[tor-bugs] #12391 [Tor bundles/installation]: Building mingw-w64 is failing intermittently

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#12391: Building mingw-w64 is failing intermittently
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     Reporter:  gk                   |      Owner:  erinn
         Type:  defect               |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal               |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor                  |    Version:
  bundles/installation               |   Keywords:  gitian,
   Resolution:                       |  TorBrowserTeam201407
Actual Points:                       |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:14 dcf]:
 > Replying to [comment:12 gk]:
 > > Another failure that may happen is described in #12608. I have a
 branch that is fixing both, bug_12391_v1 in my public tor-browser-bundle
 repo. It still needs testing in a KVM environment different from mine. To
 test
 > > 0) make sure you don't have old Windows related *gbuilt.zip files that
 might interfere
 > > 1) check out the aforementioned branch
 > > 2) |./fetch-inputs.sh ../../gitian-builder/inputs versions.alpha|
 > > 3) |./mkbundle-windows.sh versions.alpha|
 >
 > I had a successful windows build of
 [https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/gk/tor-browser-
 bundle.git/commit/b3fbed66206a043326ca6f067168ade8f1b759df bug_12391_v1]
 on KVM.
 >
 > {{{
 > Generating report
 > 14df1302dc5b85f24b4a12e73bff813c36dd7f94d038c0b34341c4634fc77584
 torbrowser-install-4.0-alpha-1_ar.exe
 > dfeaf17382490d8b2c2b1ad571fbbe4ef34df68b28e21eb5a3f55cf52f7b06f8
 torbrowser-install-4.0-alpha-1_de.exe
 > 27f84c7df198ddc5928f91008ad19de70301767c63cf21c7ff3f74a90e04bab2
 torbrowser-install-4.0-alpha-1_en-US.exe
 > 0bbf22e649d33cf73a75f968e041f95d72956a5392035cca682b4a60dab1ec71
 torbrowser-install-4.0-alpha-1_es-ES.exe
 > 7dd2fcfec885969eb247a84526071844faf9eedb8630a498c2b32908ca787265
 torbrowser-install-4.0-alpha-1_fa.exe
 > 6b3c71e13e1e883154deab3166ceee8c0dfd2b6ce5c15f97bf81708f78d1892a
 torbrowser-install-4.0-alpha-1_fr.exe
 > b7569090e7d729085b4c39accef40762f2c5fc38e5548325cc01e5283f669418
 torbrowser-install-4.0-alpha-1_it.exe
 > 858548a319481697d4c2170c9cd3b36d0f9794b1b271e2d2c519b1a233da7e51
 torbrowser-install-4.0-alpha-1_ko.exe
 > b35699fe7ec65642969c892ddafc2d7581c584a145c94659c859da63007978b4
 torbrowser-install-4.0-alpha-1_nl.exe
 > bdc00f598f4ca1181eb370f4cc8b479ef28d57ea9fe48b597ae29e46a2734bbb
 torbrowser-install-4.0-alpha-1_pl.exe
 > f6b84710c4ac5f7e13316cf3832e17593981aa417e9e4f1214e8438c4263e411
 torbrowser-install-4.0-alpha-1_pt-PT.exe
 > be226bf80249126a6567299f89b2ff8f0ddc1f3aa5f5800539d93eb1152586f3
 torbrowser-install-4.0-alpha-1_ru.exe
 > e585e377468a105ab1f1289cdfe813c8a79b6cf6d2c5be2a1036c64408c160a5
 torbrowser-install-4.0-alpha-1_tr.exe
 > 8f43dedc2703af5c3f7ebb0d4b79f6c83a982ab14f2041a6b76ca1489219b488
 torbrowser-install-4.0-alpha-1_vi.exe
 > ede08637a6a9b3af99416af9a7a4529f2f28bdca4a9b0e38fee48d15dc2b2016
 torbrowser-install-4.0-alpha-1_zh-CN.exe
 > 49304e8aff7aab5295291f2e70fd9d3ff41b53d221ca620513bf5476def2c002
 bundle-windows-res.yml
 > }}}
 > I can upload these files if you need me to.

 Not necessary, thanks. These builds are matching mine, so I plan to merge
 my fix within the next days (unless someone is showing up with a non-
 matching build) in order to get a alpha release out next week after the
 usual TBB update dance...

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