Pavel Tsekov wrote: > On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Pavel Tsekov wrote: > >> I also propose this patch to be backported to the 200206 branch. It >> helps >> in cases where one does a new install and install a lot of packages. >> >> http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/setup/compress_gz.cc.diff?r1=2. 5&r2=2.6&cvsroot=cygwin-apps > > Is there any reason to not backport this patch ? Without it, one can > experience random crashes, which will effectively prevent her/him to > install Cygwin from scratch. > > See also: > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2002-07/msg00066.html
I've not really taken the time to understand that section of the setup codebase, so I can't comment on the patch, but if Robert confirms it is desirable, I'll commit it ASAP if he doesn't. Max.