Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New release of setup.exe (2.249.2.10)

2003-03-13 Thread Markus Schönhaber
Pierre A. Humblet wrote: On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:45:58PM +0100, Markus Schönhaber wrote: Thanks a lot for the report, Markus. You're welcome. Guess, your reply reached me and not the list because I forgot to set the Reply-To: field correctly. Sorry. Did a fresh install at my XP-Prof box at ho

Re: Cygwin + Oracle (Pro*C)

2003-03-13 Thread Randall R Schulz
At 22:34 2003-03-13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13 Mar 2003, günter strubinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am lost right now… Maybe you can't see the way because all that html is in the way. Right. And that silly ASCII business is overkill, too. I'm starting a new campaign to go back to Fi

Re: cygwin-1.3.21-1, problem with sparse file creation as default

2003-03-13 Thread Pierre A. Humblet
At 12:36 AM 3/14/2003 -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 09:41:55PM -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: >>On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:20:10PM -, Max Bowsher wrote: >>>We've had no proof of advantages (except in one very restricted corner >>>case), and no disproof of disadvanta

Re: cygwin-1.3.21-1, problem with sparse file creation as default

2003-03-13 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 09:41:55PM -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: >On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:20:10PM -, Max Bowsher wrote: >>We've had no proof of advantages (except in one very restricted corner >>case), and no disproof of disadvantages (i.e. speed penalties). > >Running a speed test would

Re: fork/exec help

2003-03-13 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 06:08:48PM -0800, Lee, Robert C. wrote: >Hello, > >I'm trying to compile a simple fork/exec program in vc6 using cygwin but I >can't get past the vc compiler complaining about an include file: > >main.cpp >c:\cygwin\usr\include\sys\_types.h(13) : error C2632: 'long' followed

.profile and xterm

2003-03-13 Thread Ling F. Zhang
Just starting to play with cygwin. I edited my .profile to do some nice aliases, setting PATH and bashprompt... but I realize that as soon as I start a terminal using xterm (I am using exceed as my Xserver, but shouldn't matter) all the alias are gone (such as ls=ls --color=auto, which is handy...

Re: cygwin-1.3.21-1, problem with sparse file creation as default

2003-03-13 Thread Pierre A. Humblet
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:20:10PM -, Max Bowsher wrote: > > We've had no proof of advantages (except in one very restricted corner > case), and no disproof of disadvantages (i.e. speed penalties). > Max, Running a speed test would be interesting of course, but I point to an advantage for mo

fork/exec help

2003-03-13 Thread Lee, Robert C.
Hello, I'm trying to compile a simple fork/exec program in vc6 using cygwin but I can't get past the vc compiler complaining about an include file: main.cpp c:\cygwin\usr\include\sys\_types.h(13) : error C2632: 'long' followed by 'long' is illegal c:\cygwin\usr\include\sys\_types.h(13) : error C2

Re: Weird stuff in /proc/cpuinfo

2003-03-13 Thread Rolf Campbell
Norman Vine wrote: Thanks much better I noticed another quirk though a 'control-C' while % ls /proc/registry/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/ is still printing to the terminal hangs hard WFM -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.

Segmentation fault in NetUserGetInfo call

2003-03-13 Thread Vishal Jain
Hi, I am using gcc to compile my code. I am linking to windows netapi32 library. This is the error I am getting when NetUserGetInfo call is executed Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x77d7bf5c in RPCRT4!NdrCorrelationFree () from /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/rpcrt4.dll The code

Re: Cygwin + Oracle (Pro*C)

2003-03-13 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Mustn't be mean. Mustn't be mean. Mustn't be mean. Groan! On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Randall R Schulz wrote: > Günter, > > At 14:43 2003-03-13, günter strubinsky wrote: > > >... > > > >I am lost right now. > > > Don't worry. Just tell us where you are and a trained Cygwin support

