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On Jun  2 23:21, Yaakov S wrote:
> I think the best solution is to let cygport detect susceptible apps
> and  generate .manifest files automatically.
>
> 1. AFAICS, this affects EXEs with names containing "install", "patch",  
> "setup", or "update".  Are there any more patterns?

I never saw more than exactly this list.

> 2. According to MSDN[1], the name attribute of the assemblyIdentity  
> subelement should be uniquely named in a Organization.Division.Name  
> format.  Our existing manifests don't do that; should we?  Does it 
> matter?

I don't know if it matters, but it certainly doesn't hurt either.  As a
suggestion, when automating this, the name could be constructed like
this:

  Organization=Cygwin
  Division=<packagename>
  Name=<executable>


Corinna

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