Re: gnutls-3.2.20 doesn't compile anymore, probably conficting with installed libopts-devel

2014-11-12 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
On 2014-11-12 14:40, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: I now tried the compilation with your cygport and your two patches but I still get the same error. I also updated to the latest autogen package you just provided. Do you mind sending me your compilation log files...I would like to diff them with mine...

RE: Can't Run Excel From A Cron Job Under Windows 7

2014-11-12 Thread Kertz, Denis (D)** CTR **
>> What I mean by runs fine is that when I type this command at a bash prompt: >> run.excel 'c:\Shared\Bin\Create_Daily_Scorecard.xls' >> it runs to completion and creates a new .xls as its output. When I run >> this run.excel script from a cron job it hangs. > > Hangs as in - do not crea

Re: /usr/local, /var and */tmp in c:\Users\Public

2014-11-12 Thread Warren Young
On Nov 12, 2014, at 3:43 PM, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > On 11/12/2014 2:16 PM, Warren Young wrote: >>> What local changes/installations get lost? >> >> Currently, if you nuke a default installation into c:\cygwin, you lose >> /home, /etc, /var and /usr/local, all of which contain user files and/or

Re: /usr/local, /var and */tmp in c:\Users\Public

2014-11-12 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 11/12/2014 2:16 PM, Warren Young wrote: What local changes/installations get lost? Currently, if you nuke a default installation into c:\cygwin, you lose /home, /etc, /var and /usr/local, all of which contain user files and/or local system configuration. Technically user files can exist

Re: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory

2014-11-12 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, cyg Simple! > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Habermann, David (D) wrote: I also like having everything stored under one main directory (c:\cygwin) for ease of backup >> >>> Why would you back up all of c:\cygwin? Most of it is downloaded from the >>> Internet, and this is

Re: /usr/local, /var and */tmp in c:\Users\Public

2014-11-12 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, cyg Simple! >> I didn’t want to derail the discussion about the future of /home with this, >> so I’m starting a new thread. >> >> I think it would be an improvement to Cygwin if c:\cygwin contained only >> things that can be reinstalled from your local setup.exe download cache, in >> th

Re: Package search split lines

2014-11-12 Thread Jon TURNEY
On 12/11/2014 20:26, Steven Penny wrote: Recently package search has been splitting some output lines, example mingw64-i686-binutils-2.24.0.1.acd6540-1 - The GNU Binutils are a collection... is capable of targeting win32. Where the "is capable of targeting win32" should be part of the first l

Re: /usr/local, /var and */tmp in c:\Users\Public

2014-11-12 Thread Warren Young
On Nov 12, 2014, at 2:53 PM, cyg Simple wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Warren Young wrote: >> >> I think it would be an improvement to Cygwin if c:\cygwin contained only >> things that can be reinstalled from your local setup.exe download cache, in >> the same way that you can nuke

Re: /usr/local, /var and */tmp in c:\Users\Public

2014-11-12 Thread cyg Simple
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Warren Young wrote: > I didn’t want to derail the discussion about the future of /home with this, > so I’m starting a new thread. > > I think it would be an improvement to Cygwin if c:\cygwin contained only > things that can be reinstalled from your local setup.ex

RE: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory

2014-11-12 Thread Habermann, David (D)
> current scenario. Besides, it is nice to have the Cygwin HOME > directory isolated to the Cygwin installation for a portable install > that can be used on a USB thumb drive. I hadn't even thought about thumb drive/portable use since I hadn't used mine for a while. I, too, will have to work ar

Re: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory

2014-11-12 Thread cyg Simple
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Habermann, David (D) wrote: >>> I also like having everything stored under one main directory (c:\cygwin) >>> for ease of backup > >> Why would you back up all of c:\cygwin? Most of it is downloaded from the >> Internet, and this is easily >> reinstalled from yo

Re: [REQUEST] Please upgrade irssi (0.8.17)

2014-11-12 Thread Keith Christian
Perhaps it hasn't propagated to the osuosl server yet. Should I click the EXP radio button in Setup and cycle through Keep...Reinstall...Src... etc. to see the new version? On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote: > On 10/28/2014 12:39 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> >> On Oct 28 11:

Re: gnutls-3.2.20 doesn't compile anymore, probably conficting with installed libopts-devel

2014-11-12 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
> Yaakov Selkowitz writes: > On 2014-11-12 02:50, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: >>> Yaakov Selkowitz writes: >> >> > On 2014-11-11 14:44, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: >> >> Older gnutls versions compiled fine with cygwin. Latest versions come >> >> with their own libopts source

Re: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory

2014-11-12 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Corinna Vinschen! >> >> nsswitch.conf configurable settings: >> >> user: Use %AppData%/Cygwin%PLATFORM% (Separate directory for different >> >> platform Cygwins) >> >> > I really don't like this one. >> >> I'm just summing up suggestions that have been raised in the list for last >> d

Re: Can't Run Excel From A Cron Job Under Windows 7

2014-11-12 Thread Keith Christian
Denis, If Excel is starting a macro in the worksheet, it might be worth adding some logging to the visual basic code. Perhaps try this in your Excel macro code if that is where the processing is taking place: '--- Set up variables near the top of your macro. '--- (Check whether you want the

Package search split lines

2014-11-12 Thread Steven Penny
Recently package search has been splitting some output lines, example mingw64-i686-binutils-2.24.0.1.acd6540-1 - The GNU Binutils are a collection... is capable of targeting win32. Where the "is capable of targeting win32" should be part of the first line. Can this be fixed? Example link http:/

Re: Can't Run Excel From A Cron Job Under Windows 7

2014-11-12 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Kertz, Denis (D)** CTR **! >>> An excel program is run like this: >> >>> run.excel 'c:\Shared\Bin\Create_Daily_Scorecard.xls' >> >>> When I run an Excel program interactively with this run.excel script it >>> runs just fine but when I run it via a cron job Excel just hangs. >>

Re: [REQUEST] Please upgrade irssi (0.8.17)

2014-11-12 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 10/28/2014 12:39 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Oct 28 11:17, Marco Atzeri wrote: On 10/27/2014 12:58 AM, Keith Christian wrote: I use irssi and consider it a really good IRC client. An update would be nice when the maintainer has the interest and the time. Keith I have the impression t

/usr/local, /var and */tmp in c:\Users\Public

2014-11-12 Thread Warren Young
I didn’t want to derail the discussion about the future of /home with this, so I’m starting a new thread. I think it would be an improvement to Cygwin if c:\cygwin contained only things that can be reinstalled from your local setup.exe download cache, in the same way that you can nuke "c:\Progr

RE: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory

2014-11-12 Thread Habermann, David (D)
>> I also like having everything stored under one main directory (c:\cygwin) >> for ease of backup > Why would you back up all of c:\cygwin? Most of it is downloaded from the > Internet, and this is easily > reinstalled from your cached download. (I'm assuming you keep setup.exe and > its dow

Re: Setup 2.774 texlive postinstall takes 10+ hours

2014-11-12 Thread Achim Gratz
Corinna Vinschen writes: >> >Incremental autorebase packages and patched setup.exe available on >> >request. >> >> I'd like to see them. Thanks. I'll upload them on the weekend latest, I'm a bit swamped at work. I'll follow up on this in cygwin-applications. > Yes, me too. > > Achim, does your

Re: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory

2014-11-12 Thread Warren Young
On Nov 11, 2014, at 3:18 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > 1. Utilize the homeDirectory AD attribute (aka %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%). > 2. If homeDirectory is empty, fall back to /home/$USER. This is just a subset of what I suggested, so I’m in favor of it. (By subset I mean that I’d prefer you do esse

Re: gnutls-3.2.20 doesn't compile anymore, probably conficting with installed libopts-devel

2014-11-12 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
On 2014-11-12 02:50, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: Yaakov Selkowitz writes: > On 2014-11-11 14:44, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: >> Older gnutls versions compiled fine with cygwin. Latest versions come >> with their own libopts source tree, which is newer than the latest >> cygwin version

Re: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory

2014-11-12 Thread Warren Young
On Nov 11, 2014, at 5:47 AM, Habermann, David (D) wrote: > I also like having everything stored under one main directory (c:\cygwin) for > ease of backup Why would you back up all of c:\cygwin? Most of it is downloaded from the Internet, and this is easily reinstalled from your cached downloa

