After being away from cygwin for a number of years, I'm running a brand
spanking new install of cygwin 1.7.3 on a new Dell Studio laptop running
Win7 Pro.
cygcheck output is attached.
The first thing I have done on this new cygwin install is to download
Perl's DBI package from CPAN. I logged
On 4/4/2010 11:01 AM, crosmun_will...@emc.com wrote:
> The _POSIX_NO_TRUNC variable is defined in cygwin 1.7, and not defined in
> cygwin 1.5, so in cygwin 1.7, the code goes down the path where the
> temp_filename is the first 9 characters of the original filename preceded by
> '.new.' The prob
On 4/5/2010 4:10 PM, d.sastre.med...@gmail.com wrote:
> This is just a remainder, I sent this before to the list, but might
> have gone unnoticed.
> Please consider correcting the default xinetd config file.
Thanks for the reminder. The problem was, I had a symlink /etc/init.d ->
/etc/rc.d/init.d
On 05/04/2010 22:38, wefwef wefwef wrote:
> I can't provide the log files, Each time I installed, I deleted the
> previous install directories, so they are no longer available.
So that means you still have the logfiles from the *current* install
directories, right? And the ones from the sourc
On 05/04/2010 22:55, Eric Blake wrote:
> [moving to the cygwin list from bug-gnulib]
>
> On 04/05/2010 03:48 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
>>> Failures on Cygwin 1.7.2
>>>
>>>
>>> Starting test_cond .../bin/sh: line 5: 4200 Aborted
>>> FAIL: test-cond.exe
>>>
>>> Starting test_
> Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 20:01:47 -0400
> From: cgf
> To: cygwin
> Subject: Re: cygintl-8.dll was not found
>
> On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 04:43:06PM -0700, Karl M wrote:
>>If you wish to propose design changes to setup, then please identify
>>particular behaviors that exist now and what you think sho
On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 04:43:06PM -0700, Karl M wrote:
>If you wish to propose design changes to setup, then please identify
>particular behaviors that exist now and what you think should be done
>instead.
Actually, as much as I hate to do this, I have to point out that he
already did this. He m
> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 00:38:04 +0300
> Subject: Re: cygintl-8.dll was not found
> From: fromblewit
> To: cygwin
>
> What you can't get your head round is that I'm talking about design,
> and you're talking about bugs. The setup program may work as designed
> (and I'm not sure it does), but the d
Nevermind, it's not a cygwin problem.
Sorry :(
===
So let’s say I’m at a cygwin bash prompt and I…
cd /cygdrive/c/backup
mkdir test
(I’ve set my umask to be 000)
The dir “test” can not be deleted from windows. All security permissions would
indicate that it is delete-able. There are NO handles
So let’s say I’m at a cygwin bash prompt and I…
cd /cygdrive/c/backup
mkdir test
(I’ve set my umask to be 000)
The dir “test” can not be deleted from windows. All security permissions would
indicate that it is delete-able. There are NO handles open to the directory
that Process Explorer can find
On the gnulib list, it was pointed out that cygwin btowc has a bug:
+#include
+#include
+#include
+int main ()
+{
+ if (btowc ('\0') != 0)
+return 1;
+ return 0;
+}
should have status 0, because NUL is an ASCII byte. Right now, btowc is
mistakenly returning WEOF and this program has sta
A new release of git, 1.7.0.4-2, has been uploaded, and will be
available for use when your mirror catches up. This replaces 1.7.0.4-1
as current, and leaves 1.6.6.1-1 as previous.
NEWS:
=
This is a patch release, to fix a bug with gitk not starting properly.
See also the package documentatio
[moving to the cygwin list from bug-gnulib]
On 04/05/2010 03:48 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
>> Failures on Cygwin 1.7.2
>>
>>
>> Starting test_cond .../bin/sh: line 5: 4200 Aborted
>> FAIL: test-cond.exe
>>
>> Starting test_lock .../bin/sh: line 5: 2296 Aborted
>> FAIL: test
>>You also can't see obvious flaws that are right in front of your face,
>>even after they have been pointed out to you several times.
