[ANNOUNCEMENT] xorg-server-21.1.3-1 / recent setups not working on Win8 / winsymlinks:lnk

[Dan Harkless]

On 1/15/2022 2:13 PM, Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2022-01-15 12:06, Marco Atzeri wrote:
>> On 15.01.2022 19:26, Dan Harkless wrote:
>>> Forgive me if this is a FAQ (I tried searching), but is there a 
>>> standard timeframe in between when a package update is announced on 
>>> the list and when it's actually available on the mirrors?
>> it depends on the specific mirror sync timing.
>> Some are doing every hour, but others every day or more
>
> Check for outdated mirrors at:
>
>     https://cygwin.com/mirrors-report.html
>
> Compare the modified time stamp on your local mirror for:
>
>     $mirror/x86_64/setup.{bz2,ini,xz,zst}
>
> to that on the master for:
>
> {ftp,http,https}://cygwin.com/pub/cygwin/x86{,64}/setup.{bz2,ini,xz,zst}
>
> or just the sha512.sum at each (e.g. using curl -I).

Cool.  Thanks for that magic formula.

>> In this moment however I see on my preferred server that
>> 21.1.3-1 is marked as test.
>>
>> Jon,
>> is it intentional ?
>
> I see 21.1.3-1 as current and 21.1.0-1 as test on my local mirror
>
>     $mirror/x86_64/setup.{bz2,ini,xz,zst}
>
> and also the master
>
> {ftp,http,https}://cygwin.com/pub/cygwin/x86{,64}/setup.{bz2,ini,xz,zst}

Thank you.  I was able to update to the latest X packages this evening.  
Still having trouble with them not working properly on my Windows 8.1 
systems, but it may be related to firewalling and VPN split-tunneling 
not working as I'd expect.  I'll continue to troubleshoot, and hopefully 
someone can look at the setup programs' current failure to work on Win8 
and/or with winsymlinks:lnk set.

-- 
Dan Harkless
http://harkless.org/dan/