Re: Strange cygpath behavior.

2011-06-23 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Thorsten Kampe! >> To tell you, that was actually a good idea for me. I don't have an >> eternity to type "/cygwhatever" every time I want to address another >> drive. > Ever heard of "tab completion"? In editor? ... "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt

Re: Error message: setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application

2011-06-23 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, lx_cyg...@alexnews3.fastmail.fm! > I downloaded http://cygwin.com/setup.exe several times, but it won't > run. My OS is Windows XP, 32 bit. The error I keep getting is > "setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application". > Does the web site have the wrong file? If you're using IE to down

Error message: setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application

2011-06-23 Thread lx_cygwin
I downloaded http://cygwin.com/setup.exe several times, but it won't run. My OS is Windows XP, 32 bit. The error I keep getting is "setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application". Does the web site have the wrong file? Alex -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

Re: Version skew: Emacs 23.3-{1,2} vs cygwin1.dll/silent failure of emacs

2011-06-23 Thread John Kubiatowicz
On 6/23/2011 2:24 PM, John Kubiatowicz wrote: On 6/23/2011 12:24 PM, Ken Brown wrote: emacs-23.3-2 works fine for me with cygwin-1.7.9. A program failing silently is often a sign of a missing DLL. Maybe one of the dependencies of emacs didn't get installed. Try 'cygcheck /usr/bin/emacs' and

Re: Version skew: Emacs 23.3-{1,2} vs cygwin1.dll/silent failure of emacs

2011-06-23 Thread John Kubiatowicz
On 6/23/2011 12:24 PM, Ken Brown wrote: emacs-23.3-2 works fine for me with cygwin-1.7.9. A program failing silently is often a sign of a missing DLL. Maybe one of the dependencies of emacs didn't get installed. Try 'cygcheck /usr/bin/emacs' and see if it reports anything missing. Ken But th

Re: Installing cygwin on Windows 7 prompts for Admin credentials

2011-06-23 Thread B. Ossia
I have tried to install Cygwin for Windows 7 but it failed to finish installation and stalls at 99% .No idea why but never was asked on allowing it to make changes to the computer. i am also using plain text format and hope this message go through for god sake! On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Ro

Installing cygwin on Windows 7 prompts for Admin credentials

2011-06-23 Thread Robert Jacobson
Hi, I would like to let one of my users install cygwin as a normal (non-admin) account. However, when they run setup.exe, they get a UAC prompt "Do you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to your computer? To continue, type an administrator password, an

Re: Version skew: Emacs 23.3-{1,2} vs cygwin1.dll/silent failure of emacs

2011-06-23 Thread Ken Brown
On 6/23/2011 2:46 PM, John Kubiatowicz wrote: There seems to be a problem with using the latest emacs and latest cygwin dll together. I updated my cygwin release yesterday in hopes of fixing the broken openssh/git problem (which wasn't fixed!). However, in the process I lost emacs. Behavior: a

Re: Strange cygpath behavior.

2011-06-23 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Andrey Repin (Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:06:05 +0400) > To tell you, that was actually a good idea for me. I don't have an > eternity to type "/cygwhatever" every time I want to address another > drive. Ever heard of "tab completion"? > So the idea to map cygdrive to "/" was actually very handy, thank

Version skew: Emacs 23.3-{1,2} vs cygwin1.dll/silent failure of emacs

2011-06-23 Thread John Kubiatowicz
There seems to be a problem with using the latest emacs and latest cygwin dll together. I updated my cygwin release yesterday in hopes of fixing the broken openssh/git problem (which wasn't fixed!). However, in the process I lost emacs. Behavior: all versions of emacs currently available wi

Re: Strange cygpath behavior.

2011-06-23 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Charles Wilson! >> I don't know what the difference in your settings is, though. Something >> with readline, maybe. > > Despite the APPEARANCE (*) of invoking cygpath from within a cygwin > shell, it seems the OP is actually invoking cygpath directly from a > regular cmd.exe console: >

Re: Strange cygpath behavior.

2011-06-23 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Marco atzeri! > On 6/23/2011 5:05 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: >> Greetings, Marco atzeri! >> >> Cygwin, to my best understanding, is supposed to transparently accept native >> Windows paths. > No, cygwin expects to receive POSIX/Unix paths > $ cygpath -h > [cut] >-u, --unix

Re: Strange cygpath behavior.

2011-06-23 Thread Charles Wilson
Sorry, wrong list. Redirected. On 6/23/2011 12:44 PM, Charles Wilson wrote: > On 6/23/2011 10:12 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> I don't know what the difference in your settings is, though. Something >> with readline, maybe. > > Despite the APPEARANCE (*) of invoking cygpath from within a cygwin

Re: Strange cygpath behavior.

2011-06-23 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Corinna Vinschen! > There's something weird in your bash settings. My apology. I forgot to mention, it wasn't executed from bash. I've tried it from 4NT command prompt and from native Windows CMD prompt. Under both, cygpath exhibited the same behavior, as well as other programs (diff,

Re: Strange cygpath behavior.

2011-06-23 Thread Marco atzeri
On 6/23/2011 5:05 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: Greetings, Marco atzeri! Cygwin, to my best understanding, is supposed to transparently accept native Windows paths. No, cygwin expects to receive POSIX/Unix paths $ cygpath -h [cut] -u, --unix(default) print Unix form of NAMEs (/cygdri

Re: Strange cygpath behavior.

2011-06-23 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Andrey Repin (Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:05:34 +0400) > Try it yourself, as well as what Peter tried to suggest (or "correct" > me). > Neither is working straight. > Just for example: > $ cygpath -u DAEMON1\\anrdaemon\\.profile > /c/DAEMON1/anrdaemon/.profile $ cygpath -u DAEMON1\\anrdaemon\\.p

Re: Strange cygpath behavior.

2011-06-23 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Marco atzeri! I'm facing an unacceptable cygpath behavior related to the network shares. >> >>> Unacceptable? >> >> Exactly. > Unacceptable seems a moral judgement, for this reason > I guess Peter is perplexed. >> >>> Perhaps your quoting skills and expectations fall >>> into tha

Re: Strange cygpath behavior.

2011-06-23 Thread Marco atzeri
On 6/23/2011 2:52 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: Greetings, Peter Rosin! I'm facing an unacceptable cygpath behavior related to the network shares. Unacceptable? Exactly. Unacceptable seems a moral judgement, for this reason I guess Peter is perplexed. Perhaps your quoting skills and expect

Re: Strange cygpath behavior.

2011-06-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jun 21 09:23, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, All! > > I'm facing an unacceptable cygpath behavior related to the network shares. > > The testcase is: Here's what happens on my machine: > [\\DAEMON1\anrdaemon]$cygpath -u \\DAEMON1\anrdaemon\.profile > //DAEMON1/anrdaemon/.profile /cygdri

Re: Strange cygpath behavior.

2011-06-23 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Peter Rosin! >> I'm facing an unacceptable cygpath behavior related to the network shares. > Unacceptable? Exactly. > Perhaps your quoting skills and expectations fall > into that category... >> The testcase is: >> >> [\\DAEMON1\anrdaemon]$cygpath -u \\DAEMON1\anrdaemon\.profile >>