>
> That's not true. You're complicating what could be a simple issue by
> not providing the data that would allow us to fix any problem. And,
> you're mixing so
On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 02:54:29PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
>On 04/05/2010 02:54 PM, Tim McDaniel wrote:
>> I'm running the latest setup.exe, cygwin libraries, and installed
>> packages. I ran "cygcheck -c" (thanks to the list member who pointed
>> it out). After a screen or two, I wanted to stop
On 04/05/2010 02:54 PM, Tim McDaniel wrote:
> I'm running the latest setup.exe, cygwin libraries, and installed
> packages. I ran "cygcheck -c" (thanks to the list member who pointed
> it out). After a screen or two, I wanted to stop the output to scroll
> back. It doesn't seem to respond to con
I'm running the latest setup.exe, cygwin libraries, and installed
packages. I ran "cygcheck -c" (thanks to the list member who pointed
it out). After a screen or two, I wanted to stop the output to scroll
back. It doesn't seem to respond to control-C or control-Z. Does
this happen to anyone el
On Mon, 5 Apr 2010, Dave Korn wrote:
On 05/04/2010 21:03, Tim McDaniel wrote:
I don't know of anything that I have installed that uses qt3* -- at
least, I suppose that setup.exe would have complained if any Cygwin
package needed it, and surely it's unlikely that anything outside
Cygwin would n
On 05/04/2010 21:03, Tim McDaniel wrote:
> I don't know of anything that I have installed that uses qt3* -- at
> least, I suppose that setup.exe would have complained if any Cygwin
> package needed it, and surely it's unlikely that anything outside
> Cygwin would need it. So I may just remove bot
Hello,
This is just a remainder, I sent this before to the list, but might
have gone unnoticed.
Please consider correcting the default xinetd config file.
I checked a src version from
http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/release/xinetd/xinetd-2.3.14-1-src.tar.bz2
Most recent setup.exe, all my installed packages up-to-date as of now.
For at least the past week, when I tried to do any update using
setup.exe, the Partial view showed
Current New Bin? Src? ... Package
3.3.8b-11 [X] [ ] qt3: C++ GUI application framework (sources)
If I
On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 09:39:55PM +0300, wefwef wefwef wrote:
>You also can't see obvious flaws that are right in front of your face,
>even after they have been pointed out to you several times.
That's not true. You're complicating what could be a simple issue by
not providing the data that woul
On 4/5/2010 1:36 PM, Lee Maschmeyer wrote:
Use of Ctrl+R in a `less' search breaks the search unless a search has
already succeeded.
1.7.3-1 fixed a lot of more important things, but unfortunately it
didn't fix this one. A standard search must succeed before a ~R
(Regex-off) search will succeed
On 05/04/2010 19:39, wefwef wefwef wrote:
> You also can't see obvious flaws that are right in front of your face,
> even after they have been pointed out to you several times.
Sigh, there's that word "obvious" again, as if the way you perceive things
is absolute and objective and definitively
> You also proposed adding a feature it already has, a column telling you
> whether a package is already installed or not. This tells me that you
> are not
> calmly and dispassionately observing what is in front of your eyes.
It doesn't have a column dedicated for this purpo
On 05/04/2010 18:27, wefwef wefwef wrote:
You also proposed adding a feature it already has, a column telling you
whether a package is already installed or not. This tells me that you are
not
calmly and dispassionately observing what is in front of your eyes.
>>> It doesn't h
Use of Ctrl+R in a `less' search breaks the search unless a search has
already succeeded.
1.7.3-1 fixed a lot of more important things, but unfortunately it didn't
fix this one. A standard search must succeed before a ~R (Regex-off) search
will succeed. So if I'm searching for something which
On Mon, 5 Apr 2010, Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 10:32:53AM -0500, Tim McDaniel wrote:
On Mon, 5 Apr 2010, Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 05:42:05PM +1000, Rurik Christiansen wrote:
* How do I know what the current release is ? (e.g. is there
something l
>>> You also proposed adding a feature it already has, a column telling you
>>> whether a package is already installed or not. This tells me that you are
>>> not
>>> calmly and dispassionately observing what is in front of your eyes.
