Re: cygutils - mkshortcut - Patch for --desc option for description/tooltip text - Needed for new Cygwin/X package

2004-03-12 Thread Charles Wilson
Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: Looks good to me. I'd rather the --help output be kept under 80 chars, but it's already too late for the --workingdir option too. Oh well. okay... Before you release another cygutils package, note that 'readlink' may conflict with the proposed coreutils. Might be a go

Re: Xemacs Beta Build 21.5-b16

2004-03-12 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
> "David" == David A Cobb writes: David> I tried to bring up the "beta" build of xemacs-21.5-b16 today and got David> a bit of a surprise. David> The "gamma" or mainline version: launching with $DISPLAY unset comes David> up using MS Windows - as advertised. David> The 21.

RE: Difference between just having cygwin1.dll and running under cygw in

2004-03-12 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Larry Hall > Sent: 11 March 2004 20:28 > At 03:17 PM 3/11/2004, you wrote: > >What's the difference between running an executable in the cygwin > >environment and running it in a Win2K DOS shell on the same > > machine(which obviously

GVIM

2004-03-12 Thread Crescioli, Phil
Hello all, Why is only VIM and not GVIM included with the Cygwin package? I'd love to use GVIM straight from a Cygwin install. Phil Crescioli [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation:

Re: Also 20040306 snapshot crashes in Win95

2004-03-12 Thread Rodrigo Medina
On 11 Mar 2004 14:37:33 Christopher Faylor wrote: >I no longer have a Win95 or Win98 system to check this type of thing >with so, the lowest common denominator of problem that *I* will be >able to investigate is WinME. >Sorry, but if you want this solved you'll probably have to solve it >yourself

Re: Problems running Jabberd v1.4.3 under cygwin v1.5.7 (or latest snapshot), and heap allocation error caused by fork()

2004-03-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 01:28:02AM -0500, Frank Seesink wrote: >Basically, no, I haven't been able to reproduce it outside of Jabberd. > >Then again, I don't have a lot of custom source to compile/use. My >simple test program (the one which loaded a DLL which in turn did a >fork()) worked fine,

Re: GVIM

2004-03-12 Thread gene
Crescioli, Phil gd-ais.com> writes: > > Hello all, > Why is only VIM and not GVIM included with the Cygwin package? > I'd love to use GVIM straight from a Cygwin install. > Phil Crescioli > Phil.Crescioli gd-ais.com > > I think it is because gvim for unix requires X11 while vim does not. I

Re: GVIM

2004-03-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mar 12 08:37, Crescioli, Phil wrote: > Hello all, > Why is only VIM and not GVIM included with the Cygwin package? > I'd love to use GVIM straight from a Cygwin install. Then, why don't you just step forward as package maintainer for a Cygwin version of gvim? See http://cygwin.com/setup.html.

RE: GVIM

2004-03-12 Thread Crescioli, Phil
Thanks for the info. I currently have a standalone gvim that works fine on Win XP. For now I'm just curious. I have other pressing Cygwin things to dive into before the gvim thing, but when the time is right, I will gladly contribute to the gvim deal since I am a very content Cygwin user :) Phi

nfs-server re-exporting mapped network drives

2004-03-12 Thread Smith, Gene
The file nfs-server-2.2.47-2.README states: "If you want your mount and NFS daemons to re-export mapped network drives, you will need to run them under an account other than Local System, and start both daemons with the '-r' option to enable re-exporting." I was able to "install" the daemons us

RE: nfs-server re-exporting mapped network drives

2004-03-12 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Smith, Gene > Sent: 12 March 2004 15:38 > The file nfs-server-2.2.47-2.README states: > > "If you want your mount and NFS daemons to re-export mapped > network drives, you will need to run them under an account > other than Local S

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: rebase-2.3-1

2004-03-12 Thread Jason Tishler
New News: === I have updated the version of rebase to 2.3-1. The tarballs should be available on a Cygwin mirror near you shortly. The notable changes since the previous release are: 1. enhance rebaseall to support a -T option which allows users to specify additional DLLs to reba

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: rebase-2.3-1

2004-03-12 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Jason Tishler > Old News: > === > > It is *strongly* recommended that users only use rebaseall unless they > *really* know what they are doing or are instructed by one of > the Cygwin developers. > IDTYRMTST :-) chee

Missing /include/sys/stropts.h?

2004-03-12 Thread Shawn Legrand
I am trying to compile SWI-Prolog under CygWin and am receiving a message that stropts.h is missing from /include/sys. I checked and there is no such file there or in any directory off of root or in the CVS source tree. I placed a bug report with SWI-Prolog and received the following response: ""

Missing /include/sys/stropts.h?

