RE: Setup: A suggestion

2003-02-08 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
[snip] > A resizeable window - it's far too small. A patch to make the chooser window larger (though not resizable) is awaiting approval/committal. -- Gary R. Van Sickle Brewer. Patriot. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.c

RE: [avail for test] libtool-devel-20030121-1

2003-02-08 Thread Ralf Habacker
Hi Charles, I've taken a deeper look into the libtool sources and found a hint relating to the way other os do this checking, for example libtool.m4.in # AC_DEPLIBS_CHECK_METHOD pass_all gnu*) irix5* | irix6* | nonstopux*) linux*) (most hosts) osf3* | osf4* | osf5*) sco3.2v5*) solari

Re: 'hostname' now returns lower case

2003-02-08 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Lynn Wilson (03-02-08 05:53 +0100) > I'm now running cygwin 1.3.19-1. I've recently noticed that a bash script that > previously worked is failing. The problem is that the 'hostname' command used > to return an upper case machine name. It now returns a lower case name. > > Which is correct?

Re: MySQL for Cygwin?

2003-02-08 Thread Rui Carmo
I have sucessfully compiled mySQL (server and client utils) from the sourceforge.net tarball without significant problems. However, since I only actually use the CLI client, I cannot comment on whether the server is suitable for general use. The CLI client works beautifully, though (via TCP/IP

NFS (was: The cygwin mailing lists are...)

2003-02-08 Thread Rui Carmo
Erm... Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't an NFS client have to manipulate mount points as well? I can see that working for Cygwin binaries (since everything related to the filesystem namespace goes through Cygwin), but it wouldn't work for Win32 binaries, since it's not a full network redir

group names in /etc/passwd, ssh root login & more

2003-02-08 Thread Uwe Mayer
Hallo, the cygwin user guide says its a feature that groups can be the owner of files. can somebody tell me why this is so when you can set the group attributes accordingly? also in linux you have a group "root" and a user "root". if both occur in your /etc/passwd file sshd won't allow "root" to l

Re: group names in /etc/passwd, ssh root login & more

2003-02-08 Thread Max Bowsher
Uwe Mayer wrote: > Hallo, > > the cygwin user guide says its a feature that groups can be the owner > of files. can somebody tell me why this is so when you can set the > group attributes accordingly? Because that's how Windows works. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubs

Re: testing accessibility to sources.redhat.com

2003-02-08 Thread Don Sharp
Christopher Faylor wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 08:44:47PM +, Don Sharp wrote: > > > > > >Elfyn McBratney wrote: > >> > >> > This is a somewhat off topic item. > >> > I have been trying for the last three weeks to update my cygwin > >> > installation with setup.exe. Unfortunately I can

Re: Latest cygwin always crashing with Postgres

2003-02-08 Thread Jason Tishler
Seth, Please post instead of sending private email. On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 07:14:52PM -0500, Seth Rubin wrote: > I'm running win XP (home) with cygwin. A few months ago I had cygwin > and postgres working fine on this machine. Today I had problems (the > IPC communication wasn't happening even

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: tcsh-6.12.00-2

2003-02-08 Thread Corinna Vinschen
I've updated the version of tcsh to 6.12.00-2. This version is an update to the official version 6.12.00 with all Cygwin specific changes of the 6.11.00-5 version merged in. If you do have problems with this version of insight it would probably be best to send them to the insight mailing list at

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: file-3.39-1

2003-02-08 Thread Corinna Vinschen
I've updated the version of file to 3.39-1. This version is an update to the official version 3.39. If you do have problems with this version of insight it would probably be best to send them to the insight mailing list at "insight at sources dot redhat dot com". Then the insight maintainers ca

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: file-3.39-1

2003-02-08 Thread Max Bowsher
Corinna Vinschen wrote: > I've updated the version of file to 3.39-1. > If you do have problems with this version of insight it would probably ^^^ Copy/paste! ;-) (& tcsh too). Max. -- Unsubscribe info: h

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mingw-runtime-2.4-1

2003-02-08 Thread Earnie Boyd
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --000102040107000502010108 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've uploaded a new version of the mingw runtime. The ChangeLog entries are attached. Earnie. -Installation Instruct

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mingw-runtime-2.4-1

2003-02-08 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Could you guys get getopt (getopt.h) defined? Thanks. Earnie Boyd wrote: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --000102040107000502010108 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've uploaded a new version of the mingw runti

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mingw-runtime-2.4-1

2003-02-08 Thread Max Bowsher
Andrew DeFaria wrote: > Could you guys get getopt (getopt.h) defined? Been there, discussed that: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2002-11/msg01456.html Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation:

RE: NFS (was: The cygwin mailing lists are...)

