From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 50600 invoked by alias); 13 Jan 2020 21:30:46 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 50591 invoked by uid 89); 13 Jan 2020 21:30:45 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KAM_NUMSUBJECT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy=sk:newlib, H*f:sk:announc, ANNOUNCEMENT, forbid X-HELO: lb1-smtp-cloud7.xs4all.net Received: from lb1-smtp-cloud7.xs4all.net (HELO lb1-smtp-cloud7.xs4all.net) (194.109.24.24) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 21:30:42 +0000 Received: from tmp.Z25z3Bcm6O ([83.162.234.136]) by smtp-cloud7.xs4all.net with ESMTPSA id r7ICircLzrNgyr7IDiuPes; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 22:30:37 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=xs4all.nl; s=s1; t=1578951037; bh=fohqp6eN113Y93AROekqeVA9kO7XV1/37bo5B+gTTwY=; h=Date:Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Content-Type:From:Subject; b=rkC9O8nlD9+EK9Mr5Ojv7gWCgIeplHJ2wMEEbTvNBuVAjw666a7mCEr5XszMKvGTD Tq4VdfIqgWZolbd1+eFug5NNKWvA9mstTlLJ6k2Iy7hFn/osNk+7gPLWkFHyf2zflF Oy31h9FcBm83iX6u/nmJCFdiDf//hzGiQDwWXyuA4kUtvpz/69Q4CMBjxGSvS6y/Z7 fe9tKU/rXpdtlMHyd7RyK+Y+HueF6T0mS84nOMEVMZJuNxkVbZ9hXNMrb37iWJt58K uiSfX1GKXSNqlrm4BbJTar5xbyMxnxwhITVgk5RNvAOOWUmH0bM61z1ELcGWG9kKEc 14SPI4EgJhMUA== Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 21:30:00 -0000 Message-ID: From: Houder Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] cygwin 3.1.0-1 References: In-Reply-to: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=fixed User-Agent: mua.awk 0.99 X-SW-Source: 2020-01/txt/msg00127.txt.bz2 On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 10:23:16, Henning wrote: > On 16/12/2019 20:11, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution: > > > > * cygwin-3.1.0-1 > > * cygwin-devel-3.1.0-1 > > * cygwin-doc-3.1.0-1 > > After cygwin-3.0.7 all attempts to update (to test or normal versions) > terminated with errors: > > Package: 0/Perpetual > 0p_000_autorebase.dash exit code -1073741819 > 0p_update-info-dir.dash exit code -1073741819 [snip] > OS: Windows 8.1 Professional 32bit [snip] > setup.log extract: > > > 2019/12/17 09:58:10 Starting cygwin install, version 2.897 > 2019/12/17 09:58:10 User has backup/restore rights > 2019/12/17 09:58:10 Current Directory: U:\usr\pkg\cygwin > 2019/12/17 09:58:10 Could not open service McShield for query, start and > stop. McAfee may not be installed, or we don't have access. > 2019/12/17 09:58:13 source: network install > 2019/12/17 09:58:13 root: U:\ system .. for the record ... Both 32-bits and 64-bits installations fail if one installs in the root of a drive as result of a modification made by Ken Brown on 2019 09 25. This statement also applies to: - https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2020-01/msg00111.html ( Cygwin 3.1.X Fatal Errors - add_item ("\??\C:", "/", ...) failed, errno 22 ) Note: I am not saying that the modification made by Ken Brown is in error, but that "something else" has to be changed as well ... (init_cygheap::init_installation_root() in winsup/cygwin/cyheap.cc ?????) Ken Brown's modification: - https://cygwin.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=commit;f=winsup/cygwin/path.cc;h=283cb372e4e25d1d11123d98e3d14e85b525e48d ( Cygwin: normalize_win32_path: improve error checking ) Item 2.5 of the FAQ advices NOT to install in the root of a drive (but it does forbid to do so) - https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.setup.c Item 2.5 ends with "(In the past, there had been genuine bugs that would cause problems for people who installed in C:\, but we believe those are gone now.)" This is no longer true: the past is back ... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple