automake-1.8

Hello! Any chance there is an update of the automake-devel package to 1.8 anytime soon? Thanks in advance, Peter Ekberg -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FA

Out of memory issue with multiple tasks

Hello, Does anyone know of a quick way to increase the number of processes that can be run in the background? I need to have a large number of copies of a small utility listening at the same time and, with no applications running, I can only achieve 62 instances of the utility before I get the me

Ncurses prob

Hello all, i know it might be my fault but i'm trying to compile a prog with ncurses under cygwin and here is what i gets: (it compiles well, exept at link time) make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/d/Data/calendar/lib/liboncurses' gcc -g -Wall -ansi -pedantic -Wwrite-strings -Wshadow -Wag

detecting runtime environment

I want a program (written in C) to behave a little differently depending on whether it's started in a cygwin window or started from a DOS/Windows command prompt window. Is there a standard method for detecting, at run-time, which environment a program was started in? -- Unsubscribe info: htt

flex 2.5.31

Hi all, Because of reentrancy issues i NEED the 2.5.31 version of flex. I tried to compile but get syntax errors with configure /bin/bash : ./config.status Makefile gen : Makefile bad argument I noticed in the archive 2.5.31 being revoked. Does that mean that the package is still flying aro

Re: an old problem with cygwin (fwd)

> Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:11:32 +0100 (MET) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: an old problem with cygwin > > On "http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-11/msg00254.html"; you reported > problems about running a cygwin bound program outside an "unix" shell: > > > system(

Re: Ncurses prob

Paul-Kenji wrote: > Hello all, > i know it might be my fault but i'm trying to compile a prog with > ncurses under cygwin and here is what i gets: > (it compiles well, exept at link time) > make[2]: Entering directory > `/cygdrive/d/Data/calendar/lib/liboncurses' > gcc -g -Wall -ansi -pedantic

Re: flex 2.5.31

wim wrote: > Hi all, > Because of reentrancy issues i NEED the 2.5.31 version of flex. > I tried to compile but get syntax errors with configure > /bin/bash : ./config.status Makefile gen : Makefile bad argument > I noticed in the archive 2.5.31 being revoked. Does that mean that the > pack

Re: flex 2.5.31

On Friday 09 January 2004 11:46, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: > wim wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Because of reentrancy issues i NEED the 2.5.31 version of flex. > > I tried to compile but get syntax errors with configure > > /bin/bash : ./config.status Makefile gen : Makefile bad argument > > > > I not

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/dev/com1 definitely broken between 1.5.5-1 and 20031218

Good morning (%$TZ) everyone, Right. The attached sertest.c is a very simple program that attempts to open the serial port, does a select () call waiting for a byte to read with a 250ms timeout, and closes it. It works fine with the released version 1.5.5-1 of the .dll, but it locks up

RE: /dev/com1 definitely broken between 1.5.5-1 and 20031218

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Korn > Right. The attached sertest.c is a very simple program > that attempts to open the serial port, does a select () call > waiting for a byte to read with a 250ms timeout, and closes i

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: postgresql-7.4.1-1

New News: === I have updated the version of PostgreSQL to 7.4.1-1. The tarballs should be available on a Cygwin mirror near you shortly. The following are the notable changes since the previous release: 1. Upgrade to PostgreSQL 7.4.1. 2. Configure with --includedir=/usr/include/pos

Re: Ncurses prob

On 2004-01-09T11:17+0100, Paul-Kenji Cahier wrote: ) make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/d/Data/calendar/lib/liboncurses' ) gcc -g -Wall -ansi -pedantic -Wwrite-strings -Wshadow -Waggregate-return -I. -I/cygdrive/d/Data/calendar/include -I/usr/include/ncurses -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/

Re: an old problem with cygwin (fwd)

On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 11:41:57AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >My answer is no, noone was able to explain that i need the sh.exe >programm in my path. I also was not able find this info in the >documentation. Then you weren't looking too hard. "man system" is pretty clear in this regard. --

1.3.22: popen() fails without /bin/sh

Dear Michal, dear cygwin developpers, i have the same popen() problem as described in http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2003-06/msg00567.html i.e. my programm crashes when calling popen() on a system with minimal cygwin files (only cygwin1.dll and sh.exe in the windows path). Does anyone know if

rsync/cygwin can't handle filenames with some character set

Hi, It was reported in the past: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg03306.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg05701.html I remmeber there was a cygwin patch , but lost the link. Please help Rami -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-

Re: 1.3.22: popen() fails without /bin/sh

So is it cygwin common-theme Friday? On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:51:44PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >i have the same popen() problem as described in >http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2003-06/msg00567.html i.e. my >programm crashes when calling popen() on a system with minimal cygwin >files

Re: rsync/cygwin can't handle filenames with some character set

At 11:01 AM 1/9/2004, Rami Addady you wrote: >Hi, > > It was reported in the past: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg03306.html >http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg05701.html > >I remmeber there was a cygwin patch , but lost the link. >Please help Why don't you g

Re: detecting runtime environment

At 05:26 AM 1/9/2004, Antonio Querubin you wrote: >I want a program (written in C) to behave a little differently depending >on whether it's started in a cygwin window or started from a DOS/Windows >command prompt window. Is there a standard method for detecting, at >run-time, which environment a

rshd and stdout

I'm using rsh to run a command on a remote machine. But I only get output back from stderr, not from stdout. Here is my sample program and the output: main() { fprintf(stdout, "stdout\n"); fprintf(stderr, "stderr\n"); } $ rsh machine1 ./main stderr How can I get stdou

Re: control-spacebar

At 12:33 AM 1/9/2004, Christopher Faylor you wrote: >On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 05:33:23PM -0800, Brian Dessent wrote: >>"H. James de St. Germain" wrote: >>>at the time... Its curious that it works in either place and even more >>>curious that placing it after cygwin starts causes programs like rxvt

Re: rshd and stdout

At 11:53 AM 1/9/2004, David Reid you wrote: >I'm using rsh to run a command on a remote machine. >But I only get output back from stderr, not from >stdout. Here is my sample program and the output: > > main() { > fprintf(stdout, "stdout\n"); > fprintf(stderr, "stderr\n"); > } > >

Switching between DOS and UNIX mode

Hi all, I am looking to have "switchability" between UNIX mode and DOS mode in cygwin (the choice during the installation). We install all of our cygwin installations in UNIX mode. A subset of our developers use Windows-based editors. We use the cygwin cvs to checkout files from a remote repos

Re: Switching between DOS and UNIX mode

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Elberger, Richard A. wrote: > Hi all, > > I am looking to have "switchability" between UNIX mode and DOS mode in > cygwin (the choice during the installation). We install all of our > cygwin installations in UNIX mode. > > A subset of our developers use Windows-based editors.

Compiling Linux Kernel yields Error 255

Greetings, I've gone and compiled GCC 3.3.1 to be a cross-compiler for PPC. I can compile simple programs with my cross-compiler, take it to the PPC target and have it work. I am now trying to take it to the next step and compile the kernel. When I tried to do the "depends" I got the following.

Re: control-spacebar

On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 11:50:03AM -0500, Larry Hall wrote: >So when you write some code that will cause a "bug", please do so in >such a way that it will always segv. As it turns out, the problems that people are having with Windows ME in recent cygwin snapshots are really SEGV problems, so I've

Re: rsync/cygwin can't handle filenames with some character set

It's cygwin patch, and I guess the problem occur in other applications allso. I don't thing I should ask for cygwin supprt in rsync mailing list. Rami - Original Message - From: "Larry Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rami Addady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, Janu

Re: Compiling Linux Kernel yields Error 255

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Ashwin Bihari wrote: > Greetings, > > I've gone and compiled GCC 3.3.1 to be a cross-compiler for PPC. I can > compile simple programs with my cross-compiler, take it to the PPC target > and have it work. I am now trying to take it to the next step and compile > the kernel. Whe

Re: Compiling Linux Kernel yields Error 255

In exactly what way didn't the "things that worked for others" work for you? Does the 'xargs' command help? Please let the list know what you've tried (preferably with exact command lines and error messages). Do they work if you run the expanded command from a shell script? The expanded command

Re: control-spacebar

At 01:01 PM 1/9/2004, Christopher Faylor you wrote: >On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 11:50:03AM -0500, Larry Hall wrote: >>So when you write some code that will cause a "bug", please do so in >>such a way that it will always segv. > >As it turns out, the problems that people are having with Windows ME in >

Re: rsync/cygwin can't handle filenames with some character set

At 01:23 PM 1/9/2004, Rami Addady you wrote: >It's cygwin patch, and I guess the problem occur in other applications >allso. >I don't thing I should ask for cygwin supprt in rsync mailing list. There's no need to reply to me directly. I've set the reply-to to go to the list. That indicates my p

1.5.5-1 trouble with mounting nfs shares on test RH9 client

Background: Main test client is an RH9 box, almost fully patched (trying to keep the test box the same until I get this working.) test client kernel: 2.4.20-24.9 nfs: nfs-utils-1.0.1-3.9 Main server is w2k sp4 + current as of last week, running Cygwin 1.5.5-1 (installed via setup.exe as normal)

Problem with JVM 1.4.2 on Cygwin 1.5.5-1 on XP and 2000

I'm trying to run HelloWorld.java on a JVM invoked from C. I'm using the basic setup in David Caldwell's excellent how-to at et seq. It works fine on WinNT 4.0 and WinXP Home, but dies on WinXP Pro and Win2000. There's not really much of a trail I

Re: Problem with JVM 1.4.2 on Cygwin 1.5.5-1 on XP and 2000

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Moy Easwaran wrote: > I'm trying to run HelloWorld.java on a JVM invoked from C. I'm using > the basic setup in David Caldwell's excellent how-to at > et seq. > > It works fine on WinNT 4.0 and WinXP Home, but dies on WinXP Pro

RE: cron + network share(w/ full access?)

Hi, Thanks for the message but cron_diagnose.sh doesn't seem to give me insight on what I'm trying to do. I was trying to perform a hack discussed in this thread: http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-04/msg01001.html I am attempting to have the cron service run as another user so that it can a

Re: Updated: man-1.5k-2

I installed this version, and I still get the ESC characters. Do you have any idea why I'm getting them? Thanks, Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi A new version of 'man' has been uploaded to a server near you. DESCRIPTION: Man, apropos and whatis. CYGWIN NEWS: - Fixe

Re: Problem with JVM 1.4.2 on Cygwin 1.5.5-1 on XP and 2000

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Moy Easwaran wrote: > I'm trying to run HelloWorld.java on a JVM invoked from C. I'm using > the basic setup in David Caldwell's excellent how-to at > et seq. > > It works fine on WinNT 4.0 and WinXP Home, but dies on WinXP Pro

Re: Problem with JVM 1.4.2 on Cygwin 1.5.5-1 on XP and 2000

Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > Technically, since you're using -mno-cygwin, this is not a Cygwin > problem. Thanks for the quick reply, Igor. You're right: it doesn't seem like a cygwin problem at all; more like a problem talking to Sun's jvm.dll (which was presumably built with MSVC), but (a) I'm usi

Re: Updated: man-1.5k-2

At 05:02 PM 1/9/2004, Steve Kelem you wrote: >I installed this version, and I still get the ESC characters. Do you have any idea >why I'm getting them? Does '/usr/share/misc/man.conf' contain this line? PAGER /usr/bin/less -isrR -- Larry Hall http://www.

Re: Problem with JVM 1.4.2 on Cygwin 1.5.5-1 on XP and 2000

Thanks a lot, Igor! Adding the full path to dlltool worked. I'm still a bit puzzled, since I would've thought if it couldn't find the DLL it would choke on either the libjvm.dll.a build or the compile. Thanks again. Moy I don't think my mailer handles references right, but this note is part

Re: cron + network share(w/ full access?)

Alan London wrote: Hi, Thanks for the message but cron_diagnose.sh doesn't seem to give me insight on what I'm trying to do. I was trying to perform a hack discussed in this thread: http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-04/msg01001.html I am attempting to have the cron service run as another use

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: postgresql-7.4.1-2

New News: === I have updated the version of PostgreSQL to 7.4.1-2. The tarballs should be available on a Cygwin mirror near you shortly. The following is the only notable change since the previous release: Revert configure with --includedir=/usr/include/postgresql change since its n

Re: [ITP] GV: A PostScript and PDF viewer for X using 3d AthenaWi dgets

Hello, all: It seems that the current gv packed in the setup.exe requires libXaw3d.dll, which is absent in the present cygwin distribution. (The only one I found is a static version of libXaw3d.dll.a in /usr/X11/lib) $gv tmp.ps (Error message in a dialog box:) gv.exe - Unable to Locate Component

cvs and NTFS streams do not play well together...

Hi, I am using Cygwin 1.5.5 and cvs 1.11.6 on top of Windows NT 5.1.2600 SP1. When I try to "cvs co" a file with a colon in its name, cvs gets horribly confused by NTFS streams and commits suicide. The exact error message is as follows: (note: I was checking out the "src" module on the "HE

CVS on Windows OS, under Cygwin: incompatibility with textmode

(w/ cross posting to gnu.cvs.help) I set up the CVS (1.11.6-3) port to Windows that comes in Cygwin. Everything worked fine, except checking out files with CVS was adding extra lines to files -- under some circumstances---checked-out files had the Windows \r\n line termination changed to \r\r\

Re: cvs and NTFS streams do not play well together...

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, I am using Cygwin 1.5.5 and cvs 1.11.6 on top of Windows NT 5.1.2600 > SP1. When I try to "cvs co" a file with a colon in its name, cvs gets > horribly confused by NTFS streams and commits suicide. The exact error > message is as follows: (note: I was checking ou

Different package selection between Internet install , and download from internet

I'm having the same problem as Stephen Chan (msg below) From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin at cygwin dot com Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 15:59:42 -0500 Subject: Re: 1.5.5-1:libpcre0 package missing when I chose the Download from Internet install option. References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-to:

Re: Different package selection between Internet install , and download from internet

On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 14:30, Tony C wrote: > I'm having the same problem as Stephen Chan (msg below) > I've tried this from 2 different mirrors. > > > Why is the package selection different between these 2 options ? It shouldn't be - and isn't for me. Make sure you're using the right view. Rob

Re: Ncurses prob

hello again, new question now, since every lib compiled well i went to the main program and it cant find the new lib i just compiled, so i was wondering what is it looking for when one does -lnameofthelib cuz on my linux box everything goes fine, and i've checked the include which are exactly the