RE: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

> From: Samuel Thibault > Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 3:13 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet > > Frier, David, le Fri 30 Dec 2005 15:44:08 -0500, a écrit : > > So if I have a two-physical-processor system which HT fools > Windoze into thinking is a quad

RE: scp/ssh: non-interactive commands using "PasswordAuthentication" fail

[...] > > But, all kidding inside, I guess I really can't complain > because I'm > > selfishly holding back permission from Igor to debug this. We all > > know that no one can debug anything unless they get > permission from me > > first and there's no way that I would ever want people to >

netcat nc ???

It is late and I shouldn't be banging on my pc's but I'm going to risk embarassment and ask the question. I was trying to use netcat, that I thought was invoked by nc to copy a dd image of drive to a file on my w2k box running cygwin. I have a feeling that I am running a nedit utility. So, is

Unable to build binutils from source

Doing the usual ./configure;make, but the make fails: /bin/sh ./libtool --mode=link gcc -W -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototy pes -Werror -g -O2 -o ar.exe arparse.o arlex.o ar.o not-ranlib.o arsup.o rena me.o binemul.o emul_vanilla.o bucomm.o version.o filemode.o ../bfd/lib

Re: 1.5.18-1: Crash launching COMMAND.COM (W98)

On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 11:37:20PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 04:07:00AM +0100, Ingo Brueckl wrote: >>On Mon, 05 Sep 2005, Sean Gugler wrote: >> >>> Score! Snapshot 20050905 did the trick. >> >>Unfortunately, there is still a crash with: >> >> #include >> #include

Re: 1.5.18-1: Crash launching COMMAND.COM (W98)

On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 04:07:00AM +0100, Ingo Brueckl wrote: >On Mon, 05 Sep 2005, Sean Gugler wrote: > >> Score! Snapshot 20050905 did the trick. > >Unfortunately, there is still a crash with: > > #include > #include > #include > #include > > int cygwinsystem (const char *cmd) > { >

Re: COMSPEC environment variable missing

On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 03:11:00AM +0100, Ingo Brueckl wrote: >Hi. > >I'm using the 20051227-snapshot of cygwin1.dll. This is my Windows 98SE >environment as told by the 'set' command: > > TMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP > TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP > PROMPT=$p$g > winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS > PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WIN

RE: gcc crash (memory?)

> -Original Message- > From: Gerrit P. Haase [gerrit at familiehaase dot de] > Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 10:28 PM > To: Dan Stratila > Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: gcc crash (memory?) > > It turns out (a part of) the problem was that malloc and > new allocate twice > > the

Re: gcc crash (memory?)

On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 04:27:45AM +0100, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: >> By the way, g++, as well as a program I wrote and compiled with g++, are >> able to allocate 1GB, so I don't think the memory limitation / registry >> switch issue exists in the latest snapshot. > >Well, at least it worked for me u

Re: gpc-3.4.4 to go with gcc-3.4.4??

Brian wrote: > Gerrit P. Haase wrote: >> version myself, if he provides a build for Windows I will include it in >> the 3.4.4 release so -mno-cygwin will work for Pascal too. >> >> Unfortunately as you can see here: >> http://www.gnu-pascal.de/contrib/chief/win32/mingw32/ >> there is still no

Re: gcc crash (memory?)

Dan, >> I use gcc 3.4.4. I have also this famous registry key defined: >> In "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin" define a DWORD named >> heap_chunk_in_mb and set the value to 1024 (decimal) or 400 (hex) or >> even more. >> >> This may require a reboot to take affect. > It turns out (a part

RE: cygwins setup hangs in installation

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005, Matt Clapp wrote: > I DON'T have a hyperthreaded processor, and still see hangs with the > current stable version of setup.exe (v. 2.510.2.2) It hangs > indefinitely during update-info-dir.sh. My computer is a Pentium-M > 1.4GHz, 760MB RAM. This is a known bug (which is kno

RE: gcc crash (memory?)

Hi, > -Original Message- > From: Gerrit P. Haase [gerrit at familiehaase dot de] > Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 12:50 PM > To: Dan Stratila > Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: gcc crash (memory?) > > I use gcc 3.4.4. I have also this famous registry key defined: > In "HKLM\SOFTWAR

Re: malloc/new allocate twice as much?

