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On 25/08/2022 19:14, Brian Cowan via Cygwin wrote:
> And this was exactly it. I downloaded the latest UPX version, and it
> crashed on startup. I downloaded the Linux version on another host,
> copied the setup program to that host and extracted it there. NOW I
> can update Cygwin...

I wonder if UPX compression of setup makes as much sense now as it did 
20+ years ago.

Not only does it (occasionally) generate problems like this, but
also with malware detection heuristics.

OTOH, not using it would make setup ~4x larger.

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