Re: ACL Hell

2015-07-15 Thread Duane Ellis
> I'm using cygwin for years already. > I didn't use to have this problem in the past. It's something > relatively new, that became way more intense in the past few months > where I both re-installed windows at home, and got a fresh PC at work. I had similar problems - and to fix them I did this:

Re: python binary retrieved via (cygwin) git clone does not execute - error 127

2015-06-24 Thread Duane Ellis
> The problem has only been seen with the git > that ships with 64-bit cygwin. Use “ldd” - against the executable, determine the exact file (absolute path) of every dll that is used/required. Including any missing DLLs. You might also need to walk through your “Python Library” (where all of th

Re: File permissions different inside and outside cygwin root

2015-06-02 Thread Duane Ellis
[paraphrased, and edited] (Duane) describing the problem (Barry) .. click click click right click .. click click to undo this crazyness (steve) DO not do this .. you can break things in really bad ways I would agree, I did not have time to reply yet. My comment would be this: This is

Re: File permissions different inside and outside cygwin root

2015-05-24 Thread Duane Ellis
(Sorry I cannot reply directly to the previous email I just subscribed to the list, I am quoting from the list archive) >> (from the archive - permissions inside and outside of /cygwin get messed up) I think this is *THE* cause of my problems. My question is how do I turn this of 100% totally -

parsing the output of "cygcheck" - or not

2009-08-30 Thread Duane Ellis
I need a simple standard (and script friendly) means of determining what is and is not installed under cygwin. (effectively, I need to write a script to verify that certain cygwin tools are, or not already installed). Option 1: Parse the output of 'cygcheck -s' doable... but might chan

Re: BUG: libioperm + libtool + libpopt

2009-05-17 Thread Duane Ellis
duane> yet, there is no 'libpopt' I can find to link against. david.korn> Let me introduce you: david.korn> http://cygwin.com/packages [snip] david.korn> http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=libpopt.la Thanks, at times finding things is a "maze of twisty passages all alike"

BUG: libioperm + libtool + libpopt

2009-05-16 Thread Duane Ellis
I'm only reporting an issue, I don't have a solution other then the 'hatchet' job workaround. I just installed cygwin +3 days ago, using what ever is the latest version of what ever on a freshly minted winXP machine. A package I am using links using "libtool" - which uses and finds: /usr/

Re: Conjoining Setup & CygWine & Some Other Requirements.

2009-02-15 Thread Duane Ellis
somebody>> We have loads of suggestions for changes to Cygwin or setup.exe. somebody>> Where can I get the these suggestions ? somebody>> the mailing list. I speak up about this. I and others have asked for the ability to specify a "group of packages to install" The use-case/example is thi

Re: setup.exe - un-attended installation support

2005-12-13 Thread Duane Ellis
Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/13/2005 10:40:24 AM: > assuming that it was more than just frustrated venting about possible > cockpit problems, in a perfect world, people who report bugs would also > provide details about the bugs rather than just making assertions of > proble

setup.exe - un-attended installation support

2005-12-13 Thread Duane Ellis
Hello, I support an internal development group and I need to have a number of people install and use cygwin. I've had more then a few problems with "Human Factors Problems" - Missed packages that should have been installed but where not... - Wrong versions installed - New