Re: cron.sh postinstall

2004-12-29 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 28 10:38, Brian Ford wrote: > Trivial note to maintainer: > > Suggest mkdir -p for /var/cron/tabs to avoid cosmetic error message when > the directory already exists: > > + mkdir /var/cron/tabs > mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/cron/tabs': File exists > > You could then remove the mk

Re: Setting $HOME for Windows

2004-12-29 Thread kurtz
Dave Korn wrote: The issue is that on a Unix system, you set your home dir by editing /etc/passwd. Leave the windoze environment alone. I've set for a long time both the HOME windows environment, so other win32 native GNU applications are aware of it, and the /etc/password entry to the same va

Re: Ssh ignores $HOME

2004-12-29 Thread Ehud Karni
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 22:39:42 -0500, Pierre A. Humblet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 08:24:55PM -0700, Ben Wing wrote: > > > > The problem is that . ssh is ignoring $HOME (despite its documentation) > > and arbitrarily looking in /home/$USERNAME. . > > See last sent

New setup.exe snapshot - please test

2004-12-29 Thread Max Bowsher
Version 2.457.2.1 - Fix setup keeping open handles to every tarball it installs during a run. (Which appears to have been indirectly responsible for the weird hangs people have been experiencing.) - Fix a miscellany of error-reporting deficiencies. - Close stdin, to protect against rogue postin

Re: nfs-server 2.2.47-2

2004-12-29 Thread rseku
I don't know if I am sending this info correctly(I am new to cygwin, and web page doesn'r explain how to post message) I read your note about nfs-server, and i did as follows: mkdir /mnt/nfs mount H:/nfs /mnt/nfs Now all works as You said with small exception: share on remote machine is not H:/n

Re: Can't configure setup.exe from CVS (and a plea for setup.exe alternative)

2004-12-29 Thread Max Bowsher
Christopher Faylor wrote: Oh, and I fixed this on the server side. The process which creates the "mirrors.list" file that setup.exe uses will no longer output "^rsync:" lines to that file. Thanks, that's a good idea anyway, for bandwidth/download time, given every (non-local) run of every copy of

Re: Can't configure setup.exe from CVS [was RE: setup.exe 2.427 problem with installation from rsync mirrors]

2004-12-29 Thread Max Bowsher
Dave Korn wrote: This calls for a little filtering of the mirrors.txt list in setup, doesn't it? I was going to suggest this: Index: site.cc === RCS file: /cvs/cygwin-apps/setup/site.cc,v retrieving revision 2.34 diff -p -u -p -u -

Re: Ssh ignores $HOME

2004-12-29 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 29 14:14, Ehud Karni wrote: > On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 22:39:42 -0500, Pierre A. Humblet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR > > See last sentence in > > http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC18 > > This last sentence needs a correction: If there is no /etc/

Re: New setup.exe - unhandled exception more problem packages

2004-12-29 Thread Max Bowsher
John P. Rouillard wrote: Hi all: In an earlier email I sent in the details on an unhandled exception that I received while trying up update some packages. It originally occurred with the package: pkgs/http%3a%2f%2fmirrors.rcn.net%2fpub%2fsourceware%2fcygwin/release/cmake/cmake-1.8.3-1.tar.bz2.bad T

Re: sybase isql

2004-12-29 Thread Brian Ford
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, cluenek wrote: > set CYGWIN=netsec tty glob server "netsec" is not a valid CYGWIN option. I think you meant "ntsec". > I have no idea what to check for now. I think it has > something to do with tty, but not sure. > > Any ideas would be great. Have you tried the obvious?

