Re: Convert Cygwin .a library to Windows .lib

2009-04-28 Thread Frédéric Bron
> I'm aware this question has been asked before (I googled), but found no > satisfactory answer. I've just compiled a Unix library (to *.a) in Cygwin > and I would like to convert it into a .lib file that I can link with the > Visual Studio toolchain. Have you tried to rename it? Frédéric -- Uns

recurring problem with terminfo

2009-04-28 Thread james pentland
when the current release version of vim is installed with the current release version of terminfo, running vim makes the following complaint: E558: Terminal entry not found in terminfo 'cygwin' not known. Available builtin terminals are: builtin_riscos builtin_amiga builtin_beos-ansi

Convert Cygwin .a library to Windows .lib

2009-04-28 Thread Olumide
Hello, I'm aware this question has been asked before (I googled), but found no satisfactory answer. I've just compiled a Unix library (to *.a) in Cygwin and I would like to convert it into a .lib file that I can link with the Visual Studio toolchain. Thanks, - Olumide -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: problems with embedded python on cygwin.

2009-04-28 Thread Dave Korn
bailey2r wrote: > which crashes when I run it in cygwin. It merely crashes; i get the > illegal operation window. > > I compile it by using: > > gcc -Wall -IC:/cygwin/usr/include/python2.5 > -LC:/cygwin/usr/lib/python2.5/config embed.c -lpython2.5 -lm > > It compiles just fine. I just get the

Re: Should gcc -p work?

2009-04-28 Thread David Billinghurst
Greg Chicares wrote: On 2009-04-28 13:43Z, David Billinghurst wrote: I am looking into some gcc-4.{4,5}testsuite failures on cygwin. Test gcc.dg/20021014-1.c, with CFLAGS="-O2 -p", fails due to undefined references to _mcount and __monstartup. I get the same result with gcc-3.4.4 and gcc-4.3

problems with embedded python on cygwin.

2009-04-28 Thread bailey2r
First, I've read about the _socket problem in cygwin and am assuming that in the latest python 2.5.2 or cygwin this problem has been solved? I can import _socket just fine in the intereactive interpreter in cygwin; the problem is embedding python into C code. I have a C program: #include

Re: 1.5.25: Intermittent hangs or network issues

2009-04-28 Thread Jim Marshall
Dave Korn wrote: Jim Marshall wrote: I do not have any firewall software running, Potential app conflicts: ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall Detected: HKLM Registry Key, Named file. Do you possibly suffer from the Cisco VPN client software that comes with a built-in version of the core ZA fi

kerberos tools (kinit, etc) and kerberos-aware openssh in cygwin?

2009-04-28 Thread Chris Green
Hi, I have searched through the main mailing list archives and not come up with anything that seems even partially relevant except perhaps a recent email regarding LSA which did not seem to address my exact question. Is it possible for Cygwin to include a kerberos implementation (MIT or Heimdal, f

Re: 1.5.25: Intermittent hangs or network issues

2009-04-28 Thread Dave Korn
Jim Marshall wrote: > I do not have any firewall software running, > Potential app conflicts: > > ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall > Detected: HKLM Registry Key, Named file. Do you possibly suffer from the Cisco VPN client software that comes with a built-in version of the core ZA firewall compo

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: rxvt-20050409-10

2009-04-28 Thread Charles Wilson
On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:45 -0400, "Charles Wilson" wrote: > Andy Koppe wrote: > > I'm afraid the shortcuts don't work > > Thanks for the report. I'll fix that soon. > > > Also, is it necessary to invoke rxvt through run.exe, as rxvt does its > > own console hiding anyway? > > Not any more. Actu

[ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: rxvt-20050409-21

2009-04-28 Thread Charles Wilson
RXVT is a VT102 terminal emulator for both X and Windows. This is a bug fix and feature enhancement release. [[ compiled using gcc-3.4.4-999 ]] This release is specific for cygwin-1.7. There are a few minor differences the between this package and the simultaneously- released rxvt-20050409-11 for

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: rxvt-20050409-11

2009-04-28 Thread Charles Wilson
RXVT is a VT102 terminal emulator for both X and Windows. This is a bug fix and feature enhancement release. [[ compiled using gcc-3.4.4-999 ]] This will most likely be the final rxvt update for the cygwin-1.5 distribution; future development will continue with rxvt-20090409-21 for cygwin-1.7. C

1.5.25: Intermittent hangs or network issues

2009-04-28 Thread Jim Marshall
I was using a previous version of cygwin (sorry don't know the version, but I think it was last updated summer 2008?) without any issues. About a month ago I ran cygwin setup to update my version to the latest. I did have some issues with X, but I was able to remedy them by searching the list a

Re: Should gcc -p work?

2009-04-28 Thread Greg Chicares
On 2009-04-28 13:43Z, David Billinghurst wrote: > I am looking into some gcc-4.{4,5}testsuite failures on cygwin. Test > gcc.dg/20021014-1.c, with CFLAGS="-O2 -p", fails due to undefined > references to _mcount and __monstartup. I get the same result with > gcc-3.4.4 and gcc-4.3.2. If this is

Should gcc -p work?

2009-04-28 Thread David Billinghurst
I am looking into some gcc-4.{4,5}testsuite failures on cygwin. Test gcc.dg/20021014-1.c, with CFLAGS="-O2 -p", fails due to undefined references to _mcount and __monstartup. I get the same result with gcc-3.4.4 and gcc-4.3.2. If this is expected then I will submit a gcc testsuite patch to s

[ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] Updated: git-1.6.2.4-2, git{k,-gui,-completion}-1.6.2.4-2, New: git-svn-1.6.2.4-2

2009-04-28 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A new release of git, 1.6.2.4-2, has been uploaded for those testing cygwin 1.7. For those using cygwin 1.5.x, 1.6.1.2-1 remains current. NEWS: = This fixes some packaging bugs. Upstream git had a bug where installing git under cygwin 1.7 nuked

Re: antiword 0.37-1 broken

2009-04-28 Thread Dave Korn
Simon Blandford wrote: > I found that the packaged antiword 0.37-1 just returns an empty line, > even if I type "antiword -h". > > Regressing to version 0.34-2 solves the problem and it then works as > expected. It looks like somehow between versions 0.34-2 and 0.37-1, antiword managed to grow

[cygcheck] produces repeated output - 6 times!

2009-04-28 Thread Julio Costa
Hi all, I found a strange behaviour with cygcheck, regarding the listing of DLL dependencies. Please take a look at the following: ~ # uname -a CYGWIN_NT-5.2 vfpt-itsecvmt2 1.7.0(0.210/5/3) 2009-04-14 17:25 i686 Cygwin ~ # cygcheck /bin/ash.exe C:\cygwin\bin\ash.exe C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll

antiword 0.37-1 broken

2009-04-28 Thread Simon Blandford
I found that the packaged antiword 0.37-1 just returns an empty line, even if I type "antiword -h". Regressing to version 0.34-2 solves the problem and it then works as expected. I have installed Cygwin 1.5.25-15 from the net with the default install apart from the following additional packa