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: nasm-0.98.36-1

2003-03-13 Thread Dean Scarff
The cygwin port of nasm has been updated to 0.98.36. This version contains some minor bugfixes and enhancements. To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. Then, run setup and answer all

sec:unclassified Cygwin 1.3.21-1 problem with rsh command

2003-03-13 Thread Hill, Shane
Hi All, After updating to cygwin 1.3.21-1 the rsh command seems to have broken. Here is an example: rsh myhost -e "ls -l" rsh: select: Bad file descriptor. Running rsh on its own (i.e. rlogin) seems to work okay. Have Fun !! Shane Hill --- Shane D. Hill (B.E. Aero. Hons.) Aircraft Vehicles Div

Re: strange behaviour in cygwin 1.3.21

2003-03-13 Thread Max Bowsher
Sven Köhler wrote: >>> usually, i connect to a host with ssh, and when i'm finished, i just >>> just hit the close-button of the console-window, which kills bash, >>> ssh etc. >>> >>> now, after upgrading to cygwin 1.3.21, i cannot use the close-button >>> as usual when i'm using ssh in that consol

Re: strange behaviour in cygwin 1.3.21

2003-03-13 Thread Sven Köhler
usually, i connect to a host with ssh, and when i'm finished, i just just hit the close-button of the console-window, which kills bash, ssh etc. now, after upgrading to cygwin 1.3.21, i cannot use the close-button as usual when i'm using ssh in that console-window. it blocks, and the windows-box oc

Re: Cygwin + Oracle (Pro*C)

2003-03-13 Thread Randall R Schulz
Günter, At 14:43 2003-03-13, günter strubinsky wrote: ... I am lost right now. Don't worry. Just tell us where you are and a trained Cygwin support specialist will immediately be dispatched to your location to help you out of your quandary. RRS -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/

RE: Weird stuff in /proc/cpuinfo

2003-03-13 Thread Norman Vine
Corinna Vinschen writes: > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 07:17:15PM +0100, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: > > Hi y'all, > > > > Here's a snippet from `cat /proc/cpuinfo`: > > > > vendor id : GenuntelineI > > > > This should read GenuineIntel > > Should be fixed

Re: Cygwin + Oracle (Pro*C)

2003-03-13 Thread Peter A. Castro
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, günter strubinsky wrote: > Does anybody have any experience running Oracle 9i (win2k) + cygwin with > the pro*C preprocessor? Howto? > > I don’t have a glue how to get proc to work under cygwin. When I install on > win2k I don’t think I can run the proC tool over the cygwin en

Re: strange behaviour in cygwin 1.3.21

2003-03-13 Thread Max Bowsher
Sven Köhler wrote: > hi, > > usually, i connect to a host with ssh, and when i'm finished, i just > just hit the close-button of the console-window, which kills bash, > ssh etc. > > now, after upgrading to cygwin 1.3.21, i cannot use the close-button > as usual when i'm using ssh in that console-w

strange behaviour in cygwin 1.3.21

2003-03-13 Thread Sven Köhler
hi, usually, i connect to a host with ssh, and when i'm finished, i just just hit the close-button of the console-window, which kills bash, ssh etc. now, after upgrading to cygwin 1.3.21, i cannot use the close-button as usual when i'm using ssh in that console-window. it blocks, and the window

Re: Cygwin + Oracle (Pro*C)

2003-03-13 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc.)
günter strubinsky wrote: Does anybody have any experience running Oracle 9i (win2k) + cygwin with the pro*C preprocessor? Howto? Sorry, I have no clue about Oracle but... I don’t have a glue how to get proc to work under cygwin. When I install on win2k I don’t think I can run the proC tool over

Re: cygwin-1.3.21-1, problem with sparse file creation as default

2003-03-13 Thread Max Bowsher
Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:20:10PM -, Max Bowsher wrote: >> We've had no proof of advantages (except in one very restricted >> corner case), and no disproof of disadvantages (i.e. speed >> penalties). > > Max, do you perhaps remember the discussion on cygwin-patches?