From: Krzysztof Duleba To: cygwin at cygwin dot com Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:23:20 +0100 Subject: Re: malloc/new allocate twice as much? References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>This is an issue I've discovered and reproduced while trying to compile >>polymake (see the thread "gcc crash (memory?)"

Re: malloc/new allocate twice as much?

Dan Stratila wrote: This is an issue I've discovered and reproduced while trying to compile polymake (see the thread "gcc crash (memory?)"). It seems that both malloc and new allocate take up twice the amount of memory needed. I wrote a short program to allocate and use memory in chunks (mem-te

RE: cygwins setup hangs in installation

I have seen some posts to this mailing list talking about problems with cygwin setup.exe hanging during post-install scripts. They mainly blame problems with hyperthreaded processors. I DON'T have a hyperthreaded processor, and still see hangs with the current stable version of setup.exe (v. 2.51

malloc/new allocate twice as much?

Hi, This is an issue I've discovered and reproduced while trying to compile polymake (see the thread "gcc crash (memory?)"). It seems that both malloc and new allocate take up twice the amount of memory needed. I wrote a short program to allocate and use memory in chunks (mem-test.cpp), and compi

rsync over ssh hang issue understood

After running into the hang trying to use rsync over ssh on Cygwin, reported on this mailing list, but with no resolution other than use of daemon mode, I tracked down the problem. I have rsync working over ssh on Cygwin. The hang is occuring when rsync is attempting to exchange protocol version

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: tnef-1.3.4-1

The package 'tnef' is now available in the Cygwin distribution. Description === (from http://tnef.sourceforge.net/) TNEF is a program for unpacking ms-tnef type MIME attachments. -- Harold Hunt CYGWIN INSTALLATION INFORMATION === To install this package, c

Re: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

Frier, David, le Fri 30 Dec 2005 15:44:08 -0500, a écrit : > So if I have a two-physical-processor system which HT fools Windoze into > thinking is a quad, then turning off HT is not really going to help me? I'd say it won't help, indeed ; to avoid troubles, you will probably have to disable your

Re: gpc-3.4.4 to go with gcc-3.4.4??

Gerrit P. Haase wrote: > version myself, if he provides a build for Windows I will include it in > the 3.4.4 release so -mno-cygwin will work for Pascal too. > > Unfortunately as you can see here: > http://www.gnu-pascal.de/contrib/chief/win32/mingw32/ > there is still no Windows version avai

Re: Inconsistent results from "du -sk ."

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Fred Ma on 12/30/2005 1:20 PM: > When I repeatedly issue "du -sk ." within seconds of each other, the > results are different, and there is no process running that could be > changing the contents of the directory. Here is an illustrative

RE: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

So if I have a two-physical-processor system which HT fools Windoze into thinking is a quad, then turning off HT is not really going to help me? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Samuel Thibault Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 15:26 To: cy

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: perl-5.8.7-5

Perl has been updated to 5.8.7-5 NEWS: = - This is a bugfix release which includes the official patch for the security issue reported here: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-01.xml http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114113 http://www.dyadsecurity.com/pe

Re: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

Hi, Frier, David, le Fri 30 Dec 2005 13:29:55 -0500, a écrit : > we're in the dreaded h_y_p_e_r-t_h_r_e_a_d_e_d zone. Eeeh, you just mean multi-processor zone. Hyper-threading is just a special case of multi-processor and has the same issues. Regards, Samuel -- Unsubscribe info: http://cy

Inconsistent results from "du -sk ."

