RE: BUG: cygwin implementation of Debian package tools

2004-10-31 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID)
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 10:45:PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 06:09:34PM -0400, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) wrote: >>Out of curiosity, why is the policy to remove a package just because >>the maintainer has abandoned it? If there are no outstanding problems, >>what would

Re: BUG: Cygwin implementation of Debian package tools

2004-10-31 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Reini Urban wrote: It happens i.e. often for me when using the generic-build-script, if invoking with install or reconf which does rm -rf .build / .inst and having an explorer shell open in one of the (sub)directories to be removed from the script -> it seems to hang and it is always rm. Using the

Re: BUG: Cygwin implementation of Debian package tools

2004-10-30 Thread Reini Urban
David A. Cobb schrieb: Gerrit P. Haase wrote: David A. Cobb wrote: ++rm.exe< getting 98% of the CPU time and not making any progress. Watching the handles display, I see an open handle on what must be the first *.deb file found so I'm pretty sure of the "no progress -= stuck!" diagnosis. I

Re: BUG: Cygwin implementation of Debian package tools

2004-10-29 Thread David A. Cobb
Gerrit P. Haase wrote: David A. Cobb wrote: ++rm.exe< getting 98% of the CPU time and not making any progress. Watching the handles display, I see an open handle on what must be the first *.deb file found so I'm pretty sure of the "no progress -= stuck!" diagnosis. If there is a Windows p

Re: BUG: cygwin implementation of Debian package tools

2004-10-29 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 06:09:34PM -0400, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) wrote: >Out of curiosity, why is the policy to remove a package just because the >maintainer has abandoned it? If there are no outstanding problems, what >would be the harm of leaving it in until a problem emerges? Out of cur

Re: BUG: cygwin implementation of Debian package tools

2004-10-29 Thread Reini Urban
Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) schrieb: At Friday, October 29, 2004 1:28 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: Since Robert Collins is no longer actively involved with the Cygwin community, this package is now unmaintained. If no one wants to claim it within the next week or so, I'll probably remove it from

RE: BUG: cygwin implementation of Debian package tools

2004-10-29 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID)
At Friday, October 29, 2004 1:28 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > Since Robert Collins is no longer actively involved with the Cygwin > community, this package is now unmaintained. > > If no one wants to claim it within the next week or so, I'll probably > remove it from the distribution. > > cgf

Re: BUG: Cygwin implementation of Debian package tools

2004-10-29 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
David A. Cobb wrote: ++rm.exe< getting 98% of the CPU time and not making any progress. Watching the handles display, I see an open handle on what must be the first *.deb file found so I'm pretty sure of the "no progress -= stuck!" diagnosis. If there is a Windows process which has a handl

Re: BUG: cygwin implementation of Debian package tools

2004-10-29 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 11:54:27AM -0600, Mark Paulus wrote: >My company is apparently working on getting my >assignment worked out, so if/when they do, I would >be interested in taking on this package. You don't need an assignment to maintain a package. That's just for making changes to the cyg

Re: BUG: cygwin implementation of Debian package tools

2004-10-29 Thread Mark Paulus
My company is apparently working on getting my assignment worked out, so if/when they do, I would be interested in taking on this package. On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:27:35 -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 01:07:23PM -0400, David A. Cobb wrote: >>Getting tired of loading disk

Re: BUG: Cygwin implementation of Debian package tools

2004-10-29 Thread Reini Urban
David A. Cobb schrieb: Getting tired of loading disks, I structured a local mirror of the Debian directory structure and tried running Cygwin dpkg-scanpackages. I expected it to take a while, so I wasn't surprised - I just went and make some more coffee. But after 20 minutes I suspected something

Re: BUG: cygwin implementation of Debian package tools

2004-10-29 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 01:07:23PM -0400, David A. Cobb wrote: >Getting tired of loading disks, I structured a local mirror of the >Debian directory structure and tried running Cygwin >dpkg-scanpackages. I expected it to take a while, so I wasn't >surprised - I just went and make some more coffee.

BUG: Cygwin implementation of Debian package tools

2004-10-29 Thread David A. Cobb
Getting tired of loading disks, I structured a local mirror of the Debian directory structure and tried running Cygwin dpkg-scanpackages. I expected it to take a while, so I wasn't surprised - I just went and make some more coffee. But after 20 minutes I suspected something was wrong and fired up