RE: 1.3.21-1 broken on Win9x - IsProcessorFeaturePresent not autoloaded (was: Cygwin installation choke)

2003-03-13 Thread Chris January
> Chris Hardie wrote: > > Hey, > > > > I can't seem to find any details about this error, so I'm tossing it > > out there. > > > > After installing the newest version of Cygwin, it chokes when it > > tries to launch. > > > > "The CYGWIN1.DLL is linked to missing export > > KERNEL32.DLL:IsProcessorF

RE: Cygwin installation choke

2003-03-13 Thread Chris January
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 05:09:21PM +, Chris Hardie wrote: > > "The CYGWIN1.DLL is linked to missing export > > KERNEL32.DLL:IsProcessorFeaturePresent" > > > > I'm running Windows '95 on a P300 Celeron. Anyone have any idea what's > > going on? > > Fixed in CVS. Thanks for the report. Corinna

Re: cygwin-1.3.21-1, problem with sparse file creation as default

2003-03-13 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 12:32:55AM +0100, Markus Mauhart wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 04:09:54PM +0100, Markus Mauhart wrote: > Never had a problem. Do you really think that NT4sp4 broke it (without > eventually fixing it in sp5,6) ? Works w/o problems on w2k; didnt work > with XPbeta/RC, but

Re: cygwin-1.3.21-1, problem with sparse file creation as default

2003-03-13 Thread Markus Mauhart
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 04:09:54PM +0100, Markus Mauhart wrote: > > I have a problem with the following new feature of cygwin-1.3.21-1 > > > > > - Create sparse files by default, when possible. (Vaclav Haisman) > > > > Couldnt it be made configurable, or removed ? > > > > > > 1) good old fil

RE: Installing cygwin NOT from web

2003-03-13 Thread Robert Collins
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 10:18, Ross Smith wrote: > That seems quite clear to me. Setup ignores what's in the cache; > anything that's already in the cache but wasn't installed will be > downloaded again, unnecessarily. Which is not what the original poster said. Anyway, this is going down a rabbit

RE: Installing cygwin NOT from web

2003-03-13 Thread Ross Smith
> From: Robert Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 09:10, Ross Smith wrote: > > > > No. > > > Charles said that setup *ignores* the caches and skips what is > > > installed. > > > I said that setup will redownload what is in the cache. > > > > I still don't understand the

Re: agetty process cleanup after loss of carrier

2003-03-13 Thread BB
"BB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm trying to use agetty and have been having a problem. I would appreciate > any help I can get. > > When I use bash as a users login shell and the incomming connection hangs up > without exiting the shell, the bash process is eve

Re: Installing cygwin NOT from web

2003-03-13 Thread Robert Collins
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 09:54, Charles D. Russell wrote: > Is the following statement correct? > > Installing from web, rather than downloading to disk, eliminates the risks > of !) having to download the same file twice and 2) having duplicate files > (from different mirrors) retained in the cache.

Installing cygwin NOT from web

2003-03-13 Thread Charles D. Russell
Is the following statement correct? Installing from web, rather than downloading to disk, eliminates the risks of !) having to download the same file twice and 2) having duplicate files (from different mirrors) retained in the cache. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-si

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New release of setup.exe (2.249.2.10)

2003-03-13 Thread Max Bowsher
Markus Schönhaber wrote: > Seems to me that almost everything has worked fine (haven't > intensively tested though). Just, when the postinstall script ran, I > was able to read a message saying that the domain controller wasn't > found. Seems to me, this message came from mkpasswd (is it called >

Re: Cygwin installation choke

2003-03-13 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 05:09:21PM +, Chris Hardie wrote: > "The CYGWIN1.DLL is linked to missing export > KERNEL32.DLL:IsProcessorFeaturePresent" > > I'm running Windows '95 on a P300 Celeron. Anyone have any idea what's > going on? Fixed in CVS. Thanks for the report. Corinna -- Corin

Re: Weird stuff in /proc/cpuinfo

2003-03-13 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 07:17:15PM +0100, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: > Hi y'all, > > Here's a snippet from `cat /proc/cpuinfo`: > > vendor id : GenuntelineI > > This should read GenuineIntel Should be fixed in CVS now. Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinsch

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New release of setup.exe (2.249.2.10)

