On Thu, 07 May 2020 19:31:28 -0700 David Rothenberger <daver...@acm.org> wrote:
> On 2020-05-07 15:10, bri...@pounceofcats.com wrote: > > On Thu, 7 May 2020 23:26:37 +0200 > > Eric Lilja <mindcoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Cygwin itself is actually just DLL, you can select a previous version > >> of it > >> in setup.exe. That solved our issue with corrupted display of Maven. > >> You > >> can also install older versions of any package (but not all old > >> versions > >> ever published will be available to choose from, just a few ones). > >> Anyway, > >> my suggestion is downgrade Cygwin itself and see if that helps (if > >> not, we > >> know the problem is elsewhere). All the other packages you can keep at > >> latest versions. > >> > > > > success! > > I'm glad that worked for you, but it may not a good long-term solution > unless you're willing to use old packages, too. New APIs are added to > the DLL from time to time, and that may cause packages compiled against > the new DLL that use the new APIs to fail if you keep the old DLL > installed. > > Personally, I would use the CYGWIN=disable_pcon work-around and help the > maintainers track down the root cause of the issue so it can be fixed. > ok. i'll have to give it a try per Brian Inglis' instructions and see if that makes the difference in that "fix" actually working. -- 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
