On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:54:24 +0200 Roland Mainz via Cygwin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > ---- > > Today I've updated my Cygwin installation on the development machines > to cygwin 3.7.0-0.527.gd21aaac37996.x86_64 (previous version was > around ~~four months old 3.7.0), and was immediately greeted with a > hang when trying to build run a powershell command. > Note that $DISPLAY points to a remote machine. Doing the same with a > local mintty.exe sesstion does NOT trigger the hang. > > Steps to reproduce: > $ uname -a > CYGWIN_NT-10.0-19045 winbloodbathmonster02 > 3.7.0-0.527.gd21aaac37996.x86_64 2026-06-23 01:36 UTC x86_64 Cygwin > > # start xterm or konsole, and then run: > $ export PATH="/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual > Studio/2019/Community/MSBuild/Current/Bin/:$PATH" > CERTIFICATE_THUMBPRINT="$(powershell -c 'Get-ChildItem -Path > Cert:\CurrentUser\My | Where-Object {$_.Subject -like "*WDKTestCert*"} > | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Thumbprint')"
Thanks for the report. I could reproduce the issue with 3.7.0-0.527.gd21aaac37996.x86_64. However, I could not with the local build with the patches: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-patches/2026q2/015092.html So I think it will be fixed soon. Thanks! -- Takashi Yano <[email protected]> -- 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