Re: sybase isql

2004-12-29 Thread cluenek
--- Brian Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, cluenek wrote: > > > set CYGWIN=netsec tty glob server > > "netsec" is not a valid CYGWIN option. I think you > meant "ntsec". > > > I have no idea what to check for now. I think it > has > > something to do with tty, but not s

Re: sybase isql

2004-12-29 Thread uek
> Sybase is not a cygwin program. It does not understand cygwin ptys. > There is nothing that can be done about this in cygwin. If there is a > solution it would be in the sybase documentation. > > cgf > Thanks for the info. I realize Sybase is not a cygwin program. I was hoping that maybe

RE: "Hyperthreading" problems

2004-12-29 Thread Volker Bandke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sitting in Germany makes it difficult for me to physically send you a machine. What I can do, though, is to virtually hand over the machine to you via the net. I have an ADSL connection with 3 megabits/sec download and 512 kilobit/sec download

Three questions

2004-12-29 Thread Mikael Åsberg
Hello, I have three questions that aren't related. First: Is there a cygwin package that will let me compare two binary files to see if they are equal? Second: Is there a way to prevent gcc from adding .exe extension when building programs? I recall hearing something that win98 needs the .exe, b

Re: Three questions

2004-12-29 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 04:33:26PM +0100, Mikael ?sberg wrote: >Hello, I have three questions that aren't related. >First: Is there a cygwin package that will let me compare two binary files >to see if they are equal? diff >Second: Is there a way to prevent gcc from adding .exe extension when >

Re: New setup.exe snapshot - please test

2004-12-29 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Max Bowsher wrote: Version 2.457.2.1 - Fix setup keeping open handles to every tarball it installs during a run. (Which appears to have been indirectly responsible for the weird hangs people have been experiencing.) Is there a bugzilla or other tracking tool for setup.exe ?

RE: nfs-server 2.2.47-2

2004-12-29 Thread Robb, Sam
> I don't know if I am sending this info correctly(I > am new to cygwin, and web page doesn'r explain how > to post message) Email? In any case, the web page is certainly clear that cygwin-apps (which you cross-posted this message to) is not the appropriate forum for this question. > I read your

Re: cygwin reboots my PC randomly

2004-12-29 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, Marc J wrote: > I'm running DLL release version is 1.5.10-3 on Windows 2000 Pro and a 1 yr > old 3.0 GHz PC. > Windowing env - /usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker.exe > > After I have the cygwin environment up with windowing started via > startxwin.sh, and a couple of xterm windows up, > af

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: binutils-20041229-1

2004-12-29 Thread Christopher Faylor
I've made a new version of binutils available for installation. This version is a refresh from CVS on sourceware.org. The reason for the quick rerelease of binutils is to catch the change mentioned here: http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2004-12/msg00322.html I thought this fix was important eno

Re: cygwin reboots my PC randomly

2004-12-29 Thread Brian Bruns
On Wednesday, December 29, 2004 11:31 AM [EST], Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > Unless you have a cron job that runs "shutdown -r" or "reboot" :-), > Brian's reply pretty much explains it... > Igor A suggestion too - if you have mysterious reboots, turn off "Automatically reboot" in the System cont

Re: sybase isql

2004-12-29 Thread cluenek
For anyone interested. The only solution I found was sqsh. Available for multiple os's and cygwin. It's basically a substitute for isql with additional commands. It can be found at www.sqsh.org. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http

Re: Three questions

2004-12-29 Thread Ehud Karni
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 10:44:02 -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: > > >Third: I tried removing an the .exe-extension from a file by issuing: > >$ mv tiny_mdi_example_without_ggdb.exe tiny_mdi_example_without_ggdb > > $ mv tiny_mdi_example_without_ggdb.exe tiny_mdi_example_without_ggdb. Actually, this

Re: Three questions

2004-12-29 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 09:27:40PM +0200, Ehud Karni wrote: >On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 10:44:02 -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> >> >Third: I tried removing an the .exe-extension from a file by issuing: >> >$ mv tiny_mdi_example_without_ggdb.exe tiny_mdi_example_without_ggdb >> >> $ mv tiny_mdi_exampl

Re: cygwin reboots my PC randomly

2004-12-29 Thread Shankar Unni
Brian Dessent wrote: First of all: Your question belongs on the Cywin X11 mailing list definitely. The problem here is that Cygwin is just a DLL and some applications. That is, it runs as a normal user process and does not involve any device drivers. Of course, from a naive user's point of view,

