Re: how to find the amount of RAM

On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 07:55:51PM -0800, Stephen Weeks wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 08:49:07PM -0800, Stephen Weeks wrote: > > > Is there a way to find the amount of RAM from within Cygwin? I > > _SC_PHYS_PAGES is only supported on NT/2K/XP. > > Anyways, here is

Re: g++/static members/DLL problem

Kohn Emil Dan wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I would like to report a problem with g++ static member initialization on > cygwin. I have a class in which I have a static data member. The > definition of that class resides in a DLL. That static member is > initialized in the corresponding .cpp file.

Re: mmap of large amount returns invalid pointer

On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 08:38:34PM -0800, Stephen Weeks wrote: > > I am experience a problem where mmap does not return -1, but the > pointer returned is not to a valid chunk of memory. I have included a > sample program, the output that I see, and the output of cygcheck > below. > > I have tri

Re: reboot problem

On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 01:44:16PM +0800, iman lee wrote: > (sorry for my poor english level) > > and also sorry if this question is too simple. > > I use "reboot -r now" command to reboot my win2k machine, it's ok. but > this is when I login through console. > when I use ssh to logon and no con

RXVT & NCURSES & BACKSPACE problem

Hello, i install latest rxvt & ncurses from cygwin. I have this test program : -- #include #include #define COLOR21 #define COLOR12 int main () { intc; char *s; initscr ();

Re: RXVT & NCURSES & BACKSPACE problem

Igor Bujna wrote: > > Hello, > i install latest rxvt & ncurses from cygwin. I have this test program : > -- > #include > #include > > #define COLOR21 > #define COLOR12 > > int main () { > intc; > char *s;

Re: reboot problem

I noticed recently that shutdown from a bash causes a "End program now" dialogue to pop up (for the bash console which is still running shutdow). Perhaps some other application is not closing and you can't see it (if it's a remote connection). On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 10:38:50AM +0100, Corinna Vi

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zlib-1.1.4-1 (fwd)

Quick Question for Package maintainers, are the packages built under cygwin that utilize zlib linking dynamically or are there any that are built statically? If static, can you guys do us a favor and let us know which ones you have that are static? Thanks -- Prentis Brooks | [EMAIL PROTECTE

proprietary-use license?

We are a small research institute developing a Java-based solar energy simulation which will be marketed to the renewable energy community. Our program requires multi-platform database functionality which is why PostgreSQL (and MySQL) came to mind. We would like to avoid any per-seat charges such

Re: grep -r on win98

At 09:17 PM 3/11/2002, Subrata Datta wrote: >sorry if this was discussed before. I could not find any hint on faq >and on the archive. > >" grep -r xyz *" cannot recurse directories on win89. > what could be wrong.. Can't say with the information provided. Try running it under strace and se

proprietary-use license?

Richard, all programs that you mention (MySQL, Cygwin, PostgreSQL) are released under free licenses. You do not have to pay per-seat charges for any of these as long as you do not buy professional support. regards, Markus Richard Chrenko writes: > We are a small research institute developing a

Re: proprietary-use license?

IANAL but I'm not sure this response covers all the important aspects of the general question posed. I'd recommend looking at http://cygwin.com/licensing.html to determine if your intended use of Cygwin requires a commercial license from Red Hat. However, if your application will be licensed

RE: proprietary-use license?

> What are the licensing requirements or charges for Cygwin/PostgreSQL? ^^ You are asking for legal advice, please consider if you'd better ask a lawyer. Read http://cygwin.com/licensing.html. Read http://cygwin.com/COPYING. Depending on what you use and how y

RE: proprietary-use license?

Hi Markus, >all programs that you mention (MySQL, Cygwin, PostgreSQL) are released >under free licenses. You do not have to pay per-seat charges for any >of these as long as you do not buy professional support. this is not generally true for MySQL and Cygwin. Both are only free if you GPL your s

Re: mmap of large amount returns invalid pointer

> However, before talking further about this I'd like you to run your > below test application again but this time under strace. Could > you please send the strace output to this list (it's not that long)? Here is the strace output. ** Program name:

ar: liba2ps.a: rename: Permission denied

When I tried to install a package, I ran into the following problem. ``ar'' does not seem to be working. The original command from make was ar cru .libs/liba2ps.a encoding.o media.o jobs.o output.o routines.o psgen.o prlog.o faces.o confg.o useropt.o gen.o printers.o psstat.o caret.o metaseq.

