Re: Cannot install cygwin on Win XP on VirtualBox

2010-01-25 Thread Erez Zilber
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Ralph Hempel wrote: > Erez Zilber wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm running Win XP on VirtualBox on an Ubuntu machine. I'm trying to >> install the latest cygwin version (http://cygwin.com/setup.exe). I >> started the installation and selected 'Install from Internet'. The

Re: Compiling strings with nonascii chars.

2010-01-25 Thread Andy Koppe
2010/1/25 Ed Keith: > > I am trying to build ocaml on cygwin and I hit the following error: > > > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/ocaml-3.08.1/ocamldoc' > ../ocamlcomp.sh -pp './remove_DEBUG' -I ../parsing -I ../utils -I ../typing > -I . > ./driver -I ../bytecomp -I ../tools -I ../toplevel/

Re: FLTK versions in Cygwin [was: Re: units: update, FHS compliance]

2010-01-25 Thread Charles Wilson
Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > On 25/01/2010 04:57, Albrecht Schlosser wrote: >> Point taken. But unfortunately the FLTK community decided it the >> other way with a majority of 74% (this must have been in or before >> 2003): >> >> http://www.fltk.org/poll.php?r1 >> >> Thus this is not likely to be cha

Re: cant download user guide html or pdf form cygwin

2010-01-25 Thread Gregg Levine
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 7:00 PM, shelly I have removed cygwin 1.5 from my computer and installed cygwin 1.7. I > am unable to download the pdf instruction guide or the html link. it > says the files are corrupted. Do you have any other suggestions on where > i can get documentation about the post

cant download user guide html or pdf form cygwin

2010-01-25 Thread shelly
I have removed cygwin 1.5 from my computer and installed cygwin 1.7. I am unable to download the pdf instruction guide or the html link. it says the files are corrupted. Do you have any other suggestions on where i can get documentation about the post install changes i need to make for cygwin to wo

Re: Strange cygdrive problem

2010-01-25 Thread Steve Woolet
Avi Schwartz cfftechnologies.com> writes: > > > I upgraded to the latest cygwin version yesterday and since then I have a > problem I never encountered before and it may have to do with the Netware > file system. > > Here is what mount shows: > > C:/cygwin/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary,au

Re: pre-compiled octave-3.2.4 for cygwin

2010-01-25 Thread Marco Atzeri
--- Lun 25/1/10, James R. Phillips ha scritto: > Marco, > > I had a problem similar to George Barrick. > > cygcheck octave-3.2.4.exe > > revealed > > cygcheck: track_down: could not find cygGLU-1.dll > > This was fixed by installing libGLU1 using setup.exe. > > It appears this is a new depe

Compiling strings with nonascii chars.

2010-01-25 Thread Ed Keith
I am trying to build ocaml on cygwin and I hit the following error: make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/ocaml-3.08.1/ocamldoc' ../ocamlcomp.sh -pp './remove_DEBUG' -I ../parsing -I ../utils -I ../typing -I . ./driver -I ../bytecomp -I ../tools -I ../toplevel/ -I ../stdlib -I ../otherlibs /str

Re: How do I ask setup-legacy for a particular old version?

2010-01-25 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 01:07:02PM -0800, Mike McCool wrote: >Hello - > >I'm following up on Dave Morgan's question about performance on >x64 systems. I have a Windows XP 64 system with both 1.7 and >1.5-12-1 installed, and the machine will perform slow and fast >at the same time depending on whic

How do I ask setup-legacy for a particular old version?

2010-01-25 Thread Mike McCool
Hello - I'm following up on Dave Morgan's question about performance on x64 systems. I have a Windows XP 64 system with both 1.7 and 1.5-12-1 installed, and the machine will perform slow and fast at the same time depending on which version I'm running: > $ find . -name \* -print|wc -l > 509 > >

Re: pre-compiled octave-3.2.4 for cygwin

2010-01-25 Thread James R. Phillips
Marco, I had a problem similar to George Barrick. cygcheck octave-3.2.4.exe revealed cygcheck: track_down: could not find cygGLU-1.dll This was fixed by installing libGLU1 using setup.exe. It appears this is a new dependency, not enforced by setup.exe. Was it intended? Jim Phillips -- Prob

RE: Question about a loose thread from setup

2010-01-25 Thread Thrall, Bryan
Eliot Moss wrote on 2010-01-25: > For some time now setup has been offering to > install tetex and glib, but apparently these > are obsolete -- the .tar.bz2 files are 46 > bytes long. I have tried deleting things out > of my setup file hierarchy, but I don't want > to "erase" its memory of everyth

Re: chmod and DOS vs POSIX paths

2010-01-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU On Jan 25 11:25, brassrat wrote: > > I agree that the having an R/O attribute conflicts with the concept of ACLS; > however, it is not true that the chmod command does not change this flag. > For example, > if you chmod +w a file with the R/O flag 'set' the R/O

Re: Problem with Installation: No option to select DOS lines endings, defaults to UNIX.

