Re: [ATTN maintainer] vim 9.1.1825 archive filetype processing scripts not working properly

On 2025-12-02 09:11, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> On 01/12/2025 18:02, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>> After latest gvim 9.1.1825 install (no announcement on list nor useful release 
>> notes other than GH vim/vim repo log) opening archives e.g zip with autoload 
>> script zip.vim displays three copies of zip archive header vim script comments 
>> followed by three copies of lists of files for selection:
>>
>> " zip.vim version v34
>> " Browsing zipfile .../Downloads/xxhash.zip
>> " Select a file with cursor and press ENTER
>> " zip.vim version v34
>> " Browsing zipfile .../Downloads/xxhash.zip
>> " Select a file with cursor and press ENTER
>> " zip.vim version v34
>> " Browsing zipfile .../Downloads/xxhash.zip
>> " Select a file with cursor and press ENTER
>>
>> xxhash/
>> ...
>> xxhash/
>> ...
>> xxhash/
>> ...
>>
>> similar issues with some other archive types I tried - not recorded as I was 
>> testing latest lesspipe update installed and trying to use gvim/ gview/ 
>> less.vim for comparisons and other work with various compressed archives and 
>> files.
>>
>> Rolled back to previous release 9.1.1054 and issues went away.

> Hi Brian

Thanks Marco
> This seems an upstream issue and 9.1.1825 is the last stable,
> more or less , see https://www.vim.org/download.php
> 
> I will look to put latest tags as test, but vim is making 10 tags every two 
> days, https://github.com/vim/vim/tags
> so not easy to follow.

Yes - commit patch level releases do not make it easy to assess impacts.

> Nothing obvious on
> https://github.com/vim/vim/issues

Agreed - not a lot of hits between Feb and Oct - why I posted ;^>

I'll see if I can spot anything interesting or raise an issue upstream.

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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