X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Mail-Handler: MailHop Outbound by DynDNS X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX180alC53SuC+rkDSeLcJvB/ Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:34:32 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Using Red Hat digital signing on setup.exe (was Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?) Message-ID: <20120430163432.GB13086@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <4F9B6DC1 DOT 3030303 AT gmail DOT com> <4F9B77B1 DOT 9070200 AT gmail DOT com> <4F9C22B1 DOT 5000405 AT comcast DOT net> <20120428180621 DOT GA23030 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <20120428205029 DOT GB20709 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20120429004549 DOT GA22599 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <4F9EBDE7 DOT 8060202 AT cygwin DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F9EBDE7.8060202@cygwin.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:29:27PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >On 4/28/2012 8:51 PM, Nick Lowe wrote: >> "I installed 2.772 on my systems as soon as it was available and I >> don't see any such issue using my local mirror. Did you try another >> mirror?" >> >> Quite, but the idea of corruption was implicit in that question. A >> digital signature would rule that out. > > > >Not in this case, no. You inferred the wrong thing from the quote >above. Corinna's suggestion was that the mirror containing the packages >was malformed in some way, not that that 'setup.exe' itself was >somehow corrupted. > >> What's with the hostility? It's really bad etiquette... ;) > >That would be . It makes life more >livable. :-) Or, it could also be that hostility was inexplicably inferred where none was intended, i.e., "We're communicating on the internet!" cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple