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Re: slow startup after upgrade


On Feb 26 16:00, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
> On 2/26/2015 2:34 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Feb 26 14:21, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
> >>On 2/26/2015 12:24 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >>>On Feb 26 12:04, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
> >>>>On 2/25/2015 4:12 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote:
> >>>>>On Wed, 2015-02-25 at 15:52 -0800, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
> >>>>>>Can somebody summarize where we're at here. I've been noticing all this
> >>>>>>email about slow startup and I'm excited by the inclusion of domain
> >>>>>>accounts using /etc/nsswitch.conf, etc. I downloaded a newer version of
> >>>>>>Cygwin a few weeks ago (I'm seeing 1.7.34) and I experienced the
> >>>>>>slowdown myself. Unfortunately I'm too busy to actively participate but
> >>>>>>it looks like some good progress has been made. Should I update or is
> >>>>>>everything still in snapshots?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Fixes are in snapshots, as well as test releases (currently 1.7.35-0.4)
> >>>>>which can be installed with setup*.exe.
> >>>>
> >>>>Hmmm... https://cygwin.com/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.snapshots says:
> >>>>
> >>>>You cannot use Cygwin Setup to install a snapshot.
> >>>
> >>>Hmmm... maybe you should try to read Yaakov's entire sentence?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Corinna
> >>>
> >>
> >>It is not clear from Yaakov's sentence that the phrase "which can be
> >>installed with setup*.exe" applied to test releases, snapshots or both.
> >
> >So why didn't you just look for the test release in setup then?  I don't
> >see how complaining about the exact wording of a mail trying to be
> >helpful(!) does improve your situation.
> 
> Chill man! First off I wasn't complaining - I was simply pointing out

Shall I point out the error in your expression, or would you think this
is totally unnecessary?


Just saying...
Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
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