Re: setup 2.920 release candidate - please test

[Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>]

On 14/08/2022 13:38, Christian Franke wrote:
> Jon Turney wrote:
>>
>> A new setup release candidate is available at:
>>
>>  https://cygwin.com/setup/setup-2.920.x86_64.exe (64 bit version)
>>  https://cygwin.com/setup/setup-2.920.x86.exe    (32 bit version)
>>
>> Please test, and report any problems here.
>>
> 
> This version aborts if "Sync" setting is reverted to "Best".
> 
> Steps to reproduce:
> - Install from Internet
> - For All Users
> - Use System Proxy Settings
> - Mirror: any
> - Change "Best" -> "Sync"
> - Change "Sync" -> "Best"
> 
> Result: Setup silently aborts, no setup.log* written.

Thanks for the clear reproduction steps.  I had reports that this setup 
version crashes, but nothing to investigate...

[....]
> libsolv: pkg rule creation took 0 ms
> ---
> 
> Could not be reproduced with the released cygwin*.exe 2.919 from 
> https://cygwin.com/
> 
> Could also be reproduced with
> - 32-bit version
> - current git HEAD
> - a rebuild of 2.919 from "git checkout release_2.919"
> 
> Possible problem in conjunction with newer versions Mingw-w64 toolchain ?

It's very likely caused by the long overdue libsolv update in that build.