Re: issues with startxwin not loading x windows

2016-08-18 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 18/08/2016 20:37, michael messina wrote: I recently switched from a windows 7 laptop to windows 10 at work here; I had cygwin 64 working with metacity as my preferred frontend for x windows with no problems. Inexplicably on the 16th it ceased functioning. I attempted a reinstall and inst

Re: /dev/ptmx fails with Azure accounts

2016-08-18 Thread Thomas Wolff
Am 18.08.2016 um 11:35 schrieb Corinna Vinschen: On Aug 16 17:45, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Aug 16 11:27, rm...@aboutgolf.com wrote: Hi Corinna On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 05:12, "Corinna Vinschen" said: Hi Russell, This is as bad as I feared. Apart from the username and the Windows hom

Re: Is there a newer syslog-ng in the works?

2016-08-18 Thread Matthew Hatch
On 08/18/2016 03:39 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Aug 17 16:09, Matthew Hatch wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've noticed that syslog-ng hasn't received much attention in cygwin >> and is several years out of date (3.2.5). As such, it is missing some >> features that are useful and pretty standard today in

Re: Where do I download test releases?

2016-08-18 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 18/08/2016 18:15, Francis Litterio wrote: I see announcement with "TEST RELEASE" in the subject. Are these the same as the snapshots available at https://cygwin.com/snapshots/ ? I suspect not, because there are fewer snapshots than test release announcements. If test releases are not snapsh

Where do I download test releases?

2016-08-18 Thread Francis Litterio
I see announcement with "TEST RELEASE" in the subject. Are these the same as the snapshots available at https://cygwin.com/snapshots/ ? I suspect not, because there are fewer snapshots than test release announcements. If test releases are not snapshots, where can I download them? Thanks in

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mingw64-*-gcc-5.4.0-2 (x86/x86_64)

2016-08-18 Thread JonY
On 8/18/2016 20:08, Tony Kelman wrote: >> Sadly I seem to get similar-looking access violations even after rebuilding >> 5.4.0-2 from the -src cygport with the patch for GCC bug 66655 added. So >> maybe some other change is also needed to get this working, hopefully one >> that is included in GCC 6

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mingw64-*-gcc-5.4.0-2 (x86/x86_64)

2016-08-18 Thread Tony Kelman
> Sadly I seem to get similar-looking access violations even after rebuilding > 5.4.0-2 from the -src cygport with the patch for GCC bug 66655 added. So > maybe some other change is also needed to get this working, hopefully one > that is included in GCC 6. I'll have to test a cross-compilation fro

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated [x86]: {aalib/libaa1/aalib-devel}-1.4rc5-13: An ascii art library

2016-08-18 Thread Dr . Volker Zell
Hi New versions of 'aalib/libaa1/aalib-devel' have been uploaded to a server near you. o Build for cygwin 2.5.2 with gcc-5.4.0 o removed /usr/lib/libaa.la file -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http:/

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {gd/libgd3/libgd-devel}-2.2.3-1: A library for the dynamic creation of images by programmers

2016-08-18 Thread Dr . Volker Zell
Hi New versions of 'gd/libgd3/libgd-devel' have been uploaded to a server near you. o Build for cygwin 2.5.2 with gcc-5.4.0 o Update to latest upstream release gd NEWS: o https://libgd.github.io/category/news.html -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mingw64-*-gcc-5.4.0-2 (x86/x86_64)

2016-08-18 Thread Tony Kelman
>> How long does building the cross-compiler from your cygport take, usually? >> I could try that and let you know if just applying the patch from >> >> https://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs/gcc/trunk/gcc/config/i386/winnt.c?r1=232828&r2=232827&pathrev=232828 >> would fix matters. Not sure how many other p

Re: Is there a newer syslog-ng in the works?

2016-08-18 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Aug 17 16:09, Matthew Hatch wrote: > Hi, > > I've noticed that syslog-ng hasn't received much attention in cygwin > and is several years out of date (3.2.5). As such, it is missing some > features that are useful and pretty standard today in most syslog > daemons (ie: support for multi-line mes

Re: /dev/ptmx fails with Azure accounts

2016-08-18 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Aug 16 17:45, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Aug 16 11:27, rm...@aboutgolf.com wrote: > > Hi Corinna > > > > On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 05:12, "Corinna Vinschen" > > said: > > > > > Hi Russell, > > > > > > This is as bad as I feared. Apart from the username and the Windows > > > home dir, t

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mingw64-*-gcc-5.4.0-2 (x86/x86_64)

2016-08-18 Thread JonY
On 8/18/2016 08:19, Tony Kelman wrote: >> Normally, new versions will first show up for cygwin native gcc before >> being handed down to the cross compilers. I'll see about doing a test >> version. > > How long does building the cross-compiler from your cygport take, usually? > I could try that an