2004-03-12 Thread Shawn Legrand
That of course should have been /usr/include/sys :( = Shawn Legrand Carpe Noctem! Carpe Diem! Hieros Gamos! [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/do

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: rebase-2.3-1

2004-03-12 Thread Thorsten Kampe
Following up a thread in comp.lang.python... * Jason Tishler (2004-03-12 17:00 +0100) > Old News: > === > > It is *strongly* recommended that users only use rebaseall unless they > *really* know what they are doing or are instructed by one of the Cygwin > developers. > This warning is in m

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: rebase-2.3-1

2004-03-12 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Dave Korn wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Jason Tishler > > > Old News: > > === > > > > It is *strongly* recommended that users only use rebaseall unless they > > *really* know what they are doing or are instructed by one of > >

TCLTK:Re: couldn't load library "../libitcl32.a":invalid argument ...

2004-03-12 Thread Christian Montanari
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 09:22:21AM +, Christian Montanari wrote: > Hi, > Any updates on this issue on package tcltk-20030901-1 ? > Redhat stuff seems to work better (ie. like with the "snavigator" package). > what is the difference with this installation ? replying to my own-self, to whom it

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: rebase-2.3-1

2004-03-12 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 12 March 2004 16:54 > To: Dave Korn > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: rebase-2.3-1 > > On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Dave Korn wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > >

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: rebase-2.3-1

2004-03-12 Thread Hughes, Bill
I didn't Think You Really Meant To Say That. But I think he meant exactly what he said - If you *DON'T* *REALLY* know what you're doing, only use rebaseall. If you do know the implications (or you've been told to by One Who Knows), then you can use rebase, but still be careful. > -Original

RE: Missing /include/sys/stropts.h?

2004-03-12 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Shawn Legrand > Sent: 12 March 2004 16:08 > Should the file stropts.h exist on CygWin? You already answered that one yourself: > I checked and there is no such file there or in > any directory off of root or in the CVS source tr

RE: GVIM

2004-03-12 Thread Williams, Gerald S \(Jerry\)
Phil Crescioli wrote: > [...] For now I'm just curious. I have other pressing Cygwin > things to dive into before the gvim thing, but when the time > is right, I will gladly contribute to the gvim deal since I > am a very content Cygwin user :) It's been a while since I've done it, but gvim use

Re: Missing /include/sys/stropts.h? [gold star alert]

2004-03-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 05:19:35PM -, Dave Korn wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Shawn Legrand >> Sent: 12 March 2004 16:08 > >> Should the file stropts.h exist on CygWin? > > You already answered that one yourself: > >> I checked and there is no such f

Re: Missing /include/sys/stropts.h? [gold star alert]

2004-03-12 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 05:19:35PM -, Dave Korn wrote: > >> -Original Message- > >> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Shawn Legrand > >> Sent: 12 March 2004 16:08 > > > >> Should the file stropts.h exist on CygWin? > > > > You already ans

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: rebase-2.3-1

2004-03-12 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Dave Korn wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 12 March 2004 16:54 > > To: Dave Korn > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: rebase-2.3-1 > > > > On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Dav

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: binutils-20040312-1

2004-03-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
I've made a new version of binutils available for installation. This version is a refresh from CVS on sources.redhat.com. Binutils undergoes active development so there have been a number of fixes, many related to windows. If you have been experiencing problems with programs like dlltool, ld, obj

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: rebase-2.3-1

2004-03-12 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: Igor Pechtchanski > Sent: 12 March 2004 18:43 > On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Dave Korn wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Igor Pechtchanski > > > Sent: 12 March 2004 16:54 > > > To: Dave Korn > > > Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Pa

Ny e-post adresse

2004-03-12 Thread inge . osdalen
Jeg vil ikke være på kontoret fra og med 01.01.2004 og vil ikke være tilbake før 18.08.2004. Min nye adresse er: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/

CYGWIN 1.5.7: rmdir of cwd with open file crashes process

2004-03-12 Thread Niel Markwick
Hi. Problem: If an attempt is made to rmdir the currwnt working directory when a file is open in that irectory, the process will apparantly crash! This was first noticed in Perl, with the following simple test case always exiting with status 128 use File::Temp; my $dir=tempdir(CLEANUP=>1)

Subshell

2004-03-12 Thread Gregory Borota
#/bin/bash echo Silly ( sleep 50 & ( sleep 50 ) ) wait each subshell is "sh.exe". I want to be be "bash.exe". How do I force that without having to write bash -c Thanks, Greg P.S. Looked at cygwin faq, archive, didn't find the answer although this I would think has been brought up before.

Re: Subshell

2004-03-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 01:49:27PM -0600, Gregory Borota wrote: >#/bin/bash >echo Silly >( sleep 50 & > ( sleep 50 ) ) >wait > >each subshell is "sh.exe". Why would bash arbitrarily choose "sh.exe" as the subshell? >I want to be be "bash.exe". How do I force that without having to >write bash -c

Re: nfs-server re-exporting mapped network drives

2004-03-12 Thread Smith, Gene
Dave Korn wrote: -Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Smith, Gene Sent: 12 March 2004 15:38 The file nfs-server-2.2.47-2.README states: "If you want your mount and NFS daemons to re-export mapped network drives, you will need to run them under an account other than Local S

