[ANNOUNCEMENT] help2man 1.47.3-1

2016-01-20 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution: * help2man-1.47.3-1 help2man is a Perl script that automatically creates man pages from the output from a program's --help and --version options. This is an update to the latest upstream release. -- Yaakov -- Problem report

df inconsistent with mount after adding a drive

2016-01-20 Thread Miya Miller
$ mount C:/cygwin64/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary,auto) C:/cygwin64/lib on /usr/lib type ntfs (binary,auto) C:/cygwin64 on / type ntfs (binary,auto) C: on /cygdrive/c type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) D: on /cygdrive/d type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) F: on /cygdrive/f

Re: Any progress on "Fork issues ith long command lines and long $PATH"?

2016-01-20 Thread Richard Heintze
>On Tuesday, January 19, 2016 5:26 PM, Ken Brown wrote: >[Please don't top post.] >On 1/19/2016 6:34 PM, Richard Heintze wrote: >> Regarding my choice of terms: I was trying use terms consistent with that >> old link >> "https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-02/msg00416.html";. >That message doe

Re: New cygwin install hanging on postinstall

2016-01-20 Thread Ken Brown
On 1/20/2016 7:06 PM, KARR, DAVID wrote: I was installing cygwin for the first time on a Win7-32bit box. It is hanging in postinstall, with "0/Perpetual" and "/etc/postinstall/0p_texlive_prep.dash. I've tried this twice now, and it hangs effectively forever on this step (waited 15-20 minutes

Re: New cygwin install hanging on postinstall

2016-01-20 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On 20 January 2016 at 17:06, KARR, DAVID wrote: > I was installing cygwin for the first time on a Win7-32bit box. It is > hanging in postinstall, with "0/Perpetual" and > "/etc/postinstall/0p_texlive_prep.dash. I've tried this twice now, and it > hangs effectively forever on this step (waited

New cygwin install hanging on postinstall

2016-01-20 Thread KARR, DAVID
I was installing cygwin for the first time on a Win7-32bit box. It is hanging in postinstall, with "0/Perpetual" and "/etc/postinstall/0p_texlive_prep.dash. I've tried this twice now, and it hangs effectively forever on this step (waited 15-20 minutes each time). What other information could

Re: Where do I get TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 2.4.0-0.7

2016-01-20 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On 20 January 2016 at 16:35, Michael Martell wrote: > Hi Corinna, > > I'm running into the bash issue on Windows 10 ("can't fork), and am in > dire need of the fix. I'm anxious to try your test version 2.4.0-0.7, > but don't know where to find it. > I believe that 0.7 was superceded with the fina

Where do I get TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 2.4.0-0.7

2016-01-20 Thread Michael Martell
Hi Corinna, I'm running into the bash issue on Windows 10 ("can't fork), and am in dire need of the fix. I'm anxious to try your test version 2.4.0-0.7, but don't know where to find it. Please advise, Mike -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cy

Re: Any progress on "Fork issues ith long command lines and long $PATH"?

2016-01-20 Thread cyg Simple
On 1/20/2016 4:19 AM, Andrey Repin wrote: > > I think it would be easier to just set Cygwin to use $USERPROFILE as $HOME. > Then $HOME would be a POSIX path you can use in the emacs config. > > You can do that before you start Cygwin or even in the /etc/profile.d scripts. But I agree that $US

Re: Base-files-mketc.sh error for non-existing C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\etc

2016-01-20 Thread Henri
Achim Gratz nexgo.de> writes: > > Please read: > > > > https://msdn.microsoft.com/\ > > en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384187%28v=vs.85%29.aspx > > > > ... an attempt by Microsoft to explain the mess ... > > > > Better Google: SysNative etc > > I think my proposal above works on all systems wit

Re: Base-files-mketc.sh error for non-existing C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\etc

2016-01-20 Thread Achim Gratz
Henri writes: >> It's been looking for that for quite some time IIRC. That indeed should >> likely be >> >> WINETC="$(/usr/bin/cygpath -W -u)/System32/drivers/etc" >> >> although I've yet to find an official MS document that says so. I'd >> appreciate if someone could point that out to me, I'l

less.exe v481-1 cannot seek to EOF in CRLF file; current cygwin32, Win10 only.

2016-01-20 Thread KARL BOTTS
In less.exe, when I use either the G or F commands on a largish CRLF file, it responds: Cannot seek to that file position (press RETURN) in the bottom "command editing line" of the display. No problem on LF-only files. Does happen with either mintty or Windows-Console, launched from either

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 2.4.0-1

2016-01-20 Thread Mike DePaulo
On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 6:55 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > The > new code also ignores SYSTEM and Administrators group permissions when > computing the MASK/CLASS_OBJ permission mask on old ACLs, and it > doesn't deny access to SYSTEM and Administrators group based on the > value of MASK

Re: Any progress on "Fork issues ith long command lines and long $PATH"?

2016-01-20 Thread Ken Brown
On 1/20/2016 4:19 AM, Andrey Repin wrote: Greetings, Ken Brown! (2) I was using $USERPROFILE as an example. We have dozens of these environment variables pointing to dozens directories. They enable us to type in the same file name to emacs's find file (ctrl-x-ctrl-f) regardless of who is logged

Re: Base-files-mketc.sh error for non-existing C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\etc

2016-01-20 Thread Henri
Achim Gratz NexGo.DE> writes: > > David Lee gmail.com> writes: > > >> WINETC="$(/usr/bin/cygpath -S -u)/drivers/etc" > > It's been looking for that for quite some time IIRC. That indeed should > likely be > > WINETC="$(/usr/bin/cygpath -W -u)/System32/drivers/etc" > > although I've yet to

Re: Base-files-mketc.sh error for non-existing C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\etc

2016-01-20 Thread Henri
Achim Gratz NexGo.DE> writes: > > David Lee gmail.com> writes: > > >> WINETC="$(/usr/bin/cygpath -S -u)/drivers/etc" > > It's been looking for that for quite some time IIRC. That indeed should > likely be > > WINETC="$(/usr/bin/cygpath -W -u)/System32/drivers/etc" > > although I've yet to

expect - broken pipe

2016-01-20 Thread Jon Beniston
Hi, I'm trying to run the GCC DejaGNU testsuite on 32-bit Cygwin. It randomly fails with the message: "parent: sync byte write: broken pipe" This occurs frequently if the testsuite is run in parallel (i.e. make -j4), but occasionally when not in parallel too. It seems this error message is gene

Re: Any progress on "Fork issues ith long command lines and long $PATH"?

2016-01-20 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Ken Brown! >> (2) I was using $USERPROFILE as an example. We have dozens of these >> environment variables pointing to dozens directories. They enable us to >> type in the same file name to emacs's find file (ctrl-x-ctrl-f) regardless >> of who is logged in or which computer we are logg

Re: Base-files-mketc.sh error for non-existing C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\etc

2016-01-20 Thread Achim Gratz
David Lee gmail.com> writes: > >> WINETC="$(/usr/bin/cygpath -S -u)/drivers/etc" It's been looking for that for quite some time IIRC. That indeed should likely be WINETC="$(/usr/bin/cygpath -W -u)/System32/drivers/etc" although I've yet to find an official MS document that says so. I'd appre