Re: [Packaging error] Singular

2008-03-27 Thread Oliver Wienand
a new Cygwin release or wait for the next upstream release, which is likely to be due in the next two month? Sincerely, Oliver Wienand -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: singular-*-3.0.3-1

2007-08-02 Thread Oliver Wienand
Version 3.0.3-1 of "Singular" has been uploaded. About: SINGULAR is a Computer Algebra System for polynomial computations with special emphasis on the needs of commutative algebra, algebraic geometry, and singularity theory. Changes: The current version 3-0-3 is stabilyzing release, a result of

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: singular-*-3.0.2-1

2006-08-23 Thread Oliver Wienand
* factory, libfac updated for gcc 4.1.x Are these usable with the current GCC (3.4.4) ? Yes, I compiled the binaries only with curr Cygwin packages. * new library: perron.lib ( perron_lib) Are the .lib (a typical MS format) libraries (in /usr/share/Singular/LIB) compatible with the for

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: singular-*-3.0.2-1

2006-08-22 Thread Oliver Wienand
Version 3.0.2-1 of "Singular" has been uploaded. About: SINGULAR is a Computer Algebra System for polynomial computations with special emphasis on the needs of commutative algebra, algebraic geometry, and singularity theory. Changes: The current version 3-0-2 is mainly a bug fix release, but i

Re: making a cygwin install.

2006-08-04 Thread Oliver Wienand
Creating a self-extracting .exe that installs parts of Cygwin is not a very Cygwin-friendly way of distributing software, as it won't play nicely with existing Cygwin installations (see ). The approved way of installing Cygwin is using the setup.exe tool. I total

Re: Segment fault/Bus error with Singular

2006-01-11 Thread Oliver Wienand
So once again I ask for clarification. I really do think it's a very simple and perfectly straightforward question: Does one run those 4 commands in Step 1 from a Windows command prompt or from within Cygwin? In a Cygwin shell. Oliver -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscri

Re: Segment fault/Bus error with Singular

2006-01-09 Thread Oliver Wienand
ogize the delay of the answer, I was moving to the USA during the last week. Sincerely, Oliver Wienand Singular Team -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.co

Re: Proper distribution of cygwin-dependent software.

2005-11-22 Thread Oliver Wienand
Urgh, sorry, that's not quite right. When you only point to the mirror, you have the problem that the software you're using on the CD might not be available on the mirror anymore, since the maintainer(s) moved on and erased old versions. In that case you're violating the GPL again. So you will

Re: Proper distribution of cygwin-dependent software.

2005-11-22 Thread Oliver Wienand
Corinna Vinschen wrote: if our institution is hosting a Cygwin repository mirror, would this be sufficient for the term side-by-side. Sounds good to me, but you should public the mirror URL on http://www.singular.uni-kl.de. If you have a traffic problem, feel free to add another note that "a l

Re: Proper distribution of cygwin-dependent software.

2005-11-22 Thread Oliver Wienand
Hello, if our institution is hosting a Cygwin repository mirror, would this be sufficient for the term side-by-side. Other means, as just put a large archive on the page where you can download the installer with all the sources we use would be a little uncomfortable for the user and therefore

Re: Proper distribution of cygwin-dependent software.

2005-11-22 Thread Oliver Wienand
Hello, had I to ship the sources or it is sufficient to install an unmodified version of Cygwin setup, which allows to get all the sources? At the moment we do only the last thing and install the setup.exe in the start menu. If this is against the GPL, I will add the sources of course. But I

Re: Proper distribution of cygwin-dependent software.

2005-11-22 Thread Oliver Wienand
Hello, we have similar problems with Singular. I have used the following solutions: 1. Singular is a Cygwin package, so experienced users can just use the Cygwin setup. 2. I have build executeables with "Package for the Web", containing a suitable small distribution of Cygwin with Singular

Re: Singular-base 3.0.1-1 MD5 error

2005-11-15 Thread Oliver Wienand
Singular-base 3.0.1-1 gets an MD5 error on my system. I've deleted and re-downloaded it several times and blown away the setup.ini file, but the MD5 error persists. I tried on different system and it work everywhere. I only had problems finding a mirror already hosting the 3.0.1 version. So I

[ANNOUNCEMENT] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: singular-*-3.0.1-1

2005-11-15 Thread Oliver Wienand
singular-base-3.0.1-1 is now available on Cygwin mirrors. singular-share-3.0.1-1 is now available on Cygwin mirrors. singular-help-3.0.1-1 is now available on Cygwin mirrors. singular-icons-3.0.1-1 is now available on Cygwin mirrors. Changes === This is mainly a bug fix release, but it conta

gcc, very high template-depth

2005-10-13 Thread Oliver Wienand
: make configure C++ compiles = g++ C compiler = gcc Opt. Level = -O compiler flags = -march=pentium4 make Sincerely, Oliver Wienand TU Kaiserslautern -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New packages: singular-*-3.0.0-1

2005-09-05 Thread Oliver Wienand
CONTENTS: = There are in a whole five packages concerning Singular. singular-base: The binaries and startup scripts singular-share: The libraries containing most of the functionality singular-help: Help files (info and htmlhelp), Examples singular-icons: Installs icons for Singular on the