2010-01-25 Thread Jeremy Bopp
On 1/25/2010 11:51 AM, David Heyman wrote: > Do you have any further help as to how I would achieve that? I am new to > cygwin and *Nix, so any basic help is appreciated. How to I set it up that > all text file will have DOS line endings? > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathn

RE: Question about a loose thread from setup

2010-01-25 Thread Nellis, Kenneth
> From: Eliot Moss> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 13:48 > To: cygwin > Subject: Question about a loose thread from setup > > On another note, setup seems generally to > remember how I check the checkboxes and > radio buttons, but seems always to offer > to put an icon on my desktop, which I > ne

Re: chmod and DOS vs POSIX paths

2010-01-25 Thread brassrat
I agree that the having an R/O attribute conflicts with the concept of ACLS; however, it is not true that the chmod command does not change this flag. For example, if you chmod +w a file with the R/O flag 'set' the R/O flag is reset. (maybe this is a side-effect of the ACL-based processing withi

Re: FLTK versions in Cygwin [was: Re: units: update, FHS compliance]

2010-01-25 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
On 25/01/2010 04:57, Albrecht Schlosser wrote: Point taken. But unfortunately the FLTK community decided it the other way with a majority of 74% (this must have been in or before 2003): http://www.fltk.org/poll.php?r1 Thus this is not likely to be changed. Sorry. Since when are matters such a

Question about a loose thread from setup

2010-01-25 Thread Eliot Moss
For some time now setup has been offering to install tetex and glib, but apparently these are obsolete -- the .tar.bz2 files are 46 bytes long. I have tried deleting things out of my setup file hierarchy, but I don't want to "erase" its memory of everything else I have installed. (And I do have te

Re: pre-compiled octave-3.2.4 for cygwin.

2010-01-25 Thread Marco Atzeri
--- Lun 25/1/10, George Barrick ha scritto: > > Hey cygwin-octave folks, > >        I upgraded my octave from > 3.2.3 to > 3.2.4 this morning.  It first appeared in > the CygWin repositories over the past week- > end.  I'm running a fully-updated CygWin > 1.7.1-1 on WinXP Pro., and started octa

Re: Problem with Installation: No option to select DOS lines endings, defaults to UNIX.

2010-01-25 Thread David Heyman
Do you have any further help as to how I would achieve that? I am new to cygwin and *Nix, so any basic help is appreciated. How to I set it up that all text file will have DOS line endings? RE: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:09:10 -0800 On Jan 22 17:12, David Heyman wrote: > I am having a problem with an

Re: Why you can't load ws2_32.dll (was Re: Can't use key authentication on x64 Server 2003 R2)

2010-01-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jan 25 12:11, Reini Urban wrote: > 2010/1/25 Corinna Vinschen: > > Here's what I did.  I created cyg_server as admin account in the domain, > > then I created a global policy which adds the cyg_server user to the > > following user rights: > > > >  Act as part of the operating system (SeTcbPrivi

Can't start bash after set*id

2010-01-25 Thread Dmitry Sheremetev
Hello, All! I start my pogram (compiled with using cygwin1.dll) as a user 1000 from "Administrators" group. When my program switches E*ID and RE*ID to another user 1013 from Users group and then starts a bash (via execv()) with a script in a parameters, bash fails (Process1312, exception C142

Re: chmod and DOS vs POSIX paths

2010-01-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jan 25 07:55, brassrat wrote: > > The source control package i use at work is sensitive to the 'read-only' > attribute of Windows files. > prior to 1.7, the command 'chmod -w DIR/FILE' worked fine. > now, with 1.7, chmod -w FILE no longer sets the read-only attribute - i > guess because > fort

chmod and DOS vs POSIX paths

2010-01-25 Thread brassrat
The source control package i use at work is sensitive to the 'read-only' attribute of Windows files. prior to 1.7, the command 'chmod -w DIR/FILE' worked fine. now, with 1.7, chmod -w FILE no longer sets the read-only attribute - i guess because fortunately, there is a 'work-around': chmod -w 'DI

Is grepmail package broken?

