From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-yb1-xb31.google.com (mail-yb1-xb31.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::b31]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 90DB43858417 for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2021 14:55:41 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 90DB43858417 Received: by mail-yb1-xb31.google.com with SMTP id s48so1406455ybi.7 for ; Sun, 01 Aug 2021 07:55:41 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=xWGYU07569aq3MReVwd/pf2Xf8pmP8eB78g9pkEEugI=; b=dL8myrfPbZqvXuTsMbrbRg50YrjImG2BwMw5eBNDN1CRmdL+Z8q8s/m9JcAWY4pzmd KxXI8puDmTCjl0iUU7FhcwquL+uP/H+AYSYSC9ZCauD6u9HN0zwUQ2mKx40ecGNHJjaG EnXBRVaXN5c8GjMX/yJ3xMJZoSbo9lNbd9xQH8LnIDQOq6hY536i7wFR5d55FwERb9Ur LXrx6+VGlClAgKLzFJspfG9nzOIaij1bJkFU3EOmhBZCXFYa8Wje3YokFxQLTDdRT6YY tPBms6zJPAVrKAz6PUBs2TilDZNJvHLfrKddQxi3Wa0XYXrPuJdUJCtSUyn58lOH64V5 P1yw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532aAI+Gab7LYdzckuZmIi6RMosqeiK9DSds0JwEhQQf5jVPABJh wMOo37u0tCFhqUL2qWb7kDDDd9cB61ITR6i/NZDzr7F5gMI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzPXiOajdIYJm0xEumt3LcVBhK2AI0/Ep2huRfe/0yyWIWnYU9e31/EfAwbaXnWochDKfnl9cDk37hYxgeX6xA= X-Received: by 2002:a25:2ac2:: with SMTP id q185mr10824574ybq.66.1627829741145; Sun, 01 Aug 2021 07:55:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1881d572-4b24-fa57-9aea-dd0c1dabe059@dronecode.org.uk> In-Reply-To: From: Philip Goetz Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 10:55:27 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: setup-x86_64.exe crashes randomly on user interaction, too often to use To: Jon Turney Cc: The Cygwin Mailing List 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, HTML_MESSAGE, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2021 14:55:43 -0000 Hi; sorry for the delay. I used setup 2.909 today to install maybe 100 libraries, and it gave me no problems. Thanks! On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 9:41 AM Jon Turney wrote: > On 14/07/2021 21:06, Philip Goetz via Cygwin wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 2:57 PM Philip Goetz > wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 9:10 AM Jon Turney wrote: > >>> > >>> On 13/07/2021 20:30, Philip Goetz via Cygwin wrote: > >> ... > >>>> I change display mode from Pending to Category, and start clicking > >>>> through the category tree selecting packages. > >>>> But every time I click on something in the cygwin setup window, or > >>>> scroll the window, there's maybe 1 chance in 10 that setup-x86_64.exe > >>>> will terminate. > >> > >> ... > >> > >>>> I'd like to try using an older Cygwin installer, but I didn't find > >>>> links to older versions on cygwin.com. > >>> > >>> You can find older version of setup at https://cygwin.com/setup/ > >> > >> Thank you! I tried setup-2.905.x86_64.exe and setup-2.907.x86_64.exe, > >> and neither gave me any problems! > > > > I spoke too soon. I just ran setup-2.907.x86_64.exe again, to install > > some more programs, and it did the same thing. > > But I spent a long time in 2.905 without it crashing. > > Thanks to the reproduction steps, I was able to (finally) develop some > useful information about this crash, and that is consistent with where I > think the problem was introduced. > > I've built setup 2.909 with a putative fix for this. > > Perhaps you could try that and see if it improves things for you? > > Thanks. >