X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org EF9503858C2C DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cygwin.com; s=default; t=1677622299; bh=pOoEvdJRMkpcCqAxcQc022VF1+t4jmx1aJ8Lmx1H53k=; h=References:In-Reply-To:Date:Subject:Cc:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive:List-Post:List-Help:List-Subscribe:From:Reply-To: From; b=xnj/SN0vFyXkz42KaDOMb1fJpO50116GeMhXzGecXEKVQ+wscIMulJ9m02ZQyE29c Dcq76ZM+s+5mOa90g0y25fuRV97jwgavQOz2g/iKiXxZMJ/7mgAFUFADnkcyUWScjC maGU4OVmqNuoVjWYMhdP3dUBC5vgYY9sFzgq+8GM= X-Original-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: cygwin@cygwin.com DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 43C923858D33 X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=Z5ympO4NRAzTONHV33x8+U5tSSbdFoMP6rcjlCv+bl4=; b=lHhPh45iPYn3SLvLck+gji6CvJLW4f7MIr0SVUU95cIV/Pc1DJVFntxiNd0Zw6y2zd YZhkTvbEHLb8c8tAfVgxVezgvZnAcRbaTfAUt6clUPFDhPw9GCNIf0Vra/gjWleGeIYT 5EU+xA1Lv1oKQR6+KP0CAXqGZ/YDB7Zp4RwOrOpXYMu6Qa4yPx+l30SehZdW+znY01eh 8KnD9HyEstOgM7oyN/77eTgrqLF+xFaXPLOQcJV0Oko0ied4H5xIp7HSF4VDKY49zCzN S9ls1nVPVXXudLij6Zctlvz7lf0Gn5REzjpzYrph0EZWsUmIwyYdXE60pIE7/qFtDZXh eVXw== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKVvseYYYIVkMf9ZCiUWoFEZXiqqQBBxncjgiGzY4HGaTZ6PHggM gYlernl/pRyuaaYECHiCX3Do8lJodlLzbRxwI7/YyYxx1MdpZQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set+aawtdelcemCTJyGTHyhqkvmDlD02Mxhp/nEffrYcsGGo8GA207euteG07tQVARhwtocXYYYhq+rqa4qPIdgo= X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:f7c6:b0:19a:985c:9e35 with SMTP id h6-20020a170902f7c600b0019a985c9e35mr1535055plw.12.1677622258261; Tue, 28 Feb 2023 14:10:58 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 14:10:47 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Setup not working Cc: "cygwin@cygwin.com" X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, MISSING_HEADERS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Backwoods BC via Cygwin Reply-To: Backwoods BC Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Sender: "Cygwin" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by delorie.com id 31SMC3Jm005627 On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 1:16 PM Brian Cowan via Cygwin wrote: > > There is a set of messages from last year or the year before talking about how the Cygwin setup program is compressed with "upx." When I had this issue, I had to download UPX on a Linuux host, copy the setup program to that host, and use upx to uncompress the executable. Why? Because my corporate-mandates security software blocked the UPX extractor from executing. If you have a Windows host where you can shut down the security software, that could work too. I understand the desirability of compressing everything that travels over the 'Net, but the days of there being any reason to keep an executable compressed in order to save storage space have long passed for the vast majority of users. Therefore I suggest that a version of 'setup' be made available that is compressed using one of the standard versions of 'ZIP' that Windows File Explorer recognizes. People who have any issues getting setup to run can download the ZIP version and use Windows File Explorer to extract the uncompressed executable. I suspect that even using a less than optimum ZIP process will still be size-competitive with the self-extracting version because of not having to include the overhead of the self-extractor. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple