Cygwin IRC channel?

Hi, I was wondering, is there a cygwin IRC channel? I've been looking around for one, and all I see is cygwin/X. Just wondering. ~Robert -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: h

Re: gettext latest vers. 0.17

On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 07:56:15PM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote: >Build gettext yourself if you want a newer version. This is FOSS, >you're not helpless. TIFYNH. I like it. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.ht

Re: gettext latest vers. 0.17

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My question is the usage of "cygport" really required to be used. I > certainly Of course it's not required. The maintainer can use any method he wants. The fact that Chuck switched *to* cygport from the previous homegrown g-b-s method he used should tell you someth

Re: gettext latest vers. 0.17

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just as the person below noted that the latest version of gettext, 0.17 was needed, I found myself also needing it. I expect that more and more newer versions and updates will be requiring it. http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-03/msg00220.html The current cygwin gettext

gettext latest vers. 0.17

Just as the person below noted that the latest version of gettext, 0.17 was needed, I found myself also needing it. I expect that more and more newer versions and updates will be requiring it. http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-03/msg00220.html The current cygwin gettext package is over two yea

Bash.exe stays open after Putty is closed

I just installed Cygwin with OpenSSH and got it setup on Windows Server 2003. When I use Putty on a remote machine to connect to the server, the server starts a bash.exe processes. When I close Putty (alt-f4) the bash.exe processes remains on the server. If I connect again, another bash.exe proc

Re: Libtool 2.2.2

Angelo Graziosi wrote: > If this is the case, perhaps, there is some problem in setup.ini. > > cygport requires libtool1.5 and libguile17 requires libltdl3. > > So it looks that the set libtool1.5+libltdl3 cannot be removed in favor > of libtool2.2+libltdl7 (if one needs cygport, libguile17+ dep

Re: Libtool 2.2.2

Brian Dessent wrote: > Per the release announcement, it is incompatible with the libtool1.5 > package, which means you have to manually deselect all other libtool > packages if you select libtool2.2. You can only have one of the two > at any time installed If this is the case, perhaps, there is

Re: Libtool 2.2.2

Bobby McNulty wrote: > Last night, I updated my Cygwin installation and received libtool 2.2.2 Seeing as how libtool2.2 is not listed in any 'requires:' line you must have manually selected it in order for it to be installed. Per the release announcement, it is incompatible with the libtool1.5 p

Re: [setup.exe crashes at cygrunsrv uninstall step]

Michael Eager wrote: > I've run into the same error. There was no error in cygrunsrv.lst.gz > and deleting it did not correct the crash. That is just the one that happened to be corrupt in this poster's example. You would have to look at your logs to see which .gz file is corrupt on your system

Re: AGAIN - cp: skipping file ... as it was replaced while being copied

OK - just for the record and in case this ever needs to be debugged, here's the result. I got the latest snapshot cygwin1-20080327.dll.bz2. It fixed the "cp from network" problem, but created a strange issue with mounted disks. Here it is. Normally I have mounted c: and d: like this mount c:/ /

Libtool 2.2.2

Last night, I updated my Cygwin installation and received libtool 2.2.2 This afternoon. I tried building subversion 1.5 branch. I got to the first library, and libtool said it could not build a shared library. That only static libraries could be built. My exact configure went like this: ../confi

Re: postinstall hang

> For the moment I only really need the cygwin X-Server - do you think > that will that run ok with the Logitech Process Manager? > Or is that asking for trouble again? Dave, if literally all you need is an X server for Windows, use Xming instead: http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/

Re: [setup.exe crashes at cygrunsrv uninstall step]

Dave Korn wrote: Marc wrote on 02 April 2008 13:39: I have the following problem: When I try to run setup.exe (v. 2.573.2.2) to update my Cygwin installation, it crashes when uninstalling cygrunsrv package. This happens every time I execute it. I have tried: This is probably a known bug t

Re: 1.5.25-11 Bash? Problem installing unattended on Server 2008

Christoph Herdeg wrote: > bash: cannot create temp file for here document: Bad address > bash: /home/Administrator/.bash_profile: Bad address > ... > How could we fix this situation - are there any preinstall-requisites > required on the target system, e.g. setting special ACLs? What

Re: A small suggestion to setup.exe of cygwin

"Igor Peshansky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you want to replicate the packages, but not the versions, installing from the Internet is fine (again, change all versions to 0.0 if you want that, to make sure setup picks up the packages). Igor That is what I wo