2003-03-13 Thread Markus Schönhaber
Robert Collins wrote: --=-8Y1At7C4hDRsJ/vt6G2U Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm happy to announce a new release of setup.exe. It will *improve* the display of permissions for use with the ntsec setting of cygwin (which is the default now) in the majority of c

Cygwin + Oracle (Pro*C)

2003-03-13 Thread günter strubinsky
Does anybody have any experience running Oracle 9i (win2k) + cygwin with the pro*C preprocessor? Howto?   I don’t have a glue how to get proc to work under cygwin. When I install on win2k I don’t think I can run the proC tool over the cygwin environment?!? Or can I install Oracle’s RedHat

RE: Installing cygwin NOT from web

2003-03-13 Thread Robert Collins
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 09:10, Ross Smith wrote: > > No. > > Charles said that setup *ignores* the caches and skips what is > > installed. > > I said that setup will redownload what is in the cache. > > I still don't understand the difference. He says it ignores the cache > and downloads it all ag

Re: Installing cygwin NOT from web

2003-03-13 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc.)
Ross Smith wrote: From: Robert Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 07:59, Ross Smith wrote: From: Robert Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 06:17, Charles D. Russell wrote: But as I understand it, setup.exe ignores the cache and looks only at what has

RE: Mixing / and \ path separators

2003-03-13 Thread Ross Smith
> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 04:51:24PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 08:46:13AM +1300, Ross Smith wrote: > >>> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 11:08:27PM +0100

Re: Weird stuff in /proc/cpuinfo

2003-03-13 Thread Pierre Bogossian
>Here's a snippet from `cat /proc/cpuinfo`: > >vendor id : GenuntelineI > >This should read GenuineIntel It seems that cygwin doesn't like AMD processors neither: vendor id : AuthcAMDenti Pierre -- ___

RE: Installing cygwin NOT from web

2003-03-13 Thread Ross Smith
> From: Robert Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 07:59, Ross Smith wrote: > > > From: Robert Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 06:17, Charles D. Russell wrote: > > > > > But as I understand it, setup.exe ignores the cache and > > > loo

Re: Mixing / and \ path separators

2003-03-13 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 04:51:24PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 08:46:13AM +1300, Ross Smith wrote: >>> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 11:08:27PM +0100, Anton Ertl wrote: >>> > >>> >If so, how should I deal with path

Re: Mixing / and \ path separators

2003-03-13 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 08:46:13AM +1300, Ross Smith wrote: >> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 11:08:27PM +0100, Anton Ertl wrote: >> > >> >If so, how should I deal with path names where parts of the path come >> >from ordinary windows users? >> >>

Re: cygwin-1.3.21-1, problem with sparse file creation as default

2003-03-13 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:20:10PM -, Max Bowsher wrote: > We've had no proof of advantages (except in one very restricted corner > case), and no disproof of disadvantages (i.e. speed penalties). Max, do you perhaps remember the discussion on cygwin-patches? You were the only one actually ag

Re: cygwin-1.3.21-1, problem with sparse file creation as default

2003-03-13 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 04:09:54PM +0100, Markus Mauhart wrote: > I have a problem with the following new feature of cygwin-1.3.21-1 > > > - Create sparse files by default, when possible. (Vaclav Haisman) > > Couldnt it be made configurable, or removed ? > > > 1) good old file manager (winfile

Re: cygwin-1.3.21-1

2003-03-13 Thread Lester Ingber
It seems that the problem that 1.3.21-1 was trying to fix, releasing processes when the console is closed (?) still does work properly. I'm running under XP, and from the console (which I have running under tcsh) I open some tcsh windows under XFree. After closing the X windows, I close the conso

RE: Installing cygwin NOT from web

2003-03-13 Thread Robert Collins
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 07:59, Ross Smith wrote: > > From: Robert Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 06:17, Charles D. Russell wrote: > > > But as I understand it, setup.exe ignores the cache and > > looks only at what > > > has been actually installed. So if you don't

RE: Installing cygwin NOT from web

2003-03-13 Thread Ross Smith
> From: Robert Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 06:17, Charles D. Russell wrote: > > > Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > > > >>FYI, setup has a "Download from Internet" mode which > creates the cache > > >>without actually installing. > > > > But as I understand it, setu

