setup.exe creates broken shortcuts

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Jan 13 14:24, Benjamin Richardson wrote:
> I forgot to mention that it was the 32-bit version that I installed. Haven't
> tried the 64-bit version yet (will do so as I write this)
> 
> Just installed 64-bit, shortcuts aren't broken. Completely removed 32-bit
> version (including registry entries) and reinstalled. This time shortcuts aren't broken.
> 
> It's possible that the problem was due to having old packages from an older setup.
> 
> Adding the extension to the TARGET define would make sure that this bug never happens,
> but doesn't seem to be completely necessary to do so.
> 
> Completely removed both 32-bit and 64-bit. Reinstalled 32-bit, shortcuts aren't broken.
> 
> More evidence to suggest that the problem was due to having old packages from an older setup.
> 
> Not sure why though..

Me neither, but it's hard to tell after the fact.  Fortunately it's
not a problem in the current code :)


Corinna

-- 
Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Maintainer                 cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Red Hat
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 819 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-apps/attachments/20150113/ba89ae6f/attachment.sig>