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ci: add some notes re older appveyor images
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appveyor still defaults to the old images so users still hit this
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lazka committed Jan 4, 2022
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Appveyor provides a MSYS2 installation on all their images under `C:\msys64`,
see https://www.appveyor.com/docs/windows-images-software/

Make sure to use the `Visual Studio 2019` image or newer, as the MSYS2
installation on older images is outdated and updating there no longer works.

In case you want to update the MSYS2 installation and install packages you need
to update MSYS2 first. For this you need to run the following commands:

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```powershell
taskkill /F /FI "MODULES eq msys-2.0.dll"
```

* MSYS2 fails to update on Appveyor with some "key is unknown" error. What's wrong?

The MSYS2 installation on older Appveyor images hasn't been updated in years
and is no longer supported. Either use the `Visual Studio 2019` image or
newer, or install MSYS2 manually as described above.

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