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New release of setup.exe (2.249.2.10)

2003-03-13 Thread Robert Collins
--=-8Y1At7C4hDRsJ/vt6G2U Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm happy to announce a new release of setup.exe. It will *improve* the display of permissions for use with the ntsec setting of cygwin (which is the default now) in the majority of cases. More fine tuni

Fitness and Bodybuilding Update

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Re: Installing cygwin NOT from web

2003-03-13 Thread Robert Collins
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 06:17, Charles D. Russell wrote: > Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > >>FYI, setup has a "Download from Internet" mode which creates the cache > >>without actually installing. > > But as I understand it, setup.exe ignores the cache and looks only at what > has been actually inst

ATERM hangs.

2003-03-13 Thread Ajay Simha
Hi, Has anyone had any success running aterm under cygwin. I searched the archives and found folks with the issues and that the suggestions had not really solved the problem. I'm running: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cygserver -v cygserver (cygwin) 1.5 API version 1.3.20(0.73/3/1)-(1.0.0.2) 2003-02-08

RE: Mixing / and \ path separators

2003-03-13 Thread Ross Smith
> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 11:08:27PM +0100, Anton Ertl wrote: > > > >If so, how should I deal with path names where parts of the path come > >from ordinary windows users? > > Either tell your Windows users to use forward slashes, tell them to

Installing cygwin NOT from web

2003-03-13 Thread Charles D. Russell
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Charles D. Russell wrote: > What I have gleaned from watching this subject is: > > 1) setup.exe is really designed to work best for direct installation from > the web, so do that first on some computer with an internet connection. > 2) when you install from the web, copies of

Re: 1.3.21-1 broken on Win9x - IsProcessorFeaturePresent not autoloaded (was: cygwin installation choke)

2003-03-13 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 05:28:30PM -, Max Bowsher wrote: >Chris Hardie wrote: >> Hey, >> >> I can't seem to find any details about this error, so I'm tossing it >> out there. >> >> After installing the newest version of Cygwin, it chokes when it >> tries to launch. >> >> "The CYGWIN1.DLL is lin

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.21-1

2003-03-13 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 12:16:27PM -0500, Rolf Campbell wrote: >>Yeah, and isn't it a *shame* that when I suggest that people should try >>a snapshot, they never do? The only way I have to test new features is >>to release a new version of cygwin, apparently. And, then listen to the >>complaints.

GCC 3.2.2 linux to cygwin,mingw32 cross compiler?

2003-03-13 Thread Lassi A. Tuura
Hi, Is there a receipe for building a linux-hosted cygwin/mingw32 GCC 3.2.2 (or any 3.2+) cross compiler for C and C++? For linux-x-mingw32 I did and for linux-x-cygwin . Building

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.21-1

2003-03-13 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 01:45:50PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >Well, technically, it's already supported through custom setup.ini files. >So it's not a PTC situation after all. :-) Good point. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.21-1

2003-03-13 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, [EMAIL PROTECTED]:23:34AM -0600, wayne wrote: > >On Thu, Mar 13, [EMAIL PROTECTED]:53:28AM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> On Thu, Mar 13, [EMAIL PROTECTED]:48:33AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > >> >

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.21-1

2003-03-13 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:23:34AM -0600, wayne wrote: >On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:53:28AM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 09:48:33AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >> > ;-) >> >Igor >> >> Agh, no. This isn't a PTC situation. >> >

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.21-1

2003-03-13 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Christopher Faylor wrote: Suggesting that you are not inclined to do the very minimal research involved in figuring out how to try snapshots isn't the best way to convince me that something needs to be done since what it suggests to me is that I should just be too lazy to continue to make any f

Weird stuff in /proc/cpuinfo

2003-03-13 Thread Ronald Landheer-Cieslak
Hi y'all, Here's a snippet from `cat /proc/cpuinfo`: vendor id : GenuntelineI This should read GenuineIntel Note the ASCII art: Genu ineI ntel |\ / | \ / | X | / \ |/ \ Genu ntel ineI Looks like a word-swap gone wrong somew