Re: Some help with [re-]installation please

2004-03-12 Thread Brian Ford
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Chris Green wrote: > On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 10:10:18AM -0600, Brian Ford wrote: > > > Since none of this is really specific to Cygwin/X, I've redirected > > this thread to the main cygwin list. > > You really should configure your mailer to honor the Reply-To header. I set i

Re: nfs-server re-exporting mapped network drives

2004-03-12 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Smith, Gene wrote: Dave Korn wrote: >> -Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Smith, Gene Sent: 12 March 2004 15:38 > >> The file nfs-server-2.2.47-2.README states: >> >> "If you want your mount and NFS daemons to re-export mapped network >> drives, you w

Re: Subshell

2004-03-12 Thread Gregory Borota
Sorry, it should have been #! (beginners mistake, I guess) Thanks, Greg On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 01:49:27PM -0600, Gregory Borota wrote: > >#/bin/bash > >echo Silly > >( sleep 50 & > > ( sleep 50 ) ) > >wait > > > >each subshell is "sh.exe". > > Why

Re: nfs-server re-exporting mapped network drives

2004-03-12 Thread Smith, Gene
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Event Type: Error Event Source: nfsd Event Category: None Event ID: 0 Date: 3/12/2004 Time: 2:07:26 PM User: SEA\SMITED Computer: 04J005 Description: The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( nfsd ) cannot be found. The l

Re: nfs-server re-exporting mapped network drives

2004-03-12 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Smith, Gene wrote: > Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > >> Event Type: Error > >> Event Source: nfsd > >> Event Category: None > >> Event ID: 0 > >> Date: 3/12/2004 > >> Time: 2:07:26 PM > >> User: SEA\SMITED > >> Computer: 04J005 > >> D

Re: nfs-server re-exporting mapped network drives

2004-03-12 Thread Smith, Gene
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Smith, Gene wrote: You are right! That fixed it. There was already a "w" for the user "SYSTEM" but not on group and other. Guess that's what it needs. This fact should definitely be added to the readme or changed in the default install. I changed it on

Re: nfs-server re-exporting mapped network drives

2004-03-12 Thread Smith, Gene
One other related question. When I setup my nfs-server that re-exports shares and enter my network password to get it going, will I need to restart the nfs daemons every few months when I am required to change my password? Or will the nfs daemons (services) keep going without requiring me to gi

Re: Difference between just having cygwin1.dll and running under cygw in

2004-03-12 Thread George Hester
This coming from a whipper-snapper I don't expect a response. But you sure have a famous name. Now if I could just get the Korn Shell in cygwin or integrate UWin into cygwin that would be really neat. George Hester __ "Dave Korn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in mes

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: rebase-2.3-1

2004-03-12 Thread Jason Tishler
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 05:09:41PM -, Hughes, Bill wrote: > I didn't Think You Really Meant To Say That. Hmm... I didn't have any problems with this warning all of the previous times I used it... :,) > But I think he meant exactly what he said - Thanks for parsing the warning as I intended

Re: zsh 4.1.1-3 on W2000 hangs with command not found

2004-03-12 Thread Peter A. Castro
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Thorsten Kampe wrote: Hi Thorsten, > * Peter A. Castro (2004-03-08 20:39 +0100) > > On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > > Also, for the record, I've just tried the latest snapshot, 20040306, and > > running missing commands do not hang or have any other strange behavi

Problem when compiling signal.h in GCC with strict ISO C options turned on

2004-03-12 Thread Bart van der Werf \(Bluelive\)
I get this message a few times when I use gcc with strict settings. On my own installation I gave the unnamed structs and unions an name and this seemed to resolve this. Although this doesn't do more then generate a warning when using a very strict c compiler it should be resolved i think :) Messa

Re: Difference between just having cygwin1.dll and running under cygw in

2004-03-12 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* George Hester (2004-03-13 01:24 +0100) > This coming from a whipper-snapper I don't expect a response. But you sure have a > famous name. > Now if I could just get the Korn Shell in cygwin or integrate UWin into cygwin that > would be really neat. > > George Hester > _

minor bug in cygrunsrv-0.98 help function

2004-03-12 Thread tony_silva
Hi: The option "--neverexits" is mispelled as "--neverexists" in the help function: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> cygrunsrv --help |& fgrep neverexi -n, --neverexists Service should never exit by itself. [EMAIL PROTECTED]> strings - /usr/bin/cygrunsrv.exe | fgrep neverexi neverexits --

x-start-menu-icons doesn't install on a W2K german OS

2004-03-12 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
Hi see subject. Following is a dir listing (inclusive control-chars) from my "Documents and Settings" directory on a german W2K system. 11:13 AM [513]> pwd /c/Dokumente und Einstellungen/All Users [EMAIL PROTECTED] /c/Dokumente und Einstellungen/All Users 11:13 AM [514]> ls -lat --show-control-ch

Re: Some help with [re-]installation please

2004-03-12 Thread Chris Green
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 10:10:18AM -0600, Brian Ford wrote: > > I had all the ftp'ed files left from installing cygwin previously > > sitting in a directory on a networded drive, could I have used these > > to re-install cygwin rather than downloading everything again? If so, > > how does one do i