Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-30 Thread Achim Gratz
Christopher Faylor writes: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 09:00:17AM +, Achim Gratz wrote: > I can't duplicate this. If I redirect stdout I get this: > > Starting cygwin install, version 2.774 > > and the log files contain the correct version too. > > Moreover, I can't find the string 2.769 in any

Re: Using Red Hat digital signing on setup.exe (was Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?)

2012-04-30 Thread Nick Lowe
Yeah - Sorry all for any misunderstanding on my part. I seem to remember I was in a caustic mood at the time anyway over something very unrelated! Will take care to not derail threads in the future. Regards, Nick -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: h

Re: Using Red Hat digital signing on setup.exe (was Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?)

2012-04-30 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 4/30/2012 12:34 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:29:27PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: On 4/28/2012 8:51 PM, Nick Lowe wrote: "I installed 2.772 on my systems as soon as it was available and I don't see any such issue using my local mirror. Did you try another mi

Re: Using Red Hat digital signing on setup.exe (was Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?)

2012-04-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:29:27PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >On 4/28/2012 8:51 PM, Nick Lowe wrote: >> "I installed 2.772 on my systems as soon as it was available and I >> don't see any such issue using my local mirror. Did you try another >> mirror?" >> >> Quite, but the idea of corrupt

Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 09:00:17AM +, Achim Gratz wrote: >Christopher Faylor cygwin.com> writes: >> I think I fixed the problem. I at least fixed *a* problem. The latest >> setup.exe, now on cygwin.com has the fix that solved the issue for me. > >The setup.exe currently on the website shows

Re: Using Red Hat digital signing on setup.exe (was Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?)

2012-04-30 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 4/28/2012 8:51 PM, Nick Lowe wrote: "I installed 2.772 on my systems as soon as it was available and I don't see any such issue using my local mirror. Did you try another mirror?" Quite, but the idea of corruption was implicit in that question. A digital signature would rule that out. No

Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-30 Thread Earnie Boyd
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: > From: marco atzeri >> BLODA is still a possibility, I have Symantec installed; or there is >> subtle bug handling the missing files on the website >> >> Marco > > I had understood BLODA to affect Cygwin programs that rely on code > in cygwin

RE: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-30 Thread Nellis, Kenneth
From: marco atzeri > BLODA is still a possibility, I have Symantec installed; or there is > subtle bug handling the missing files on the website > > Marco I had understood BLODA to affect Cygwin programs that rely on code in cygwin1.dll that tries to bridge the imperfect divide between the Unix

Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-30 Thread Achim Gratz
Christopher Faylor cygwin.com> writes: > I think I fixed the problem. I at least fixed *a* problem. The latest > setup.exe, now on cygwin.com has the fix that solved the issue for me. The setup.exe currently on the website shows version 2.774 in the GUI, but logs version 2.769 to the command li

Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-29 Thread Ken
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 02:24:29PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: I think I fixed the problem. I at least fixed *a* problem. The latest setup.exe, now on cygwin.com has the fix that solved the issue for me. cgf Yes, I am *pleased* to report that it solved *two* i

Re: Using Red Hat digital signing on setup.exe (was Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?)

2012-04-28 Thread Nick Lowe
I forgot to add, it also needs to be signed by a trusted root for it to be useful to most people. On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 1:51 AM, Nick Lowe wrote: > "I installed 2.772 on my systems as soon as it was available and I > don't see any such issue using my local mirror.  Did you try another > mirror?

Re: Using Red Hat digital signing on setup.exe (was Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?)

2012-04-28 Thread Nick Lowe
"I installed 2.772 on my systems as soon as it was available and I don't see any such issue using my local mirror. Did you try another mirror?" Quite, but the idea of corruption was implicit in that question. A digital signature would rule that out. It was only a suggestion to ensure that that wo

Re: Using Red Hat digital signing on setup.exe (was Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?)

2012-04-28 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 09:57:01PM +0100, Nick Lowe wrote: >> It's bad etiquette to derail an email thread with unrelated questions. > >I certainly didn't mean to derail it, the other points were ancillary >to the implicit point that I intended to make which is that if the >executable was digitally

Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-28 Thread marco atzeri
On 4/28/2012 10:45 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 02:24:29PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: I can duplicate this. I'll try to fix it today. I think I fixed the problem. I at least fixed *a* problem. The latest setup.exe, now on cygwin.com has the fix that solved the

Re: Using Red Hat digital signing on setup.exe (was Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?)

2012-04-28 Thread Nick Lowe
> It's bad etiquette to derail an email thread with unrelated questions. I certainly didn't mean to derail it, the other points were ancillary to the implicit point that I intended to make which is that if the executable was digitally signed, any potential corruption would immediately be flagged b

Using Red Hat digital signing on setup.exe (was Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?)

2012-04-28 Thread Christopher Faylor
It's bad etiquette to derail an email thread with unrelated questions. On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 07:22:29PM +0100, Nick Lowe wrote: >Is there a reason why the Cygwin executables, and certainly the >installer, are not digitally signed by Redhat? setup.exe is not produced by Red Hat and the Cygwin pr

Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-28 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 02:24:29PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >I can duplicate this. I'll try to fix it today. I think I fixed the problem. I at least fixed *a* problem. The latest setup.exe, now on cygwin.com has the fix that solved the issue for me. cgf -- Problem reports: http:

Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-28 Thread Ken
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 08:06:21PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Apr 28 13:02, Ken wrote: marco atzeri wrote: BLODA is still a possibility, I have Symantec installed; or there is subtle bug handling the missing files on the website Marco Hi Marco, Nice to

Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-28 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 08:06:21PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Apr 28 13:02, Ken wrote: >> marco atzeri wrote: >> >BLODA is still a possibility, I have Symantec installed; or there >> >is subtle bug handling the missing files on the website >> > >> >Marco >> > >> > >> Hi Marco, >> >> Nice

Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-28 Thread Nick Lowe
Is there a reason why the Cygwin executables, and certainly the installer, are not digitally signed by Redhat? Also, with reference to: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cjacks/archive/2009/03/27/manifesting-for-compatibility-on-windows-7.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd371711%28v=vs.85%29.a

Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-28 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Apr 28 13:02, Ken wrote: > marco atzeri wrote: > >BLODA is still a possibility, I have Symantec installed; or there > >is subtle bug handling the missing files on the website > > > >Marco > > > > > Hi Marco, > > Nice to see that you can reproduce the problem! I neglected to > mention that th

Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-27 Thread marco atzeri
On 4/28/2012 6:10 AM, marco atzeri wrote: On 4/28/2012 12:34 AM, Ken wrote: Hello, When attempting to do a download "ONLY", setup.exe caused the following error to be displayed on Windows 7 64-bit: === Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library: T

Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-27 Thread marco atzeri
On 4/28/2012 12:34 AM, Ken wrote: Hello, When attempting to do a download "ONLY", setup.exe caused the following error to be displayed on Windows 7 64-bit: === Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library: This application has requested the Runtime t

Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-27 Thread Ken
Hello, When attempting to do a download "ONLY", setup.exe caused the following error to be displayed on Windows 7 64-bit: === Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library: This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual wa