Re: Installing cygwin NOT from web

2003-03-13 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Charles D. Russell wrote: > What I have gleaned from watching this subject is: > > 1) setup.exe is really designed to work best for direct installation from > the web, so do that first on some computer with an internet connection. > 2) when you install from the web, copies of

Re: Installing cygwin NOT from web

2003-03-13 Thread Max Bowsher
Charles D. Russell wrote: > What I have gleaned from watching this subject is: > > 1) setup.exe is really designed to work best for direct installation > from the web, so do that first on some computer with an internet > connection. 2) when you install from the web, copies of all the > downloaded f

1.3.21-1 broken on Win9x - IsProcessorFeaturePresent not autoloaded (was: Cygwin installation choke)

2003-03-13 Thread Max Bowsher
Chris Hardie wrote: > Hey, > > I can't seem to find any details about this error, so I'm tossing it > out there. > > After installing the newest version of Cygwin, it chokes when it > tries to launch. > > "The CYGWIN1.DLL is linked to missing export > KERNEL32.DLL:IsProcessorFeaturePresent" > > I'm

RE: Installing cygwin NOT from web

2003-03-13 Thread Vince Hoffman
Well this is only partly true, as you may have noticed there is also a download option, this allows you to just download without installing, allowing you to later install from the files you have downloaded, just saves you HAVING to install cygwin to get hold of a copy in an installable directory st

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.21-1

2003-03-13 Thread wayne
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:53:28AM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 09:48:33AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > ;-) > > Igor > > Agh, no. This isn't a PTC situation. > > Requiring specific cygwin releases is not a path we want to

RE: init.d

2003-03-13 Thread Vince Hoffman
speaking as a novice in this area, would running it from init (with init running as a service) work ? or would this suffer from the same problems ? > -Original Message- > From: Guillaume Devoyon > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 March 2003 17:05 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.21-1

2003-03-13 Thread Rolf Campbell
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 06:02:22PM -0500, Rolf Campbell wrote: Christopher Faylor wrote: I've made a new version of the Cygwin DLL and associated utilities available for download. As usual, a list of what has changed is below. - Fix setsid problem where processes did no

Installing cygwin NOT from web

2003-03-13 Thread Charles D. Russell
What I have gleaned from watching this subject is: 1) setup.exe is really designed to work best for direct installation from the web, so do that first on some computer with an internet connection. 2) when you install from the web, copies of all the downloaded files - including setup.exe - are reta

Cygwin installation choke

2003-03-13 Thread Chris Hardie
Hey, I can't seem to find any details about this error, so I'm tossing it out there. After installing the newest version of Cygwin, it chokes when it tries to launch. "The CYGWIN1.DLL is linked to missing export KERNEL32.DLL:IsProcessorFeaturePresent" I'm running Windows '95 on a P300 Celero

RE: init.d

2003-03-13 Thread Guillaume Devoyon
well, i think you'r right... when the webmin start, it goes on background without giving any information to the cygrunsrv... Right now, i've made all my webmin config running but i'm unable to run it automatically at the boot i need help from superman ?? hehe.. I try many things in order to byp

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: lilypond-1.6.8-1 for Cygwin

2003-03-13 Thread Ronald Landheer-Cieslak
On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC32 ^^ This no longer points to the right FAQ (unless you really want it to point to "Why is Cygwin suddenly so slow?". I *think* you mean #34, but you'd have to check t

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.21-1

2003-03-13 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yeah, and isn't it a *shame* that when I suggest that people should > try a snapshot, they never do? The only way I have to test new > features is to release a new version of cygwin, apparently. And, > then listen to the complaints. A bug report

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.21-1

2003-03-13 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 09:48:33AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > ;-) > Igor Agh, no. This isn't a PTC situation. Requiring specific cygwin releases is not a path we want to go down. How many times does it have to be said? The cygwin1.dll name doesn't c