>> It doesn't have a column dedicated for this purpose, that c
On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 10:32:53AM -0500, Tim McDaniel wrote:
>On Mon, 5 Apr 2010, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 05:42:05PM +1000, Rurik Christiansen wrote:
>>> * How do I know what the current release is ? (e.g. is there
>>> something like /etc/redhat-release or whatever ? T
On 05/04/2010 16:33, wefwef wefwef wrote:
>> You also proposed adding a feature it already has, a column telling you
>> whether a package is already installed or not. This tells me that you are
>> not
>> calmly and dispassionately observing what is in front of your eyes.
> It doesn't have a col
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Dave Korn
wrote:
> On 05/04/2010 16:04, wefwef wefwef wrote:
>
>>> On 05/04/2010 15:40, wefwef wefwef wrote:
>
The cygwin setup program has some obvious gui design flaws - a two
year old can see that. It is a disaster from a usability point of
view.
>
On Mon, 5 Apr 2010, Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 05:42:05PM +1000, Rurik Christiansen wrote:
* How do I know what the current release is ? (e.g. is there
something like /etc/redhat-release or whatever ? The docs mention
/var/log/setup ... but is not clear at all)
... Other
On 05/04/2010 16:04, wefwef wefwef wrote:
>> On 05/04/2010 15:40, wefwef wefwef wrote:
>>> The cygwin setup program has some obvious gui design flaws - a two
>>> year old can see that. It is a disaster from a usability point of
>>> view.
> Refer to my earlier mail for the full details of what's
This got fixed in 1.7.3 - I am able to copy from the NetApp drive
without any problems :-)
Thanks a lot!!
- Shailo
--
*From: *Shailo Sanyal
*Sent: *Thu Apr 01 17:15:41 2010
*To: *Eric Blake
*Cc: *cygwin
*Subject: *Re: 1.7.2: cp
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Dave Korn
wrote:
> On 05/04/2010 15:40, wefwef wefwef wrote:
>
>> Do you think it should pay attention to the existing installation when
>> it is downloading to an entirely different directory to create an
>> entirely separate installation?
>
> That isn't how local
On 05/04/2010 15:40, wefwef wefwef wrote:
> Do you think it should pay attention to the existing installation when
> it is downloading to an entirely different directory to create an
> entirely separate installation?
That isn't how local package cache dirs work. The purpose of setup.exe is
to
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Dave Korn
wrote:
> On 05/04/2010 13:43, wefwef wefwef wrote:
>
>> No, I was advised to do this to get round a nasty bug in the installer.
>
> No, you were advised to do this to work around the fully correct behaviour
> of the installer in that it pays attention to
On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 05:42:05PM +1000, Rurik Christiansen wrote:
>On 5/04/2010 7:28 AM, jurri...@rivierenland.xs4all.nl wrote:
>>
>>> ==
>>> NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE
>>>
>>>
Sorry for the accidental post a moment ago...
> -Original Message-
> From: Dave Korn
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 9:24
> Subject: Re: cygintl-8.dll was not found
>
> On 05/04/2010 13:43, wefwef wefwef wrote:
>
> > No, I was advised to do this to get round a nasty bug in
> the install
> -Original Message-
> From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Dave Korn
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 9:24
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: cygintl-8.dll was not found
>
> On 05/04/2010 13:43, wefwef wefwef wrote:
>
> > No, I was advised
On 05/04/2010 13:43, wefwef wefwef wrote:
> No, I was advised to do this to get round a nasty bug in the installer.
No, you were advised to do this to work around the fully correct behaviour
of the installer in that it pays attention to your existing installation when
you run it, exactly like i
On 04/05/2010 06:45 AM, Eliot Moss wrote:
> On 4/5/2010 8:19 AM, Christian Franke wrote:
>> # Tcl ignores the next line -*- tcl -*- \
>> -argv0=`cygpath --windows --absolute "$0"`; \
>> -exec wish "$argv0" -- "$@"
>
> I was able to patch the file back to get it to work
>
> I guess the ma
> -Original Message-
> From: Matthew B. Smith
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 8:22
> Subject: nohup, non-cygwin processes
>
> Hello
>
> I am writing about a problem probably not due to cygwin, but
> I think it used to work with 1.5.
