363b56f3fd@dronecode.org.uk> To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Eliot Moss Message-ID: <6e52535f-275f-1818-7fab-624256b7170c@cs.umass.edu> Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 13:37:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <52351e32-1ff3-05ac-bcc8-af363b56f3fd@dronecode.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-05/txt/msg00122.txt.bz2 On 5/9/2017 6:03 AM, Jon Turney wrote: > On 08/05/2017 14:33, Eliot Moss wrote: >> On 5/8/2017 7:06 AM, Jon Turney wrote: >>> >>> A setup release candidate is available at: >>> >>> https://cygwin.com/setup/setup-2.878.x86.exe >>> https://cygwin.com/setup/setup-2.878.x86_64.exe >> >> Both worked flawlessly for me. I run Windows 10, >> Creator Update (most recent release AFAIK). >> >> One difference from before is that I get a Windows >> Defender SmartScreen pop-up. I have to click the >> "More info" option and then a "Run anyway" button >> appears, allowing me to run the setup program. >> >> AFAICT, this happens only the *first* time I run >> the setup program. Thereafter, WIndows Defender >> does not complain. > > Thanks for testing. > > Is Windows 10 1703 more picky about letting you run unsigned executables? I think so - I don't recall needing to do this with setup ever before. > As discussed previously, the problems with getting setup signed are logistical rather than technical. It's not a huge deal, particularly since it happens only the first time I run setup. I suppose the concern would be users who don't figure out the right clicks or who are suspicious of doing that, and automated installs. Regards - EM -- 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