[ANNOUNCEMENT] libevent 2.0.22-1

The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution: * libevent2.0_5-2.0.22-1 * libevent-devel-2.0.22-1 The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been reached. Furthermore, libev

Re: Cannot Run Executable Files

On 2016-01-07 20:14, Zac G. Al Wakeel wrote: Thank you Warren, it worked. But what would you suggest for future? I can't leave the machine without antivirus Start by choosing one NOT on this list: https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.using.bloda -- Yaakov -- Problem reports: http://cygw

Re: Cannot Run Executable Files

Thank you Warren, it worked. But what would you suggest for future? I can't leave the machine without antivirus -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http

Re: Question about incorrect System path from cygpath with case-sensitivity enabled

On Jan 2 18:33, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Bryan Henry! > > > I enabled (some time ago, not recently) case sensitivity on my Windows 8.1 > > system by setting the registry key mentioned in the FAQ here: > > https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames-casesensitive >

Re: Cannot Run Executable Files

On Jan 7, 2016, at 10:54 AM, Zac G. Al Wakeel wrote: > > when I try to run the compiled output (.exe) in which cygwin keeps thinking > without giving the result. That is not how Cygwin normally behaves. Something is strange on your particular system. The most common problem is interference b

Re: cygwin.dll: bug with select on Windows console

Sorry about forgetting the testcase (which was good, actually, that version had a bug). I've attached it here. This takes a single argument, the timeout value for select() in microseconds. A value of 100 is fine for testing this issue. Type at it, or just bang on the keyboard with random ke

Re: [PWNED/DOSSED] Cygwin's setup-x86.exe loads and executes rogue DLL from its application directory

On 01/06/2016 07:17 AM, Stefan Kanthak wrote: > Second and last chance! > See Your policy page mentions a 45-day window, but: > > - Original Message - > From: "Stefan Kanthak" > To: > Cc: > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 4:23 AM If this w

Re: sshd - ssh-host-config uses incorrect username for setup‏

On Dec 29 09:08, Brian Mc George wrote: > Hi, > > I am using EC2 and need to automate the configuration of sshd > at instance launch. If I manually rdp into the machine and execute: > ssh-host-config --yes --privileged --user cyg_server --pwd ${PASSWORD} > > it will work correctly. > > However,

getaddrinfo fails with EAI_NODATA for some valid hosts with A records

getaddrinfo fails with err 7 EAI_NODATA for some valid hosts with A records. Err 7 EAI_NODATA is mapped from WSANO_DATA err 11004 in Windows. Can anyone reproduce failure with problem host name below? STC is run on Linux and Cygwin (up to date): #!/bin/bash # nslookup, getent hosts, getent aho

Re: Issues in utmp/utmpx headers

On Dec 29 05:16, Brian Inglis wrote: > > > David Lee gmail.com> writes: > > >> While trying to port bsdgames to Cygwin I spotted the following issues: > > >> (1) In /usr/include/utmpx.h, utmpxname() is declared a void function. > > >> Should it return int? > > >> (2) In /usr/include/sys/utmp.h, ut

Re: Issues in utmp/utmpx headers

On Dec 27 10:56, David Lee wrote: > Hi all, > > While trying to port bsdgames to Cygwin I spotted the following issues: > > (1) In /usr/include/utmpx.h, utmpxname() is declared a void function. > Should it return int? > > (2) In /usr/include/sys/utmp.h, utmpname() is declared a void > function.

Re: acl_perm_t not declared error while compiling cygwin

On Jan 7 10:52, David Lee wrote: > Hi all, > > while trying to compile cygwin from git master I got this error. Any > suggestions are appreciated. > > -- > > c++wrap -O2 -g -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -fno-use-cxa-atexit -Wall > -Wstrict-aliasing -Wwrite-st