>
> I want to start a long running process with noh
On 4/5/2010 8:19 AM, Christian Franke wrote:
# Tcl ignores the next line -*- tcl -*- \
-argv0=`cygpath --windows --absolute "$0"`; \
-exec wish "$argv0" -- "$@"
I was able to patch the file back to get it to work
I guess the maintainer forgot to do that cygwin-specific
fix this time?
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Dave Korn
wrote:
> On 05/04/2010 10:22, wefwef wefwef wrote:
>> This is what I did:
>> renamed my current cygwin install directory to fool setup.exe into
>> thinking it was a new installation
>
> If you deliberately try and fool a piece of software, you generally g
On 05/04/2010 08:42, Rurik Christiansen wrote:
> I am fairly new at this. I've installed 1.7.1 but:
>
> * How do I know what the current release is ? (e.g. is there something
> like /etc/redhat-release or whatever ? The docs mention /var/log/setup
> ... but is not clear at all)
The current rel
Hello
I am writing about a problem probably not due to cygwin, but I think it
used to work with 1.5.
I want to start a long running process with nohup and have it continue
to run even though I log out of the computer. It seems no matter how I
start the process I get a SYGTERM signal when I lo
Eliot Moss wrote:
On 4/4/2010 9:04 PM, Remi wrote:
Today I've deleted my Cygwin installation, which I've used for a year
without problems and installed the new version - I believe it's 1.7.3.
Problem?
gitk won't start:
/usr/bin/gitk: line 10: package: command not found
/usr/bin/gitk: line 11: pr
On 05/04/2010 12:26, Ulrich Jakobus wrote:
> gpg: can't lock memory: Permission denied
> Anybody else also seeing this, i.e. general problem, or just for me?
I'm similarly right up-to-date, and at least a trivial test of verifying a
signature worked for me:
> $ wget http://cygwin.com/se
On 05/04/2010 10:22, wefwef wefwef wrote:
> This is what I did:
> renamed my current cygwin install directory to fool setup.exe into
> thinking it was a new installation
If you deliberately try and fool a piece of software, you generally get to
keep the pieces when it breaks!
By the way, you
Yes, I clicked the top left to change from default to install, so that
it would install everything that I had downloaded.
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Jason Pyeron wrote:
>> -Original Message-
>> From: wefwef wefwef
>> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 5:22
>> Subject: Re: cygintl-8.dll wa
> -Original Message-
> From: wefwef wefwef
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 5:22
> Subject: Re: cygintl-8.dll was not found
>
> This is what I did:
> renamed my current cygwin install directory to fool setup.exe
> into thinking it was a new installation ran setup, selected
> download witho
Hello,
after the update from CYGWIN 1.7.1 to 1.7.2 (problem also still there
with 1.7.3)
gpg is not running for me any more, it gives the error
gpg: can't lock memory: Permission denied
Also using the option "--no-require-secmem" does not help.
Anybody else also seeing this, i.e. general p
After using cygwin for years, and having some recent difficulty
installing, I took a look at the installer to actually try and
understand it (a novel concept I know!). Here are my thoughts on the
gui - I think it could be made considerably more user friendly with
some minor cosmetic changes.
The V
This is what I did:
renamed my current cygwin install directory to fool setup.exe into
thinking it was a new installation
ran setup, selected download without installing, from ftp.fit.vutbr.cz
I left everything on default, and selected additionally vim, openssh,
7z, ping and rsync, by changing to t
A.R. Burgers wrote:
The cygwin gsl package (GNU Scientific Library) has been updated to 1.14-1
It seems that this packages aren't yet uploaded... One of the rare
situations in which the 'effect' happens before the 'cause' :-)
Ciao,
Angelo.
--
Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/proble
On 5/04/2010 5:59 AM, Andy Koppe wrote:
> Rurik Christiansen wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to have something similar to Xcompose for utf8 input ?
>>
> You can have actual Xcompose by running an X server and using xterm or
> rxvt-unicode.
>
> For the console and mintty, you depend on Windows' n
On 5/04/2010 7:28 AM, jurri...@rivierenland.xs4all.nl wrote:
>
>> ==
>> NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE
>>
>> Cygwin 1.7.1 or earlier users of LSA authentication using the cyglsa.dll
>
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