2010-01-25 Thread Gary
g...@mimosa ~/Mail $ grepmail -bBM "foobar" someMbox Can't locate Mail/Mbox/MessageParser.pm in @INC (@INC contains: [blah blah]) at /usr/bin/grepmail line 35. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/grepmail line 35. Doesn't installing the package take care of the dependencies (or better s

Re: Cannot install cygwin on Win XP on VirtualBox

2010-01-25 Thread Ralph Hempel
Erez Zilber wrote: Hi, I'm running Win XP on VirtualBox on an Ubuntu machine. I'm trying to install the latest cygwin version (http://cygwin.com/setup.exe). I started the installation and selected 'Install from Internet'. Then, I expected to see a list of mirrors but it was empty. If I try the e

Re: pre-compiled octave-3.2.4 for cygwin.

2010-01-25 Thread George Barrick
2010.01.25.12:54:56 UT Hey cygwin-octave folks, I upgraded my octave from 3.2.3 to 3.2.4 this morning. It first appeared in the CygWin repositories over the past week- end. I'm running a fully-updated CygWin 1.7.1-1 on WinXP Pro., and started octave from an xterm.

Cannot install cygwin on Win XP on VirtualBox

2010-01-25 Thread Erez Zilber
Hi, I'm running Win XP on VirtualBox on an Ubuntu machine. I'm trying to install the latest cygwin version (http://cygwin.com/setup.exe). I started the installation and selected 'Install from Internet'. Then, I expected to see a list of mirrors but it was empty. If I try the exact same thing from

Re: 1.7.1 "Bad Address" when running cmd.exe on 64 bit windows server 2008

2010-01-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jan 23 12:03, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Jan 22 19:52, Dave Korn wrote: > > On 22/01/2010 19:10, Cooper, Karl (US SSA) wrote: > > >> jenniferlee@ wrote: > > > > >>> administra...@nc042046 ~ $ cmd.exe /c 'mkdir C:\WINDOWS\temp' -bash: > > >>> /cygdrive/c/Windows/system32/cmd.exe: Bad addr

Re: git stopped working with 1.7.1

2010-01-25 Thread Andre Loker
alland wrote: I have the same issue trying to clone a repo with a recently updated cygwin. The problem is not present in any other configurations I tried to clone with, including git/ssh built for MSys on the same computer. I can confirm the problems myself (cygwin 1.7.1, git 1.6.6.1). Also,

Re: Why you can't load ws2_32.dll (was Re: Can't use key authentication on x64 Server 2003 R2)

2010-01-25 Thread Reini Urban
2010/1/25 Corinna Vinschen: > On Jan 24 16:43, Gordon Messmer wrote: >> On 01/08/2010 06:59 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> >I can't reproduce this one, but I can reproduce the other problem >> >with pubkey authentication reported  in this thread: >> ... >> >> I appreciate the time you took to expla

Re: Why you can't load ws2_32.dll (was Re: Can't use key authentication on x64 Server 2003 R2)

2010-01-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jan 24 16:43, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 01/08/2010 06:59 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >I can't reproduce this one, but I can reproduce the other problem > >with pubkey authentication reported in this thread: > ... > > I appreciate the time you took to explain this problem. I've been > worki

Re: FLTK versions in Cygwin [was: Re: units: update, FHS compliance]

2010-01-25 Thread Albrecht Schlosser
Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: On 24/01/2010 18:00, Albrecht Schlosser wrote: I'am aware that -mno-cygwin is no longer supported, but there's nothing we can do until a working gcc-4 cross compiler exists. So long we need to use gcc-3 for Windows/GDI builds (or Cygwin). That's what I'm trying to tell

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: qrupdate-1.1.0-1

2010-01-25 Thread Marco Atzeri
--- Lun 25/1/10, Matthias Andree ha scritto: > Am 24.01.2010, 08:56 Uhr, schrieb > Marco Atzeri : don't do that. See http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR > > > The version 1.1.0-1 of > >    qrupdate(source), > >    libqrupdate-devel, > >    libqrupdate0 > > have been uploaded. > > > > I

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: qrupdate-1.1.0-1

2010-01-25 Thread Matthias Andree
Am 24.01.2010, 08:56 Uhr, schrieb Marco Atzeri : The version 1.1.0-1 of qrupdate(source), libqrupdate-devel, libqrupdate0 have been uploaded. It is one of the package needed to fully compile Octave-3.2.x and following DESCRIPTION QRUPDATE is a library for fast updating of QR and Chol

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: plotutils-2.6-2

2010-01-25 Thread Marco Atzeri
New versions of font-tektronix-misc libplot-devel libplot2 libplotter-devel libplotter2 libxmi-devel libxmi0 plotutils are available in the Cygwin distribution. Packages plotutils-devel plotutils-doc are not obsolet