From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from re-prd-fep-043.btinternet.com (mailomta22-re.btinternet.com [213.120.69.115]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 42D063858419 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2022 15:46:32 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 42D063858419 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=dronecode.org.uk Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=dronecode.org.uk Received: from re-prd-rgout-002.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net ([10.2.54.5]) by re-prd-fep-043.btinternet.com with ESMTP id <20220828154630.JVFD3055.re-prd-fep-043.btinternet.com@re-prd-rgout-002.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net> for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2022 16:46:30 +0100 Authentication-Results: btinternet.com; auth=pass (PLAIN) smtp.auth=jonturney@btinternet.com; bimi=skipped X-SNCR-Rigid: 613A8DE836D40A72 X-Originating-IP: [81.129.146.203] X-OWM-Source-IP: 81.129.146.203 (GB) X-OWM-Env-Sender: jonturney@btinternet.com X-VadeSecure-score: verdict=clean score=0/300, class=clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvfedrvdejledgleehucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuueftkffvkffujffvgffngfevqffopdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddunecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenucfjughrpefkffggfgfuvfhfhfgjtgfgsehtjeertddtfeejnecuhfhrohhmpeflohhnucfvuhhrnhgvhicuoehjohhnrdhtuhhrnhgvhiesughrohhnvggtohguvgdrohhrghdruhhkqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeffkeeigfdujeehteduiefgjeeltdelgeelteekudetfedtffefhfeufefgueettdenucfkphepkedurdduvdelrddugeeirddvtdefnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheplgduledvrdduieekrddurddutdehngdpihhnvghtpeekuddruddvledrudegiedrvddtfedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehjohhnrdhtuhhrnhgvhiesughrohhnvggtohguvgdrohhrghdruhhkpdhnsggprhgtphhtthhopedupdhrtghpthhtoheptgihghifihhnsegthihgfihinhdrtghomh X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean Received: from [192.168.1.105] (81.129.146.203) by re-prd-rgout-002.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net (5.8.716.04) (authenticated as jonturney@btinternet.com) id 613A8DE836D40A72 for cygwin@cygwin.com; Sun, 28 Aug 2022 16:46:30 +0100 Message-ID: <9c93aa09-880b-be4c-1532-68f492e2aabd@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 16:46:29 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.13.0 Subject: Re: Does the Cygwin setup program do internal sanity checks on startup? Content-Language: en-GB To: The Cygwin Mailing List References: <20220825165242.pkxoey67iyvmdqim@lucy.dinwoodie.org> From: Jon Turney In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1192.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_SPF_HELO,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_NONE,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On 25/08/2022 19:14, Brian Cowan via Cygwin wrote: > And this was exactly it. I downloaded the latest UPX version, and it > crashed on startup. I downloaded the Linux version on another host, > copied the setup program to that host and extracted it there. NOW I > can update Cygwin... I wonder if UPX compression of setup makes as much sense now as it did 20+ years ago. Not only does it (occasionally) generate problems like this, but also with malware detection heuristics. OTOH, not using it would make setup ~4x larger.