Re: ar: liba2ps.a: rename: Permission denied

At 01:37 PM 3/12/2002, Xiaofeng Zheng wrote: >I reduced it to the following and strongly believe it is a problem of ``ar''. > > >zhengx@WNDIRD320 /cygdrive/o/software/a2ps-4.10.4/lib >$ ar -cr liba2ps.a media.o >ar: liba2ps.a: rename: Permission denied No problems here. This type of problem is

Re: mmap of large amount returns invalid pointer

On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 10:08:05AM -0800, Stephen Weeks wrote: > > > However, before talking further about this I'd like you to run your > > below test application again but this time under strace. Could > > you please send the strace output to this list (it's not that long)? > > Here is the st

error on use

system = win98 Cygwin Package Information Package Version ash 20020131-1 bash2.05a-3 cygwin 1.3.10-1 diff0.0 fileutils 4.1-1 findutil

Re: ar: liba2ps.a: rename: Permission denied

Thank you for all your responses. I figured out a way to solve the problem. Originally I stored all the files on an ancient Next file server. According to a warning message from Matlab, it may have timestamp problems. ``This server appears to support UNIX-style directory timestamp updates.''

Re: error on use

Thanks for emailing the Cygwin psychic hot-line, where we divine all your Cygwin problems without you ever uttering a peep! Now please be quiet for one moment while we attempt to read your mind and answer all your questions ... ... I'm sorry. It would appear that your mind is off-line

Re: Strange behaviour of vpath with dos paths

Soren Andersen wrote: > > On 28 Feb 2002 at 11:24, Colm Aengus Murphy wrote: > > > Hi Johan, > > > > I took a quick look at source code for make 3.79.1-5. > > > > It looks to me like vpath.c (build_vpath_lists) does conversion of Win32 > > paths to posix ones for the VPATH variable but not for v

Re: error on use

You forgot to mention that the first email is free, and each additional email after that is $3.99. And if you need answers right now about your cygwin problem, cygwin psychics are waiting by the phone because they know you are about to call. What are you waiting for? Pick up the phone and call

RE: mmap of large amount returns invalid pointer

Hi Stephen and Corinna, looks like you have overlooked that mmap doesn't return NULL despite win32 error in strace (see below): c:\>net helpmsg 1455 The paging file is too small for this operation to complete. Second, (may mean nothing) why is h:188 first and h:190 second time? Bye, Heribert

cannot open output file a.exe: Permission denied

I was trying to compile a simple multi-file C++ program when i got this error message: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot open output file a.exe: Permission denied collect2: ld returned 1 exit status i moved all the files into a different directory

RE: cannot open output file a.exe: Permission denied

Hi Ethan, is the program still running? A running executable is locked from overwriting by e.g. the linker under most unixes, and when not, I've seen spectacular crashes 8-) Bye, Heribert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > -Original Message- > From: Ethan Mallove [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tue

Re: cannot open output file a.exe: Permission denied

At 05:44 PM 3/12/2002, Ethan Mallove wrote: >I was trying to compile a simple multi-file C++ >program when i got this error message: > >/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: >cannot open output file a.exe: Permission denied >collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Project Involvement 3/12/2002

Howdy, I am interested in volunteering to do development or support work with Cygwin projects. I have UNIX and Microsoft development experience, resources and equipment capable of doing this. Been working with Cygwin and its pretty slick. I live in Bloomington MN and am retired but still intere

Objective-C support

Hi all, Any chance of enabling the Objective-C compiler in the next gcc release (3.1?) for Cygwin? Particularly I am interested in getting GnuStep to build under Cygwin. If not, why? What are the issues involved? If so, what can I do to help? I've already made a patch to gcc to build 3.1 und

Re: Project Involvement 3/12/2002

- Original Message - From: "Reuben Finstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 15:18 Subject: Project Involvement 3/12/2002 > . . . How could I go about jumping in and help out? http://cygwin.com/contrib.html -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward pri

Re: gcc bug, cygwin specific cygwin-1.3.10-1 gcc-2.95.3-5

>>hi, >> >>i think i have found a bug, either that or i am very stupid. the bug is a >>gcc bug and it is cygwin specific (cygwin-1.3.10-1 gcc-2.95.3-5) and the >>following code causes a seg fault: >>--- >>int end; >> >>int main () >>{ >> end = 1; >> >> ret

Re: cannot open output file a.exe: Permission denied

On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 05:58:22PM -0500, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: >At 05:44 PM 3/12/2002, Ethan Mallove wrote: >>I was trying to compile a simple multi-file C++ program when i got this >>error message: >> >>/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: >