2003-02-08 Thread Robb, Sam
> Still, It's interesting to ponder. I understand the Sun RPC stuff works > now, right? Correct. -Samrobb

accept() seg faults using non-global address for buffer or socket structure

2003-02-08 Thread J. J. Ekstrom
I've looked at every mailing list and FAQ for limitations on the Cygwin accept() I can't find this one. The following program illustrates the problem, simply moving the struct sockaddr_in sin, and char buf definition lines to be local variable of the main will cause the accept to fail with a "bad

Suspicious sshd log messages (sshd works)

2003-02-08 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Hi, Never thought I'd be asking questions about sshd, but here we go: I've finally gotten around to setting up an ssh server on my machine (Win2k SP2, using openssh-3.5p1-3, cygwin1.dll compiled from CVS yesterday). I can just hear the groans of ssh experts, so, before I go into details, *it seems

Re: accept() seg faults using non-global address for buffer or socket structure

2003-02-08 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 10:34:54PM -0700, J. J. Ekstrom wrote: > I've looked at every mailing list and FAQ for limitations on the Cygwin > accept() I can't find this one. > [...] > if ((new_s = accept(s, (struct sockaddr *)&sin, &len)) < 0) Cockpit error. Try initializing len before cal

[ANNOUNCEMENT] tcsh-6.12.00-2 and file-3.39-1 announcements

2003-02-08 Thread Corinna Vinschen
The announcements in the subject both contained the following section: If you do have problems with this version of insight it would probably be best to send them to the insight mailing list at "insight at sources dot redhat dot com". Then the insight maintainers can help rectify them. I

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zsh-4.0.6-3

2003-02-08 Thread Peter A. Castro
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Not sure whether it's worth mentioning, but here it is: > zprofile and zshell.zsh have DOS-style line-endings. > Should be changed to unix format. Oh heck! My source patch got generated as a DOS text file, so when I did a clean rebuild to generate th

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zsh-4.0.6-3

2003-02-08 Thread Peter A. Castro
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: > > "BStrohhaecker" == BStrohhaecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > BStrohhaecker> Not sure whether it's worth mentioning, but here it is: > BStrohhaecker> zprofile and zshell.zsh have DOS-style line-endings. > BStrohhaecker> Should be

1.3.19: fork() strange memory leak under W2K

2003-02-08 Thread Victor Antonovich
Hello! Some time ago, when I was using at home 1.3.18 version of CygWin under Windows 2000 Workstation + SP3, I discovered that every command execution lead to some memory leak. It's especially noticeably when I try to run large scripts (like "configure") - the memory loading (as viewed

Help with xargs and output redirection.

2003-02-08 Thread Rajagopalan, Raghu (CCL)
Hi, I've been working on a problem and havent found a way out yet. The problem is as follows: I have a list of files in a folder. I want to run a perl script on each of them and redirect the output to the filename with a suffix (ie if there are 5 files initially then after the script has r

Re: Help with xargs and output redirection.

2003-02-08 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
At 05:23 PM 2/8/2003, Rajagopalan, Raghu (CCL) wrote: >Hi, > I've been working on a problem and havent found a way out yet. The >problem is as follows: > >I have a list of files in a folder. I want to run a perl script on each of >them and redirect the output to the filename with a suffix (

RE: Help with xargs and output redirection.

