Hi Thomas, On Sat, 6 Dec 2025 18:48:29 +0100 Thomas Wolff wrote: > > Am 03.12.2025 um 13:49 schrieb Takashi Yano via Cygwin: > > On Wed, 3 Dec 2025 11:34:01 +0000 (UTC) > > matthew patton wrote: > >> the libopenconsole.postinstall script ihas some glaring issues. > >> > >> * define strings once and then use the variable instead of repeating over > >> and over and over the long-ass path names. > >> > >> * the wget to STDOUT strikes me as pointless. use curl if you're going to > >> resort to that kind of operation. Otherwise just save the .zip to disk > >> already without gratuitous memory buffering > >> > >> * /tmp should not be assumed. use $TMPDIR > >> > >> * use trap to clean up after yourself in both the successful and > >> unsuccessful cases > >> > >> * 'POSTFIX' makes no sense. it's ARCH or PLATFORM > >> > >> * personally I would have versions.txt be a tab deliminted file with > >> version_num\tsha256 of x64\tsha256 of x86 or something along those lines. > > Thanks! > Unfortunately, this does not work for me on Windows 10. > And I cannot test on Windows 11; my previous report was bogus, I > self-compiled the unpatched cygwin1.dll for a cross-test but it fails. > Running bash from a Windows console, then Cygwin console works, also > running wsl from there. Running `mintty -h alw` says > The handle is invalid. > Error code: Bash/Service/ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE
Thansk for testing. Do you mean `mintty -h alw` works on self-compiled-unpatched cygwin1.dll but does not work on self-compiled-patched cygwin1.dll? >From whare do you start mintty? 1) Windows shortcut? 2) From command prompt? 3) From another mintty window? 4) From WindowsTerminal? -- Takashi Yano <[email protected]> -- 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