When I repeatedly issue "du -sk ." within seconds of each other, the results are different, and there is no process running that could be changing the contents of the directory. Here is an illustrative session: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /c/Documents and Settings/All Users/Start Menu ### Here are t

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: gtk2-x11-engines-2.6.6-1

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The following package has been updated in the Cygwin net release: *** gtk2-x11-engines-2.6.6-1 This package provides ten theme engines for GTK+ 2.x, including the new Clearlooks theme, the new default for GNOME 2.12. Yaakov *** *** CYGWI

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New Package: gnome-themes-2.12.1-1

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The following package has been added to the Cygwin net release: *** gnome-themes-2.12.1-1 This package provides a number of GNOME themes. Yaakov *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-announce mailing

Re: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 02:07:37PM -0500, Frier, David wrote: >Ordinarily I would not make the following reply on-list, but you seem >insistent that I must, so here goes. Not only am I insistent, I sent you to a page which talks about it in bold letters. I'm not sure why you need to even mention

Re: executable = exe + data

2005/12/30, Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 12:00:35AM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: > >any suggestions? > > Isn't this what windows resources are good for? Yes. Sam, please see the Corman Lisp sources, how Roger implemented loading the especially attached LISP ress

RE: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

Mr. Faylor: Ordinarily I would not make the following reply on-list, but you seem insistent that I must, so here goes. I read problem.html and then the archives, every reference I could find to hyperthreading. I saw your mild then increasingly crabby responses to people who seemed (at least) to b

Re: Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 01:29:55PM -0500, Frier, David wrote: >We have cygwin for running Ab Initio on a Windows 2K Adv server, and >yes, we're in the dreaded h_y_p_e_r-t_h_r_e_a_d_e_d zone. From browsing >the list archives and the kinds of problems people report, I'd say we've >been lucky... exce

Re: gpc-3.4.4 to go with gcc-3.4.4??

Brian wrote: > Seems I recall the maintainer for gcc-3.3.3 and gpc-3.3.3 had not gotten a > chance to look at gpc-3.3.3 to bring it current when they released gcc-3.4.4. > It appear that gpc is still behind. > I noticed though that on the gpc site someone had reported having problems > with > g

Hope this topic isn't taboo yet

We have cygwin for running Ab Initio on a Windows 2K Adv server, and yes, we're in the dreaded h_y_p_e_r-t_h_r_e_a_d_e_d zone. From browsing the list archives and the kinds of problems people report, I'd say we've been lucky... except... from time to time our CPU utilization on that machine just s

Re: scp/ssh: non-interactive commands using "PasswordAuthentication" fail

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 11:09:21PM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > >Tom Rodman wrote: > >><2 informal tests on my home PC, /etc/ssh_config is "OTTB"> > >> > >>no problem, using PubkeyAuthentication: > >>[snip] > >>problems w/same tests using Pas

Re: gcc crash (memory?)

Dan schrieb: > Hi Gerrit, >> Increase the size of your swap file, for me the maximum memory usage >> compiling this file was not much more than 1 GB. I have a 2 GB swap >> file. > Thanks for your reply. I have a 2GB swap file too (and 768MB RAM), and it > doesn't seem to help. Moreover, as I me

gpc-3.4.4 to go with gcc-3.4.4??

Seems I recall the maintainer for gcc-3.3.3 and gpc-3.3.3 had not gotten a chance to look at gpc-3.3.3 to bring it current when they released gcc-3.4.4. It appear that gpc is still behind. I noticed though that on the gpc site someone had reported having problems with gcc-3.4.4 and gpc-3.3.3 a

Re: executable = exe + data

On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 12:00:35AM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: >any suggestions? Isn't this what windows resources are good for? cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/

Re: missing of /dev directory

http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PPIOSPE http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU - reformatted > > On 12/30/05, Eric Blake wrote: http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR > > > > > i've installed cygwin on my XP system, but i can not found /dev > > > directory, i

Re: Request for fixes to http://cygwin.com/problems.html

On Dec 30 01:29, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: > On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 04:08:07PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 12:01:19PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote: > > >Greetings. I'd appreciate it if the http://cygwin.com/ webmaster would > > >make two fixes to the http://cygwin.

Re: Request for fixes to http://cygwin.com/problems.html

On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 04:08:07PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 12:01:19PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote: > >Greetings. I'd appreciate it if the http://cygwin.com/ webmaster would > >make two fixes to the http://cygwin.com/problems.html page, at his/her > >earliest convenien

RE: gcc crash (memory?)

Hi Gerrit, > -Original Message- > From: Gerrit P. Haase [freeweb at nyckelpiga dot de] > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 10:46 PM > To: Dan Stratila > Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: gcc crash (memory?) > Increase the size of your swap file, for me the maximum memory usage > compi