2003-02-08 Thread Rajagopalan, Raghu (CCL)
No - not really. -Original Message- From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 5:26 PM To: Rajagopalan, Raghu (CCL); '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Help with xargs and output redirection. At 05:23 PM 2/8/2003, Rajagopalan, Raghu (C

RE: 1.3.19: fork() strange memory leak under W2K

2003-02-08 Thread Rolf Campbell
Works for me on Win2000Pro+SP3/PIII. > -Original Message- > From: Victor Antonovich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 5:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: 1.3.19: fork() strange memory leak under W2K > > > Hello! > > Some time ago, when I was using at

Re: 1.3.19: fork() strange memory leak under W2K

2003-02-08 Thread Elfyn McBratney
> Some time ago, when I was using at home 1.3.18 version of > CygWin under Windows 2000 Workstation + SP3, I > discovered that every command execution lead to some memory > leak. It's especially noticeably when I try to run large > scripts (like "configure") - the memory loading (as viewed

Re: [avail for test] libtool-devel-20030121-1

2003-02-08 Thread Charles Wilson
From 'info libtool': `pass_all' will pass everything without any checking. This may work on platforms in which code is position-independent by default and inter-library dependencies are properly supported by the dynamic linker, for example, on DEC OSF/1 3 and 4. From ltmain

RE: [avail for test] libtool-devel-20030121-1

2003-02-08 Thread Ralf Habacker
> Ralf -- please drop my 'final' script into one of your generated > libtools and run your tests (what? rebuilding KDE?) on it, and let me > know what you think. (Oh, and since (a) 'file' execution speed is > invariant with target size, and (b) we match *DLL* and *executable* > separately, if you

RE: [avail for test] libtool-devel-20030121-1

2003-02-08 Thread Ralf Habacker
> From 'info libtool': > >`pass_all' > will pass everything without any checking. This may work on > platforms in which code is position-independent by default and > inter-library dependencies are properly supported by the dynamic > linker, for example, on DEC OSF/1 3

1.3.19: fetchmail's "authentication failed" message corrupted

2003-02-08 Thread Iain Tuddenham
This afternoon, the following arrived in my mail spool (I've inserted it directly from the spool): = >From Iain Tuddenham Sat Feb 8 13:46:51 2003 Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 13:46:51 + (GMT) Subject: fetchmail authentication failed on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fetchmail could not get mail from [EMAI

Re: [avail for test] libtool-devel-20030121-1

2003-02-08 Thread Max Bowsher
Ralf Habacker wrote: > Chuck, this script does not work with original libtool 1.4e 1.4e isn't a specific version. It just means "some cvs checkout after the 1.4d release" > file_magic (win32_libid): 50 sec from make start until the ar(!) > command line comes up. The problem I've got with this is

Re: 1.3.19: fetchmail's "authentication failed" message corrupted

2003-02-08 Thread Iain Tuddenham
Today at 1:31am, Iain Tuddenham wrote: | This afternoon, the following arrived in my mail spool (I've inserted it | directly from the spool) But sadly in my posting, Pine threw away most of the binary and the the following few lines for good measure - this time I've attached the corrupt mail from

RE: [avail for test] libtool-devel-20030121-1

2003-02-08 Thread Ralf Habacker
> 1.4e isn't a specific version. It just means "some cvs checkout after the > 1.4d release" but this could be a long period: :-) The recent devel libtool tells: $ libtool --version ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.4e (1.1175 2003/01/01 01:57:46) ltmain of recent kde from anoncvs.kde.org: VERSION=1.4e

Re: 1.3.19: fetchmail's "authentication failed" message corrupted

2003-02-08 Thread Iain Tuddenham
Sorry - nothing to do with Cygwin - known problem with fetchmail: http://lists.ccil.org/pipermail/fetchmail-friends/2003-January/003007.html (Google didn't find that page for me when I searched before posting here). Iain Tuddenham. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simp

Re: 1.3.19: fetchmail's "authentication failed" message corrupted

2003-02-08 Thread Iain Tuddenham
Sorry - me again... Today at 1:31am, Iain Tuddenham wrote: | My .fetchmailrc includes | mda "procmail -d '%T'; notify" | (where notify is a little script to ring a bell). Having broadcast that to the world, I've just noticed what a bad idea it is: "procmail -d '%T'; notify" returns always no

Re: 1.3.19: fetchmail's "authentication failed" message corrupted

2003-02-08 Thread Elfyn McBratney
> Sorry - me again... > > Today at 1:31am, Iain Tuddenham wrote: > > | My .fetchmailrc includes > | mda "procmail -d '%T'; notify" > | (where notify is a little script to ring a bell). > > Having broadcast that to the world, I've just noticed what a bad idea it > is: > "procmail -d '%T'; notify

