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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: setup (2.911)
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From: Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
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On 30/12/2021 18:38, Doug Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Dec 2021 at 09:46, Rainer Emrich
> <rainer-lists@emrich-ebersheim.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jon,
>> for me the new setup executables do not work, same for both:
> 
> In my analysis, setup is reporting for a non-elevated shell:
> 
> $ ./setup-x86_64
> User has NO backup/restore rights
> User has symlink creation right
> note: Hand installation over to elevated child process.
> 
> for an elevated shell:
> 
> $ ./setup-x86_64
> Starting cygwin install, version 2.911
> User has backup/restore rights
> User has symlink creation right
> *** --symlink-type native requires SeCreateSymbolicLink privilege or
> 'Developer Mode'
> 
[...]

> I do not have  'Developer Mode' enabled as it is overkill unless necessary.
> 
> I suspect that setup-x86_64.exe is not correctly checking for the
> "SeCreateSymbolicLink" and/or "Create symbolic links" permission.

Thanks!  Yes, there's a few things wrong with how that permission is 
detected and it's presence reported.

I've uploaded setup 2.912 with an attempted fix.

   https://cygwin.com/setup/setup-2.912.x86_64.exe
   https://cygwin.com/setup/setup-2.912.x86.exe

Please try that, and see if it improves things for you?

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