[Solved] Cygwin: untracked tracked software :-)

GregAlexandre · 2 May 2022, 11:22

Hi,
I was happily surprised to have my version of cygwin seen outdated and a new version proposed.
I was surprised as cygwin is flagged as "untracked".

So still untracked? Or untracked tracked?

Regards.

Tom · 2 Apr 2022, 20:04

Something like that...

Well, essentially there can be two reasons why we flag something as "Untracked".

One is if we can't find a good reliable way to track the latest versions.

The second is if we can't find a good source of security information.

Looking at this, it seems that it is the lack of security information that caused us to mark it as untracked, but I also just reviewed the latest versions and it is also clear that the version numbers and strings in the files is a tad inconsistent.

And on that note I just fixed the detection of the latest 3.3.4 so it should be correct now.

GregAlexandre · 4 Feb 2022, 22:02

@tom "sporadic security information" was / is the reason.
https://vulndetect.org/topic/638/added-cygwin1-dll-updated-version-for-request/6?_=1643745674732

So still untracked.

@OLLI_S : explained so can be moved to fixed.

OLLI_S · 5 Feb 2022, 11:22

@gregalexandre OK, then I mark this issue as solved.