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.21-1

2003-03-13 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:01:53AM +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote: >*Christopher Faylor (03-03-13 08:51 +0100) >>On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 06:02:22PM -0500, Rolf Campbell wrote: >>>Christopher Faylor wrote: I've made a new version of the Cygwin DLL and associated utilities available for download

fork: permission denied (again)

2003-03-13 Thread Luc Hermitte
Hello, I'm running into a very annoying problem. When I try to compile mutt-1.5.x under cygwin, happens a time when ./configure isn't able to execute any command anymore and prints me a: "{the_command}: fork: permission denied" for its remaining tasks. After that, the console/bash (the famous "ba

Re: cygwin-1.3.21-1, problem with sparse file creation as default

2003-03-13 Thread Max Bowsher
Markus Mauhart wrote: > I have a problem with the following new feature of cygwin-1.3.21-1 > >> - Create sparse files by default, when possible. (Vaclav Haisman) > > Couldnt it be made configurable, or removed ? How about CYGWIN envvar triggered, and off by default? I'm building my own patched c

RE: cygwin 1.3.20-1 - strange problems with long command lines innt4

2003-03-13 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Matt, Re: the g++ problem, looks like you're missing "c:\cygwin\bin" from your system (windows) PATH. As for your original problem, since noone else here is able to reproduce it, would you be willing to try compiling bash from sources and inserting some debugging output? It would be interesting

cygwin-1.3.21-1, problem with sparse file creation as default

2003-03-13 Thread Markus Mauhart
I have a problem with the following new feature of cygwin-1.3.21-1 > - Create sparse files by default, when possible. (Vaclav Haisman) Couldnt it be made configurable, or removed ? 1) good old file manager (winfile.exe from NT4 system) does not display sparse files - so all newly created files

Re: cygwin gcc 3.4 and cygwin

2003-03-13 Thread Joshua Daniel Franklin
> >If you want pickled eggs with your free beer, you may have to wait. Myself, I > >can't understand why the barman can't put the foam on the bottom > > But I don't like beer! What other beverages do you provide for free? This reminds me of the Monty Python "Bookshop" sketch with a customer dema

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.21-1

2003-03-13 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
;-) Igor On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, wayne wrote: > Just an additional thought.. it would be nice to be able to select from > a specific release not just prev and current. I am creating a tool > and am going to require a particular cygwin release. So I am makin

Re: bash script ->exe

2003-03-13 Thread Ronald Landheer-Cieslak
In that case, why not write a simple C program that simply does a system()? rlc On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Yadin Y. Goldschmidt wrote: > Well, the need really originates from making a program called xmaxima > interface with a script maxima. xmaxima is a tcl program that is looking for > a maxima.exe b

RE: cygwin 1.3.20-1 - strange problems with long command lines in nt4

2003-03-13 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Randall R Schulz wrote: > At 16:00 2003-03-12, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > >On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Randall R Schulz wrote: > > > >... > > > > > >Just got another idea. See if this helps: > > > > > > > > > > I believ

Re: Installing cygwin NOT from web

2003-03-13 Thread Ronald Landheer-Cieslak
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, wrote: > I am trying to install cygwin on my computer at home, but I currently > don't have an internet connection. I have been trying to work out what > files I need to download for a full installation, but the website is not > clear. > Could you possibly confirm for me wheth

Re: bash script ->exe

2003-03-13 Thread Yadin Y. Goldschmidt
Well, the need really originates from making a program called xmaxima interface with a script maxima. xmaxima is a tcl program that is looking for a maxima.exe but in clisp maxima there is only a maxima sh script that xmaxima cannot evoke. I tried to make a .bat file that calls the bash script but

Re: How to use ssmtp ?

