Re: XEmacs and Windows Fonts

2004-09-06 Thread Jaap-Henk Hoepman
That's really too bad. I understood you maintained the cygwin version that gets installed with the cygwin netinstaller. With these font problems, that version is not usable if you do not run X. I had to revert to xemacs version 21.4.13 for cygwin as distributed through the xemacs.org netinstaller,

Re: ipc debugging

2004-09-06 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Sep 4 13:38, Reini Urban wrote: > I experience a shmget problem with postgresql and try to debug that. > > I created debug version of cygserver. > > cd "src\obj\i686-pc-cygwin\winsup\cygserver" > insight cygserver.exe > > I put a breakpoint at shmget() > break ../../../../winsup/cygserver/sy

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.5.11-1

2004-09-06 Thread Peter Ekberg
> - Fix mysterious configure script premature exit. (Pierre Humblet) I'm sorry to report that 1.5.11-1 does not fix this configure script premature exit: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2004-08/threads.html#01025 Is there any other output I can provide to help debug this? Cheers, Peter --

Re: ipc debugging

2004-09-06 Thread Reini Urban
Corinna Vinschen schrieb: On Sep 4 13:38, Reini Urban wrote: I experience a shmget problem with postgresql and try to debug that. I created debug version of cygserver. cd "src\obj\i686-pc-cygwin\winsup\cygserver" insight cygserver.exe I put a breakpoint at shmget() break ../../../../winsup/cygserv

Re: cygwin implementation of fork() eating all resourses?

2004-09-06 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Sep 6 08:42, Artem Gluhov wrote: > After 5 minutes running this script i got a windwows XP > error: not enough system resourses. > > <-- > #!/bin/bash > while (( 1 )); do > ls > /dev/null; > done; > --> Hmm, I tried it for 15 Minutes but the resourc

Change patf of my home directory

2004-09-06 Thread Mirko Tebaldi \(Indirizzo Pubblico\)
my home (~) is actually under c:\documents and settings\administrato" but i have one script for compiling a docbook that is aspecting i have my user root directory under ./user how can i change it ? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http:/

Re: cygwin implementation of fork() eating all resourses?

2004-09-06 Thread bertrand marquis
Hi, i had the same behaviour under windows xp. It seems that you need to give back the end to the system sometimes in a while(1) unless it will take all resources of the system and the child won't do anything. i had the problem waiting for a network message which wasn't able to be received as the

perl 5.6.* package

2004-09-06 Thread YAPP James
Hi, How/Where can I download an older version of the perl package? Thanks, James -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/f

Re: perl 5.6.* package

2004-09-06 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 12:17:01PM +0200, YAPP James wrote: > Hi, > > How/Where can I download an older version of the perl package? Why would you want to? google for a perl-5.6.1-2.tar.bz2 from a stale mirror? (That's the latest one I have any record of, don't know if there was a 5.6.1-3.) --

RE: perl 5.6.* package

2004-09-06 Thread YAPP James
I need it to run Twiki on windows Thanks > -Original Message- > From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 12:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: perl 5.6.* package > > > On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 12:17:01PM +0200, YAPP James wrote:

installing older packages

2004-09-06 Thread YAPP James
Hi, How can I install an older package? I ran setup.exe and did a full view, and it's not listed there. For example, perl 5.6 Thanks, James -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygw

Re: perl 5.6.* package

2004-09-06 Thread Reini Urban
YAPP James schrieb: I need it to run Twiki on windows twiki will run better with the latest perl 5.8.5 -Original Message- From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 12:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: perl 5.6.* package On Mon, Sep 06, 2

RE: perl 5.6.* package

2004-09-06 Thread YAPP James
Thought I read there're problems with perl 5.8 on windows? http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/WindowsInstallCookbook Under the Scope section, it's printed in bold "_don't_ use Perl 5.8.0 yet" Have you tried it? It would be great if it works. > -Original Message- > From: Reini Urban [m

