Git not fetching https repository: cannot open shared object file (probably cyggsasl-18.dll ?)

[Arrigo Marchiori]

Hello Adam, All,

On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 11:44:52AM +0000, Adam Dinwoodie wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 12:25:29PM +0100, Arrigo Marchiori via Cygwin wrote:
> > Dear All,
> > 
> > on my Cygwin installation, updated today, I cannot run `git fetch'
> > on a https repository.
> > 
> > Transcript:
> > 
> > ----8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<---------
> > 
> > $ git fetch
> > C:/cygwin64/usr/libexec/git-core/git-remote-https.exe: error while loading shared libraries: ?: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> > 
> > $ cygcheck.exe /cygdrive/c/cygwin64/usr/libexec/git-core/git-remote-https.exe
[...]
> > cygcheck: track_down: could not find cyggsasl-18.dll
> > 
> > ----8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<---------
> > 
> > I cannot find any packages providing that cyggsasl-18.dll
> 
> This is working fine for me, but you're definitely not the only person
> reporting problems involving cyggsasl-18.dll, per
> https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2022-October/252386.html
> 
> Notably, it's working fine for me, and my local packages are up to date
> with my normal mirror, but my mirror is still serving curl 7.85.0-1 as
> current.  That suggests a temporary workaround might be to install
> 7.85.0-1 (or earlier) of any curl packages you have installed.

That's it! Thank you!
Everything works with curl 7.85.0-1

Best regards,
-- 
Arrigo