2003-03-13 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 09:33:54AM -0500, Charles Krug wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:28:45PM +0100, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: > > I have a hint for you: > > $ man ssmtp > > > If I knew sendmail when I installed ssmtp, then that would have been a > helpful suggestion. Manpages are an e

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.21-1

2003-03-13 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Corinna Vinschen (03-03-13 12:28 +0100) > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:01:53AM +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote: >> * Christopher Faylor (03-03-13 08:51 +0100) >>> On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 06:02:22PM -0500, Rolf Campbell wrote: Christopher Faylor wrote: > I've made a new version of the Cygwin DL

Re: bash script ->exe

2003-03-13 Thread Elfyn McBratney
> Is there a way to convert a bash (or sh or csh ) script into an windows .exe > file so it can be executed by a windows program or by clicking on it in > explorer? This isn't necessary if all you want is to be able to run the shell script from your desktop. You just need to create a shortcut that

Re: How to use ssmtp ?

2003-03-13 Thread Charles Krug
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:28:45PM +0100, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: > I have a hint for you: > $ man ssmtp If I knew sendmail when I installed ssmtp, then that would have been a helpful suggestion. Manpages are an excellent resource if you already know the answer . . . You need to put two

bash script ->exe

2003-03-13 Thread Yadin Y. Goldschmidt
Is there a way to convert a bash (or sh or csh ) script into an windows .exe file so it can be executed by a windows program or by clicking on it in explorer? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation:

RE: cygwin 1.3.20-1 - strange problems with long command lines in nt4

2003-03-13 Thread Willis, Matthew
I find that I can successfully pass long args to echo.exe using the @arglist method. It is not too convenient though as using cmd.exe for a shell is pretty awful. And I couldn't get g++ to work under cmd.exe ("The dynamicl link library cygwin1.dll could not be found...") For the time being, I gues

Installing cygwin NOT from web

2003-03-13 Thread
Hi, I am trying to install cygwin on my computer at home, but I currently don't have an internet connection. I have been trying to work out what files I need to download for a full installation, but the website is not clear. Could you possibly confirm for me whether or not I need any files other t

Re: setup snapshot?

2003-03-13 Thread Ronald Landheer-Cieslak
In deed - notably because setting up Cygwin failed to work properly because of it.. base-passwd-1.1 isn't on my mirror yet - though it's usually a pretty quick one. I generated the passwd and group files manually and have a shiny new Cygwin installation now. All access rights seem to be OK. rl

Re: How to use ssmtp ?

2003-03-13 Thread Ronald Landheer-Cieslak
I have a hint for you: $ man ssmtp HTH rlc - Read That Funky Manual! (my preferred version of the RTFM acronym) On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, a12 wrote: > Hi gurus, > > Pardon my ignorance but I have searched thru cygwin.com and > have not found any docs about using ssmtp. > > Any hints will be great

How to use ssmtp ?

2003-03-13 Thread a12
Hi gurus, Pardon my ignorance but I have searched thru cygwin.com and have not found any docs about using ssmtp. Any hints will be greatly appreciated. Marek -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation:

Re: setup snapshot?

2003-03-13 Thread Max Bowsher
Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: > On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Max Bowsher wrote: >> Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: >>> I've just run the Setup snapshot on a fresh NT/4 machine >>> $ uname --all >>> CYGWIN_NT-4.0 nt4-rlandheer 1.3.21(0.77/3/2) 2003-03-12 00:24 i686 >>> unknown unknown Cygwin >>> During the

Re: setup snapshot?

2003-03-13 Thread Ronald Landheer-Cieslak
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Max Bowsher wrote: > Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: > > I've just run the Setup snapshot on a fresh NT/4 machine > > $ uname --all > > CYGWIN_NT-4.0 nt4-rlandheer 1.3.21(0.77/3/2) 2003-03-12 00:24 i686 > > unknown unknown Cygwin > > During the post-install scripts, I got an err

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: bash-2.05b-9

2003-03-13 Thread Corinna Vinschen
I've updated the version of bash in the Cygwin distro to 2.05b-9. This version uses Cygwin's access() function now for figuring out if a user may access a file instead of it's own function to do this. This should result in more reliable results of access tests in shell scripts when running under C

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.21-1

2003-03-13 Thread wayne
Just an additional thought.. it would be nice to be able to select from a specific release not just prev and current. I am creating a tool and am going to require a particular cygwin release. So I am making my own install repository But it would be nice. Not bitching just a comment. On Thu, Mar 1

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