RE: What is this

2004-09-06 Thread Phil Betts
>Brian Dessent wrote: >"Mirko Tebaldi (Indirizzo Pubblico)" wrote: >> >> What is /bin/test.exe ? >> >> i have a script that uses that, but it has not output and no --help >> or --usage !!! >Have you considered "man test"? FWIW, this should always be the FIRST thing one tries (or "info test").

ffi.h in gjc > 3.3 is broken

2004-09-06 Thread Fred Kiefer
I have been using Cygwin successfully to compile GNUstep for the Windows platform for quite some time (Thank you for including all the needed bits in Cygwin!). But since my recent updates of Cygwin this does no longer work. The reason is the header file ffi.h provided with the GNU Java compiler

RE: What is this

2004-09-06 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Phil Betts > Sent: 06 September 2004 12:34 > >Brian Dessent wrote: > > >"Mirko Tebaldi (Indirizzo Pubblico)" wrote: > >> > >> What is /bin/test.exe ? > >> > >> i have a script that uses that, but it has not output and no --help > >>

ls -lRd does not produce recursive directory listing

2004-09-06 Thread Mirko
Hi, As the subject line says it, I cannot get a recursive listing of directories using ls -lRd. Is that a bug or feature? Thanks, Mirko -- *m*irko*vukovic*-at-nycap-rr-com Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Mon Sep 06 08:28:17 2004 Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600

Re: ls -lRd does not produce recursive directory listing

2004-09-06 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Sep 6 08:32, Mirko wrote: > Hi, > > As the subject line says it, I cannot get a recursive listing of > directories using ls -lRd. Is that a bug or feature? Feature. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailt

Re: perl 5.6.* package

2004-09-06 Thread Reini Urban
YAPP James schrieb: Thought I read there're problems with perl 5.8 on windows? http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/WindowsInstallCookbook Under the Scope section, it's printed in bold "_don't_ use Perl 5.8.0 yet" Have you tried it? It would be great if it works. The last time I tried it it worked

RE: perl 5.6.* package

2004-09-06 Thread YAPP James
Hi Reini, Thanks for sharing your experience. I might just as well give it a try. Cheers > -Original Message- > From: Reini Urban [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 4:37 PM > To: YAPP James > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: perl 5.6.* package > > > YAPP J

PS1 overwrites attempt to change title, settitle in bash or rxvt title

2004-09-06 Thread bnelson
This message is more for just getting into the archives to help any newbies like me in the future. I was trying to set the title of my cygwin and rxvt windows and was not having any luck. I followed the instructions to echo something like: echo -e "\033]2;New Title\007" but it never s

Re: perl 5.6.* package

2004-09-06 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Hallo YAPP, Am Montag, 6. September 2004 um 13:05 schriebst du: > Thought I read there're problems with perl 5.8 on windows? > http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/WindowsInstallCookbook > Under the Scope section, it's printed in bold "_don't_ use Perl 5.8.0 yet" Cygwin comes with perl-5.8.5. B

Re: PS1 overwrites attempt to change title, settitle in bash or rxvt title

2004-09-06 Thread John Morrison
Hi Brian, Patches gladly evaluated ;) J. > > This message is more for just getting into the archives to help any > newbies like me in the future. I was trying to set the title of my cygwin > and rxvt windows and was not having any luck. I followed the instructions > to echo something like: > >

Re: signal delivery problem (with pthreads)

2004-09-06 Thread Valery A. Frolov
Hello, On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:43:50 +0300, Valery A. Frolov wrote: > And after while I've got (IMHO) a little test source (attached) to > reproduce the problem. Can anyone confirm this problem? I've tested my testcase source (see previous letter) with cygwin1.dll 1.5.11-1, gcc 3.3.3-3, binutils-

Re: ffi.h in gjc > 3.3 is broken

2004-09-06 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Hallo Fred, Am Montag, 6. September 2004 um 15:57 schriebst du: > I have been using Cygwin successfully to compile GNUstep for the Windows > platform for quite some time (Thank you for including all the needed > bits in Cygwin!). But since my recent updates of Cygwin this does no > longer work. T

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: (audiofile, libaudiofile0, libaudiofile-devel)-0.2.6-2

