From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pg1-x52b.google.com (mail-pg1-x52b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::52b]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1F3A13858D33 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2023 23:02:54 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 1F3A13858D33 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com Received: by mail-pg1-x52b.google.com with SMTP id 132so6634432pgh.13 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:02:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=8+QRz9wlcK5d1buQeavSokCrtbBzitWaR73dT1AywpY=; b=L8rF9ycNEmSfzzl2XY0AGrCCbs7oTdZQiWr1V+CF4VhFH3oRUJcaXiT1UrAVFJPOoB 8yFQwlhJSycZvvy5sGoJnYA3pagTb8nAxVnAcY2CcDdS1niuLmjs7AXKhNZVmRXyQd6d fvpkw/g+V3C6V4JQtbIuGyU4OFoNQqCw/T4diy3V55s+1Xd+9+KAd+DAMPmh00a4jNw+ hZo8mNIuF9CAZdanucvP7bSrko4q6C9E7xUVCB+0np7784OnIeJg49l3GcI6g3t4y51f ARtwzBSbt746Pj0jSfb3inhyKZ+vg3ut6D4UbgPF4XpZVCaXl2kYfoApMNc41t+ZmOR0 XJww== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=8+QRz9wlcK5d1buQeavSokCrtbBzitWaR73dT1AywpY=; b=U+hMy3VVpbzdyf83eXsHHyyOOjaGqYIZtpEQuqZ3HJaNLWa0BR0Ia2wgdpHoUI1aW4 eeN0lbIy0Ds/1UReAEh+/q4s+AmeKRTynK5bmZAn8IR9XgHUQA3G6KFkEwRoEG4IXHWX UJdYxC3lw4P6Ev8YFvwuwKs1YYGg06sYXDHiJ3IYBeEZCpcthDjdOVUtZE3I6OLmG3OW TaoNNCcyFmXhRLYl/WBkZiBzfUwpXykKnVmi4/IU0DajzyjX0RsykBvUf8ggKQFhtwUx n+zsQ08lL8ciNX2+2oq9uRQyWkRm5+hQngqjv0Z86cv1oKddQWh1qJJun5Xrj7+7MAof pvNA== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKXvDA8nus0nB6nRIWB2OcILVB9RRs97rLf/6fIZDvOMjGZOUrJd 1aEjUeUdMjn05kcPzebWw/cIInb0CyoQ/rY2MYabgBV7HUwwag== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set+7aN1cZUIrkaqoumXlUk41x4/qdrru4xpvS8SA5ZI+/EGLErt3CfsVhXOvZP6e1X8h8f0cxkt5Uen+mI5jSCg= X-Received: by 2002:a63:9c09:0:b0:503:8257:1cf0 with SMTP id f9-20020a639c09000000b0050382571cf0mr594420pge.11.1677625372629; Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:02:52 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Backwoods BC Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:02:41 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Setup not working Cc: "cygwin@cygwin.com" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_FROM,MISSING_HEADERS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 2:10=E2=80=AFPM Backwoods BC wrote: > I suspect that even using a less than optimum ZIP process will still > be size-competitive with the self-extracting version because of not > having to include the overhead of the self-extractor. I had a little too much faith in ZIP, but 7zip is a winner. I downloaded UPX and used to extract the latest version of setup. Here are the file sizes following re-compression with 7-zip for the original setup and the re-compressed .7z and .zip outputs: 1,381,395 setup-x86_64.exe - 100% 1,319,604 setup-x86_64.7z - 96% 1,795,036 setup-x86_64.zip - 130%