Debugging Crash of setup-x86.exe?

Debugging Crash of setup-x86.exe?

[Jason Gross]

Hi,

I have downloaded the latest version of setup-x86.exe.  It used to
work fine for updating cygwin, but now no matter which mirror I
choose, it hangs after reaching 100% on downloading setup.zst and then
crashes after a couple of seconds.  I've made a video of this behavior
at https://youtu.be/1u-rg3_2HoI .

How should I go about debugging this?  (I'm on Windows 10.)

Thanks,
Jason

Re: Debugging Crash of setup-x86.exe?

[Mark Hansen]

On 10/4/2020 8:21 PM, Jason Gross via Cygwin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have downloaded the latest version of setup-x86.exe.  It used to
> work fine for updating cygwin, but now no matter which mirror I
> choose, it hangs after reaching 100% on downloading setup.zst and then
> crashes after a couple of seconds.  I've made a video of this behavior
> at https://youtu.be/1u-rg3_2HoI .
> 
> How should I go about debugging this?  (I'm on Windows 10.)
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason
> 

Shouldn't you be using the setup-x86_64.exe? Reading the information on the
download page, it says the 32-bit cygwin is still available when really
necessary, but it may have problems.

Re: Debugging Crash of setup-x86.exe?

[Jason Gross]

I'll try disabling AV and report back, thanks for the advice.  The reason
I'm using 32-bit is because, last I checked (this might have been a year or
two ago, so my info might be out of date), there were some OCaml or opam
packages that only worked with 32-bit cygwin.

On Mon, Oct 5, 2020, 07:28 Mark Hansen <cygwin@mehconsulting.com> wrote:

> On 10/4/2020 8:21 PM, Jason Gross via Cygwin wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have downloaded the latest version of setup-x86.exe.  It used to
> > work fine for updating cygwin, but now no matter which mirror I
> > choose, it hangs after reaching 100% on downloading setup.zst and then
> > crashes after a couple of seconds.  I've made a video of this behavior
> > at https://youtu.be/1u-rg3_2HoI .
> >
> > How should I go about debugging this?  (I'm on Windows 10.)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jason
> >
>
> Shouldn't you be using the setup-x86_64.exe? Reading the information on the
> download page, it says the 32-bit cygwin is still available when really
> necessary, but it may have problems.
>
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RE: Debugging Crash of setup-x86.exe?

[David Allsopp]

Jason Gross wrote:
> I'll try disabling AV and report back, thanks for the advice.  The reason
> I'm using 32-bit is because, last I checked (this might have been a year
> or two ago, so my info might be out of date), there were some OCaml or
> opam packages that only worked with 32-bit cygwin.

This is correct - OCaml has been broken on 64-bit Cygwin for a while,
however the forthcoming FlexDLL 0.39 and OCaml 4.12.0 releases (later this
year) restore 64-bit support.


David