RE: seg fault trying to run pinfo

DePriest, Jason R. wrote on Thursday, April 03, 2008 10:54 PM: > Running pinfo with no arguments works fine. It loads up a default > menu. > > However, if I try to launch it with any arguments (like 'pinfo perl' > or 'pinfo cp') it seg faults and dumps core. > > cygcheck output attached > > Al

Re: A small suggestion to setup.exe of cygwin

On Fri, 4 Apr 2008, Michael Kairys wrote: > "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL > PROTECTED] . Thanks. > > wrote: > > > Michael wrote: > > > > I've wondered about this too... So if I have changed my Cygwin > > > > s

Re: A small suggestion to setup.exe of cygwin

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008, Michael Kairys wrote: > I've wondered about this too... So if I have changed my Cygwin setup on > one machine and I want to duplicate those changes on another machine, > all I have to do is copy installed.db to the other machine and run > setup.exe there? That would replicate

Re: Error opening terminal: cygwin.

On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 14:33:16 +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > You could copy the file from a machine which has that file, or, as > a temporary hack, try to set terminal type to "linux" or "xterm". Good luck trying to find a terminal that works with UTF-8. -- Chris Game All generalizations are f

Fw: 1.5.25-11 Bash? Problem installing unattended on Server 2008

Hello Mailing List, regarding my problem below in the meantime I was able to find an approach: The Nullsoft-Installer (made by one of my predecessors) was until now -anyway why- scripted to build a directory skeleton for "/home" and "/home/Administrator". When removing the corresponding lines fro

Re: using rsync with Win32/UNC pathnames?

Corinna Vinschen schrieb: (...) If you change system variables, you have to reboot, because services inherit their variables from the SCM, which only gets restarted when you reboot. However, there is no need for that. Did you try `cygrunsrv --help', or better, read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cygru

Re: Error opening terminal: cygwin.

On Apr 4 02:13, iw2nzm wrote: > > > Hello, > > I apologize if my English is not so good, I'm write from Italy. > I'm a newbye in linux systems and cygwin too. I'm trying to edit a file with > nano through an ssh connection. > I have a machine on my LAN (Western Digital NAS) and I'm able to make

Re: AGAIN - cp: skipping file ... as it was replaced while being copied

On Apr 3 20:35, Ivan Dobrianov wrote: > Hi and sorry for the clutter, but I can't figure it out! > > I have this familiar situation when trying to copy from the network: > > cp //walnetapp01/SRD/LegacyBugs/148000-148999/148708/some_file.txt ./ > > cp: skipping file > `//walnetapp01/SRD/LegacyB

Re: using rsync with Win32/UNC pathnames?

On Apr 4 14:13, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > Tomasz Chmielewski schrieb: >> Corinna Vinschen schrieb: >>> On Apr 3 13:10, Brian Dessent wrote: Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > So once Cygwin learns how to speak UTF-8, I will finally be able to > backup all Windows files... :) Set

Re: A small suggestion to setup.exe of cygwin

"Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 想 李 wrote: Michael wrote: I've wondered about this too... So if I have changed my Cygwin setup on one machine and I want to duplicate those changes on another machine, all I have to do is copy installed.db to

Re: using rsync with Win32/UNC pathnames?

Tomasz Chmielewski schrieb: Corinna Vinschen schrieb: On Apr 3 13:10, Brian Dessent wrote: Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: So once Cygwin learns how to speak UTF-8, I will finally be able to backup all Windows files... :) Set CYGWIN=codepage:utf8 to enable UTF-8 support. ...and set LC_CTYPE=C-U

Re: using rsync with Win32/UNC pathnames?

Corinna Vinschen schrieb: On Apr 3 13:10, Brian Dessent wrote: Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: So once Cygwin learns how to speak UTF-8, I will finally be able to backup all Windows files... :) Set CYGWIN=codepage:utf8 to enable UTF-8 support. ...and set LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8, otherwise multibyte/wid

1.5.25-11 Bash? Problem installing unattended on Server 2008

Hello Mailing List! at the moment we're trying to upgrade our Cygwin unattended installation package to render it usable on Windows Server 2008 / Windows Vista SP1. The main problems are fixed, as well are the cosmetic issues (changes in batch syntax, as always undocumented of course). We're usin

Error opening terminal: cygwin.

Hello, I apologize if my English is not so good, I'm write from Italy. I'm a newbye in linux systems and cygwin too. I'm trying to edit a file with nano through an ssh connection. I have a machine on my LAN (Western Digital NAS) and I'm able to make an ssh connection from my dekstop (Windows XP)