From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sa-prd-fep-049.btinternet.com (mailomta10-sa.btinternet.com [213.120.69.16]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D5D5C3985030 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:41:34 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org D5D5C3985030 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=dronecode.org.uk Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=dronecode.org.uk Received: from sa-prd-rgout-002.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net ([10.2.38.5]) by sa-prd-fep-049.btinternet.com with ESMTP id <20210715134133.OMGP28645.sa-prd-fep-049.btinternet.com@sa-prd-rgout-002.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net>; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:41:33 +0100 Authentication-Results: btinternet.com; auth=pass (PLAIN) smtp.auth=jonturney@btinternet.com X-SNCR-Rigid: 60D1576E0451869E X-Originating-IP: [86.139.167.17] X-OWM-Source-IP: 86.139.167.17 (GB) X-OWM-Env-Sender: jonturney@btinternet.com X-VadeSecure-score: verdict=clean score=0/300, class=clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvtddrvddtgdegkecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemuceutffkvffkuffjvffgnffgvefqofdpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedtudenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmnecujfgurhepuffvfhfhkffffgggjggtgfesthejredttdefjeenucfhrhhomheplfhonhcuvfhurhhnvgihuceojhhonhdrthhurhhnvgihsegurhhonhgvtghouggvrdhorhhgrdhukheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepteelffegteeiudeuteehffevledvffeffeekgffhhfehvdfhgffhteehteelteeknecuffhomhgrihhnpegthihgfihinhdrtghomhenucfkphepkeeirddufeelrdduieejrddujeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegludelvddrudeikedruddrudduudgnpdhinhgvthepkeeirddufeelrdduieejrddujedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpeeojhhonhdrthhurhhnvgihsegurhhonhgvtghouggvrdhorhhgrdhukhequceuqfffjgepkeeukffvoffkoffgpdhrtghpthhtohepoegthihgfihinhestgihghifihhnrdgtohhmqedprhgtphhtthhopeeophhhihhlghhovghtiiesghhmrghilhdrtghomheq X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean Received: from [192.168.1.111] (86.139.167.17) by sa-prd-rgout-002.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net (5.8.340) (authenticated as jonturney@btinternet.com) id 60D1576E0451869E; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:41:33 +0100 Subject: Re: setup-x86_64.exe crashes randomly on user interaction, too often to use To: Philip Goetz , The Cygwin Mailing List References: <1881d572-4b24-fa57-9aea-dd0c1dabe059@dronecode.org.uk> From: Jon Turney Message-ID: Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:40:49 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.11.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3571.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, FORGED_SPF_HELO, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org 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: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:41:37 -0000 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.