Updated: setup (2.930)

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Feb  9 17:20, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote:
> On Feb  9 13:36, Jon Turney via Cygwin wrote:
> > On 09/02/2024 02:17, Kaz Kylheku via Cygwin wrote:
> > > 
> > > I see the commit: https://cygwin.com/cgit/cygwin-apps/setup/commit/?id=0122154811bacdd7dc042cff0c80bb0a36af360c
> > > 
> > > I'm curious, what improvement arises out of looking up the SetDefaultDllDirectories
> > > function dynamically in kernel32.dll?
> > > 
> > > Is it the case that malicious software can interpose itself somehow such that
> > > the statically linked SetDefaultDllDirectories call goes elsewhere other than
> > > kernel32.dll, which we can thwart by asking for the genuine article in kernel32.dll?
> > 
> > You're looking at the wrong commit there.
> > 
> > The dynamic lookup merely ensures that setup continues to work at all on
> > Windows versions (<6.0), which don't support that function.
> 
> Typo.  Windows < 6.2.  SetDefaultDllDirectories has been introduced with
> Windows 8.

...and with KB2533623 it was also backported to Vista, W7, and the
equivalent server versions, so just ignore me.

Corinna