2004-09-06 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The following packages have been updated in the Cygwin distribution: *** audiofile-0.2.6-2 *** libaudiofile0-0.2.6-2 *** libaudiofile-devel-0.2.6-2 Packaging changes: * audiofile.m4 has been fixed for compatibility with automake-1.8. * static librar

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: libIDL-0.8.3-2

2004-09-06 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The following packages have been updated in the Cygwin distribution: *** libIDL-0.8.3-2 Packaging changes: * libIDL.m4 is now installed in /usr/share/aclocal. * libIDL.m4 has been fixed for compatibility with automake-1.8. Yaakov ~ **

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: glib(-devel)-1.2.10-2

2004-09-06 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The following packages have been updated in the Cygwin distribution: *** glib-1.2.10-2 *** glib-devel-1.2.10-2 Packaging change: * glib.m4 has been fixed for compatibility with automake-1.8. Yaakov ~ *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE IN

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: gtk+(-devel)-1.2.10-2

2004-09-06 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The following packages have been updated in the Cygwin distribution: *** gtk+-1.2.10-2 *** gtk+-devel-1.2.10-2 Packaging change: * gtk.m4 has been fixed for compatibility with automake-1.8. Yaakov ~ *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INF

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: e2fsprogs-1.35-2

2004-09-06 Thread Robb, Sam
The package 'e2fsprogs' is has been updated to release 1.35-2 in the Cygwin distribution. Changes in release 1.35-2: * Updated install to place libuuid.a into /usr/lib/e2fsprogs (instead of into /usr/lib). This should correct a reported problem where the libuuid.a provided by e2fsprogs was m

Re: Change patf of my home directory

2004-09-06 Thread Larry Hall
At 05:02 AM 9/6/2004, you wrote: >my home (~) is actually under c:\documents and settings\administrato" but i >have one script for compiling a docbook that is aspecting i have my user >root directory under ./user > > >how can i change it ? Google much? This one comes up a fair amount so you sho

pthread_join() broken on Cygwin 1.5.11-1?

2004-09-06 Thread John William
I just upgraded my Cygwin installation to the new 1.5.11-1 release, and now one of my applications behaves strangely. The application in question is multi-threaded. Everything seems to be working fine until the application tries to exit. The application consists of the main thread and several s

RE: What is this

2004-09-06 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 6 Sep 2004, Dave Korn wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Phil Betts > > Sent: 06 September 2004 12:34 > > > >Brian Dessent wrote: > > > > >"Mirko Tebaldi (Indirizzo Pubblico)" wrote: > > >> > > >> What is /bin/test.exe ? > > >> > > >> i have a script

Re: pthread_join not returning

2004-09-06 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 01:27:40PM -0700, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: >I've reported this before as affecting perl's threads; now I've got a >C test program (attached) that shows the problem. I know almost >nothing about pthreads, so I apologize if there is an error in the >code, but it should

Re: pthread_join not returning (snapshot available)

2004-09-06 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 11:51:12PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >I'll see if I can rectify this behavior and release a 1.5.12 ASAP. Does the newest snapshot work any better? cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/proble

Re: Why is there a ZZZRemovedpackages?

2004-09-06 Thread Carlo Florendo
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Carlo Florendo wrote: Hello, I'm actually not encountering any problem with cygwin now. It has actually been performing impressively! Thanks to all you cygwin people. That's good to know. In any case, we keep a mirror of the cygwin releases

rsync hangs

2004-09-06 Thread Edwin Goei
I'm trying to use "rsync" but it hangs and I am unable to kill it using the Windows task manager. I've seen postings about using rsync for backup. Is this a known problem? Any ideas? $ rsync -av d1 d1.bak # command hangs OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 $ uname -srv CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.5.7(0.109/3/2) 2004

Re: pthread_join not returning

2004-09-06 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 11:51:12PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: > Thanks, btw, for the simple test case (TM). FWIW, if you had previously > submitted this test case and demonstrated that this problem as more than > a perl problem it probably would have been fixed in time for 1.5.11. Thanks fo