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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 ...


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