Re: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory

2014-11-12 Thread Warren Young
On Nov 11, 2014, at 5:47 AM, Habermann, David (D) wrote: > I also like having everything stored under one main directory (c:\cygwin) for > ease of backup Why would you back up all of c:\cygwin? Most of it is downloaded from the Internet, and this is easily reinstalled from your cached downloa

Re: Can't Run Excel From A Cron Job Under Windows 7

2014-11-12 Thread Kertz, Denis (D)** CTR **
>> An excel program is run like this: > >> run.excel 'c:\Shared\Bin\Create_Daily_Scorecard.xls' > >> When I run an Excel program interactively with this run.excel script it >> runs just fine but when I run it via a cron job Excel just hangs. > > Define "runs fine" please? > What exactly th

Re: [Packaging error] sitecopy-0.16.6-1; 32 and 64bit

2014-11-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Nov 12 10:04, Andrew Schulman wrote: > > Files from /usr/doc/sitecopy should be installed under > > /usr/share/doc/sitecopy > > Well I'll be... thanks for spotting that. Not sure how I missed it. > Corinna missed it too though so I'm thinking it's her fault. Hey, sure. I just love to bear th

Re: [Packaging error] sitecopy-0.16.6-1; 32 and 64bit

2014-11-12 Thread Andrew Schulman
> Files from /usr/doc/sitecopy should be installed under > /usr/share/doc/sitecopy Well I'll be... thanks for spotting that. Not sure how I missed it. Corinna missed it too though so I'm thinking it's her fault. I'll fix that and upload a new package. Andrew -- Problem reports: http://c

Re: cygwin setup program questions

2014-11-12 Thread Achim Gratz
t s hotmail.com> writes: > What is the function of the "keep" / "cur" / "exp" radio buttons? It changes what the "Default" means: keep the installed packages, update to whatever the current version is or update to whatever the "experimental" or test version is. Regards, Achim. -- Problem repo

cygwin setup program questions

2014-11-12 Thread t s
I have some elementary questions regarding the cygwin setup program. I ran the latest version 2.852 (64 bit). the options are install / re-install / un-install / default my understanding is as follows; choosing "install" creates a new installation of the selected cygwin components choosing

Re: RFC: 1.7.33 problem with user's home directory

2014-11-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Nov 11 23:19, Andrey Repin wrote: > >> nsswitch.conf configurable settings: > >> user: Use %AppData%/Cygwin%PLATFORM% (Separate directory for different > >> platform Cygwins) > > > I really don't like this one. > > I'm just summing up suggestions that have been raised in the list for last > da

Re: Notable performance improvement in 64-bit build

2014-11-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Nov 12 00:52, Ivan Todoroski wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm just curious, has there been any special focus on performance > improvements in the 64-bit version compared to 32-bit? > > I'm asking because I recently upgraded from 32-bit to 64-bit Cygwin, and I > noticed that my bash prompt woul

Re: Setup 2.774 texlive postinstall takes 10+ hours

2014-11-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Nov 11 18:37, Ken Brown wrote: > On 11/11/2014 12:08 PM, Achim Gratz wrote: > >As Ken already correctly summarized, the autorebase postinstall script > >will never be marked as done by setup.exe, so it will be run on each > >install or update. The incremental part ensures that this step doesn't

Re: gnutls-3.2.20 doesn't compile anymore, probably conficting with installed libopts-devel

2014-11-12 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
> Volker Zell writes: > Yaakov Selkowitz writes: >> On 2014-11-11 14:44, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: >>> Older gnutls versions compiled fine with cygwin. Latest versions come >>> with their own libopts source tree, which is newer than the latest >>> cygwin version. I get the fol

Re: gnutls-3.2.20 doesn't compile anymore, probably conficting with installed libopts-devel

2014-11-12 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
> Yaakov Selkowitz writes: > On 2014-11-11 14:44, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: >> Older gnutls versions compiled fine with cygwin. Latest versions come >> with their own libopts source tree, which is newer than the latest >> cygwin version. I get the following error when trying to co