RE: cygwin reboots my PC randomly

2004-12-29 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Marc J > Sent: 29 December 2004 04:46 > After I have the cygwin environment up with windowing started via > startxwin.sh, and a couple of xterm windows up, > after a random amount of time (several hours, 2 days...), my > PC suddenly r

Re: cygwin reboots my PC randomly

2004-12-29 Thread Brian Dessent
Brian Bruns wrote: > > Unless you have a cron job that runs "shutdown -r" or "reboot" :-), > > Brian's reply pretty much explains it... > > Igor > > A suggestion too - if you have mysterious reboots, turn off > "Automatically reboot" in the System control panel, under the Advanced > tab, and clic

Re: cygwin reboots my PC randomly

2004-12-29 Thread Marc J
I am not getting BSOD. Checked the event log: dec 25 108am Source Save Dump, event 1001 The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00d4 (0xbad0b0e4, 0x0002, 0x0001, 0x8006543a). Microsoft Windows 2000 [v15.2195]. A dump was saved in: C:\WINNT\Minidump\Mini122504-0

Re: cygwin reboots my PC randomly

2004-12-29 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Marc J wrote: I am not getting BSOD. Checked the event log: dec 25 108am Source Save Dump, event 1001 The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00d4 (0xbad0b0e4, 0x0002, 0x0001, 0x8006543a). Microsoft Windows 2000 [v15.2195]. A dump was saved in: C:\WINNT\Minidump\M

attaching debugger to process

2004-12-29 Thread Hans Horn
Group, I'm trying to debug a running process by attaching the debugger to it. >From inside the debugger, when I issue a 'where' command, I end up in Switching to thread 3344.0x564] #0 0x7c901231 in ntdll!DbgUiConnectToDbg () from /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/ntdll.dll #1 0x7c9507a8 in ntdll!K

1.5.12-1: 64 bit file sizes unsupported in gcc

2004-12-29 Thread ANDREW PALFREYMAN
gcc doesn't appear to recognise fseeko64, etc. My cygcheck dump attached. Andrew cygcheck.out Description: Binary data -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: attaching debugger to process

2004-12-29 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 04:16:00PM -0800, Hans Horn wrote: >I'm trying to debug a running process by attaching the debugger to it. > >From inside the debugger, when I issue a 'where' command, I end up in > >Switching to thread 3344.0x564] >#0 0x7c901231 in ntdll!DbgUiConnectToDbg () from >/cygdri

Re: 1.5.12-1: 64 bit file sizes unsupported in gcc

2004-12-29 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 04:40:23PM -0800, ANDREW PALFREYMAN wrote: >gcc doesn't appear to recognise fseeko64, etc. My cygcheck dump attached. Cygwin doesn't *have* an fseeko64. Just use fseeko. It's 64 bit capable. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem

1.5.12-1: "more" utility not available

2004-12-29 Thread ANDREW PALFREYMAN
"more" doesn't appear to work (although e.g. "less" works). My dump is as per my prior message (was a bit shocked to see it full length in the digest!). -Andrew -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation:

Re: 1.5.12-1: "more" utility not available

2004-12-29 Thread Brian Dessent
ANDREW PALFREYMAN wrote: > > "more" doesn't appear to work (although e.g. "less" works). > My dump is as per my prior message (was a bit shocked to see it full length > in the digest!). 1. Don't reply to unrelated posts to start a new topic. Threaded mail readers show your reply as attached to

ipc-daemon2.exe fails

2004-12-29 Thread Zachary Uram
Hello I am running the latest Cygwin with cygipc-2.03-2.tar package and when I run /usr/bin/ipc-daemon2.exe it immediately exits, no error message is printed, i have a /tmp directory and when i run ipcs it says: Bad system call When I do ps it also shows that no ipc-daemon2.exe is working. I need

Re: running a DOS batch file from a shell script - script doesn't wait for batch file to complete before continuing

2004-12-29 Thread Andy Sun
Hi Larry, Since you were the only person who was kind enough to take the time to respond to my initial question, I owe it to you to provide a followup on this subject. I wrote a few DOS batch files as well as shell scripts to try and troubleshoot the problem. I managed to track down the problem to