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.20-1

2003-02-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
I've made a new version of the Cygwin DLL and associated utilities available for download. As usual, a list of what has changed is below. To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. Then, run se

Re: [avail for test] libtool-devel-20030121-1

2003-02-08 Thread Charles Wilson
Max Bowsher wrote: 1.4e isn't a specific version. It just means "some cvs checkout after the 1.4d release" Right. But when? And on which branch? 1.4-branch CVS, or HEAD CVS (which is to say, pre-1.5)? Granted, libtool's CVS organization and branch naming could be better, but AFAIK KDE stil

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.20-1

2003-02-08 Thread Elfyn McBratney
Thanks for getting this out Chris -) I had a few problems with the cygpath grabage problem and now it'll be fixed (fingers x'd) Sorry if this isn't the usual bitch after a new release ;-) Regards, Elfyn McBratney [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.exposure.org.uk -- Unsubscribe info: http://cyg

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.20-1

2003-02-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 04:55:19AM -, Elfyn McBratney wrote: >Thanks for getting this out Chris -) > >I had a few problems with the cygpath grabage problem and now it'll be fixed >(fingers x'd) Hmm. Why didn't you try a snapshot? >Sorry if this isn't the usual bitch after a new release ;

Re: [avail for test] libtool-devel-20030121-1

2003-02-08 Thread Charles Wilson
Ralf Habacker wrote: 1.4e isn't a specific version. It just means "some cvs checkout after the 1.4d release" but this could be a long period: :-) The recent devel libtool tells: $ libtool --version ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.4e (1.1175 2003/01/01 01:57:46) ltmain of recent kde from anoncvs.kde

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.20-1

2003-02-08 Thread Elfyn McBratney
> >Thanks for getting this out Chris -) > > > >I had a few problems with the cygpath grabage problem and now it'll be fixed > >(fingers x'd) > > Hmm. Why didn't you try a snapshot? Im running from a CVS-build at home but at work I didn't use a snap as I heard on the devel grape vine that 1.3.

Btw

2003-02-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
I think this is the first cygwin release that has reached "20" since B20. I hope that's a good sign. cgf (now I've jinxed everything) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/doc

Re: Btw

2003-02-08 Thread Elfyn McBratney
> I think this is the first cygwin release that has reached "20" since > B20. I hope that's a good sign. Does that mean that instead of "1.3.20 is mashed...I'm going back to B20" it'll be "3.9.450 is mullered I'm rolling back to 1.3.20"? ;-) > cgf > (now I've jinxed everything) You, Jixn things

Re: [avail for test] libtool-devel-20030121-1

2003-02-08 Thread Charles Wilson
Ralf Habacker wrote: Ralf -- please drop my 'final' script into one of your generated libtools and run your tests (what? rebuilding KDE?) on it, and let me know what you think. (Oh, and since (a) 'file' execution speed is invariant with target size, and (b) we match *DLL* and *executable* separat

Re: Btw

2003-02-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 05:11:46AM -, Elfyn McBratney wrote: >> I think this is the first cygwin release that has reached "20" since >> B20. I hope that's a good sign. > >Does that mean that instead of "1.3.20 is mashed...I'm going back to B20" >it'll be "3.9.450 is mullered I'm rolling back t

Re: Btw

2003-02-08 Thread Elfyn McBratney
> Something like that. Or, maybe when people start talking about B20 we can > say: Totally OT but MySQL distribute B19...Perhaps someone should send them a mail telling them to upgrade to the bees-knees in cygwin (Ya know what I mean...B20 ;-) > > "You mean 1.3.20, right?" > > "Uh, right, I thin

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] tcsh-6.12.00-2 and file-3.39-1 announcements

2003-02-08 Thread Wilson Hsieh
I'm having problems with this version of tcsh: it is doing some weird things with newlines. Here is a transcript of exactly what happens, with comments: wilson@XP ~ # first prompt on startup $ cat > .tcshrc # dump into .tcshrc set prompt = FOO