From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pj1-x1034.google.com (mail-pj1-x1034.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::1034]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 43C923858D33 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2023 22:10:59 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 43C923858D33 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-pj1-x1034.google.com with SMTP id u3-20020a17090a450300b00239db6d7d47so3963943pjg.4 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2023 14:10:59 -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=Z5ympO4NRAzTONHV33x8+U5tSSbdFoMP6rcjlCv+bl4=; b=Q/1kXDoe5PYoyJrFdw3vyl+hYoWrVVVh518eXyY2IbD+zm8tW0WTRvOPbE31nkGaVA c3Q5fS3lFM/oar3etmyvaTIabOVg7AXjNTKvEkFCMklOpgsSwn+mj9OkW3hY/DaOwdkH qHNvJm7tMlh7FBI6V98EpetZrbmoiFfs3MFJhR2gZYU0bHLn8vRgV0Pnv9vx8sE9zEXm imWtH4oUWERqS7d7KSo3TFnhyzJZh1iOuOLJFmyweDkekGljufS+KG3/QOkAcQSIgde4 NHBn9m+1cfMUctJzF6Q/wRW1M0cPIpi17HBIG+ys/29i/3vUjMEtai2VPvywyh4sqsg2 Jhcg== 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=Z5ympO4NRAzTONHV33x8+U5tSSbdFoMP6rcjlCv+bl4=; b=lHhPh45iPYn3SLvLck+gji6CvJLW4f7MIr0SVUU95cIV/Pc1DJVFntxiNd0Zw6y2zd YZhkTvbEHLb8c8tAfVgxVezgvZnAcRbaTfAUt6clUPFDhPw9GCNIf0Vra/gjWleGeIYT 5EU+xA1Lv1oKQR6+KP0CAXqGZ/YDB7Zp4RwOrOpXYMu6Qa4yPx+l30SehZdW+znY01eh 8KnD9HyEstOgM7oyN/77eTgrqLF+xFaXPLOQcJV0Oko0ied4H5xIp7HSF4VDKY49zCzN S9ls1nVPVXXudLij6Zctlvz7lf0Gn5REzjpzYrph0EZWsUmIwyYdXE60pIE7/qFtDZXh eVXw== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKVvseYYYIVkMf9ZCiUWoFEZXiqqQBBxncjgiGzY4HGaTZ6PHggM gYlernl/pRyuaaYECHiCX3Do8lJodlLzbRxwI7/YyYxx1MdpZQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set+aawtdelcemCTJyGTHyhqkvmDlD02Mxhp/nEffrYcsGGo8GA207euteG07tQVARhwtocXYYYhq+rqa4qPIdgo= X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:f7c6:b0:19a:985c:9e35 with SMTP id h6-20020a170902f7c600b0019a985c9e35mr1535055plw.12.1677622258261; Tue, 28 Feb 2023 14:10:58 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Backwoods BC Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 14:10:47 -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=0.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,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-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 1:16=E2=80=AFPM Brian Cowan via Cygwin wrote: > > There is a set of messages from last year or the year before talking abou= t how the Cygwin setup program is compressed with "upx." When I had this is= sue, I had to download UPX on a Linuux host, copy the setup program to that= host, and use upx to uncompress the executable. Why? Because my corporate-= mandates security software blocked the UPX extractor from executing. If you= have a Windows host where you can shut down the security software, that co= uld work too. I understand the desirability of compressing everything that travels over the 'Net, but the days of there being any reason to keep an executable compressed in order to save storage space have long passed for the vast majority of users. Therefore I suggest that a version of 'setup' be made available that is compressed using one of the standard versions of 'ZIP' that Windows File Explorer recognizes. People who have any issues getting setup to run can download the ZIP version and use Windows File Explorer to extract the uncompressed executable. 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.