Re: objects created in a dir w/cygwin mangled perms; inherit no-access

2021-07-15 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, L A Walsh! > On 2021/07/07 11:43, Andrey Repin wrote: What is "progd" ? Did you mount some directory into Cygwin tree? >> >>> Sorta, actually the cygtree mounted at 'C:\'. >> >> Ugh. Been there twenty years ago. Had a lot of unexpected issues and finally >> opted out of it. >

Re: Setup shows errors from gnuplot-base.dash and python38-devel.sh

2021-07-15 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Doug Henderson! >> >>> When I do that in an elevated shell: >> >>> >> >>> $ cd /etc/postinstall/ >> >>> >> >>> $ cat gnuplot-base.dash >> >>> /usr/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/bin/gnuplot gnuplot >> >>> /usr/bin/gnuplot-base.exe 10 >> >>> >> >>> $ . gnuplot-base.dash >> >>> failed t

Re: Updated: setup (2.909)

2021-07-15 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
I adjusted the column widths because there seems to be a lot of unused space, which makes for a very wide window. But when I restart the Cygwin setup application, the columns return to their default widths. Could a feature be added to save the column widths from run to run? -- Jim Reisert AD1C,

Re: Setup shows errors from gnuplot-base.dash and python38-devel.sh

2021-07-15 Thread ASSI
Doug Henderson via Cygwin writes: > Alternatives does not work correctly when CYGWIN=nativestrict. Perhaps > it is trying to create a link before the link target exists. Unlike > Linux, Windows does not allow creating symbolic links to non-existent > targets. Which is one reason why Windows symlin

Re: Setup shows errors from gnuplot-base.dash and python38-devel.sh

2021-07-15 Thread Doug Henderson via Cygwin
"On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 at 05:59, Ken Brown via Cygwin wrote: > > On 7/14/2021 9:20 PM, Doug Henderson via Cygwin wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 at 16:33, Ken Brown via Cygwin > > wrote: > >> > >> On 7/14/2021 5:08 PM, Doug Henderson via Cygwin wrote: > >>> On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 at 13:03, Achim Gratz

Re: setup-x86_64.exe crashes randomly on user interaction, too often to use

2021-07-15 Thread Jon Turney
On 14/07/2021 21:06, Philip Goetz via Cygwin wrote: On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 2:57 PM Philip Goetz wrote: On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 9:10 AM Jon Turney wrote: On 13/07/2021 20:30, Philip Goetz via Cygwin wrote: ... I change display mode from Pending to Category, and start clicking through the c

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: setup (2.909)

2021-07-15 Thread Jon Turney
A new version of Setup (2.909) has been uploaded to: https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe (64 bit version) https://cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe (32 bit version) Changes compared to 2.908: - Fix a sporadic crash which could occur while using the package chooser GUI (a regression since 2.906)

Re: Setup shows errors from gnuplot-base.dash and python38-devel.sh

2021-07-15 Thread Ken Brown via Cygwin
On 7/14/2021 9:20 PM, Doug Henderson via Cygwin wrote: On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 at 16:33, Ken Brown via Cygwin wrote: On 7/14/2021 5:08 PM, Doug Henderson via Cygwin wrote: On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 at 13:03, Achim Gratz wrote: Doug Henderson via Cygwin writes: The first error message occurred when

Re: cygpath and star character

2021-07-15 Thread Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
On Jul 14 15:26, Ken Brown via Cygwin wrote: > On 7/14/2021 4:10 AM, Tomas Jura via Cygwin wrote: > > Hi > > > > I found a strange behaviour of the program cygpath program > > > > 0 >cygpath -w "./*/*"   <--- IMHO wrong output > >  \ > > > > 0 >cygpath -w "./*/*"  | od -a   

Re: objects created in a dir w/cygwin mangled perms; inherit no-access

2021-07-15 Thread Sam Edge via Cygwin
On 15/07/2021 08:02, L A Walsh wrote: On 2021/07/07 11:43, Andrey Repin wrote: Sorta, actually the cygtree mounted at 'C:\'. Ugh. Been there twenty years ago. Had a lot of unexpected issues and finally opted out of it.     If you have ever boot to a rescue system running from your hard

Re: objects created in a dir w/cygwin mangled perms; inherit no-access

2021-07-15 Thread L A Walsh
On 2021/07/07 11:43, Andrey Repin wrote: What is "progd" ? Did you mount some directory into Cygwin tree? Sorta, actually the cygtree mounted at 'C:\'. Ugh. Been there twenty years ago. Had a lot of unexpected issues and finally opted out of it. --- If you have something unexpec