RE: mmap of large amount returns invalid pointer

> looks like you have overlooked that mmap doesn't return NULL > despite win32 error in strace (see below): > > c:\>net helpmsg 1455 > > The paging file is too small for this operation to complete. Thanks for pointing that out. I agree that it looks like the Cygwin dll is failing to check for

Re: mmap of large amount returns invalid pointer

On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 06:21:15PM -0800, Stephen Weeks wrote: > >> looks like you have overlooked that mmap doesn't return NULL >> despite win32 error in strace (see below): >> >> c:\>net helpmsg 1455 >> >> The paging file is too small for this operation to complete. > >Thanks for pointing that

RPM Binary

Hi, Can someone tell me where I can find an RPM binary? === If I am not for myself, Who will I be for? If I am only for myself, What am I? If not now, When? One foot in front of the other. _ MSN Pho

Windows Compliancy

To whom it may concern, I need written confirmation (an email will suffice) that Cygwin is Windows 2000 and WXP compliant. I have already consulted your 'FAQs' page, however, my company requires a direct email sent by Cygwin to confirm compliance. We are currently upgrading our systems and it is

Re: Windows Compliancy

On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 08:39:43AM +0800, Kent, R (Rebecca) wrote: >To whom it may concern, > >I need written confirmation (an email will suffice) that Cygwin is Windows >2000 and WXP compliant. I have already consulted your 'FAQs' page, however, >my company requires a direct email sent by Cygwin

Re: Windows Compliancy

On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 08:39:43AM +0800, Kent, R (Rebecca) wrote: >To whom it may concern, > >I need written confirmation (an email will suffice) that Cygwin is Windows >2000 and WXP compliant. I have already consulted your 'FAQs' page, however, >my company requires a direct email sent by Cygwin

RE: gcc bug, cygwin specific cygwin-1.3.10-1 gcc-2.95.3-5

> >The global 'end' is a reserved word. It refers to the end of the data > >area. That means you can't use it as a global variable in your program. is this reserved word cygwin specific ? or is it a reserved word for all gcc ? thanks for your help. cheers, alex -

ssh to windows (cygwin) host --- shell not a tty?

I can SSH to my cygwin on XP host no problem. I tried to run 'emacs -nw', and got: emacs: standard input is not a tty Um... is this something I can fix? Dave -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Document

Win98, cygwin 1.3.10, and Cannot fork problems

I am trying to configure libtool-1.4d on Win98. Every time, the configure script dies somewhere in the middle (but not always the same location) with at least one failed fork, such as this failure: checking dynamic linker characteristics... Win32 ld.exe appending configuration tag "RC" to libtoo

Re: gcc bug, cygwin specific cygwin-1.3.10-1 gcc-2.95.3-5

'end' is not a reserved word, it's a global variable name. In other environments, overwriting it may not cause an immediate disaster, but probably will eventually. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smar

RE: gcc bug, cygwin specific cygwin-1.3.10-1 gcc-2.95.3-5

hi, is end being a global variable specific to the C language (which i doubt) ? to gcc ? to cygwin ? to windows ? or is it ALWAYS the case ? thank you very much for your help. cheers, alex Alex Song DESIGN ENGINE

Re: mkshortcut debugging problem

Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: > Thanks much, I'll take a look. Sure is easy to read...looks almost like > Python. > Any progress tracking down this bug? Joshua?? --Chuck (wanting to release cygutils-1.0.0) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting:

Continue command to new line

Howdy all! Is there a way to split up commands issued on the prompt so that they can be spread over more than one line? Thanks! Rob :) :-} ;-> -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http:

Re: "start" for Cygwin

Michael -- Did you want to add this to cygutils? I'm getting ready to release 1.0.0 and I'd like to put start(cygstart, whatev) in it for v1.0 rather than later -- if its going in at all. If you'd rather keep it separate, that's fine too. --Chuck Michael Schaap wrote: > Hi, > > I've w

Continue command to new line

Howdy all! Is there a way to split up commands issued on the prompt so that they can be spread over more than one line? Thanks! Rob :) :-} ;-> -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://c

Re: mmap of large amount returns invalid pointer

On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 11:44:36PM +0100, Heribert Dahms wrote: > Hi Stephen and Corinna, > > looks like you have overlooked that mmap doesn't return NULL > despite win32 error in strace (see below): > > c:\>net helpmsg 1455 > > The paging file is too small for this operation to complete. No,