Greetings, Aurélien Couderc!

> Cygwin:

> Using Cygwin install on network share in CI fails.
> This seems to be a recent regression, as this was working a year before.

> Now on Windows 10 with Cygwin 3.6.1 it fails with error 127.

> Test case, using cmd.exe:

> curl --remote-name "https://www.cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe";
> .\setup-x86_64.exe -q --no-write-registry --no-admin --root %cd%
> --no-desktop --site "https://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin";
> .\bin\bash.exe -c 'ls -l ; echo $?'

> Expected result:
> ls -l output, with exit code 0

> Actual result:
> exit code 127

> I am not good in debugging Cygwin, but it looks like .\bin\cygwin1.dll
> just gives up at some point.

Wait-wait-wait.
You are installing Cygwin TO a network share of the Cygwin distribution is
located on a share and you are installing it to a local drive?

The latter is possible, the former is a very, very, VERY BAD IDEA.


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 16:01:20

Sorry for my terrible english...

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