[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: setup (2.911)

[Rainer Emrich]

Hi Jon,

Am 31.12.2021 um 15:38 schrieb Jon Turney:
> 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?
first impression this version works as expected.

Thanks for all your hard work!