Re: setup.exe fails

2005-02-14 Thread a12
Hello Brian, Thank you for your reply. Following your hints I: - stopped & deactivated sshd service in Control Panel - started setup.exe - changed from Keep to Reinstall for all components and setup.exe worked as expected. Eventually I activated & started the sshd service in Control Panel. Once aga

Re: scponly for chrooted sftp server in cygwin

2005-02-14 Thread Christian Weinberger
> > [snip] > > and I really had to specify liberty.a manually in the Makefile: > > > > scponly: scponly.o helper.o > > ${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${DEFS} -o $ scponly.o helper.o /usr/lib/libiberty.a > > FWIW, the "approved" way of doing this is > > ${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${DEFS} -o $ scponly.o he

Re: hyperthreading fix try #2

2005-02-14 Thread Jason Tishler
On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 12:09:21PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 01:17:03AM +1000, Nick Coghlan wrote: > >Nick Coghlan wrote: > >Command lines looked like (with thread and file counts filled in): $ > >python /lib/python2.4/test/test_threadedtempfile.py -t -f > > > > >

Joining

2005-02-14 Thread Godfrey Kyedza
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Re: Joining

2005-02-14 Thread Brian Dessent
Godfrey Kyedza wrote: > > Hi! > > Wish to join the group > > Godfrey Join what? The mailing list? http://cygwin.com/cygwin/lists.html#available-lists Contribute a package? http://cygwin.com/setup.html Patch cygwin code? http://cygwin.com/contrib.html All of this is outlined on the web site

[C++ : Comparative performance] Copying files: input to output

2005-02-14 Thread Alex Vinokur
// === // C/C++ Program Performance Measurement // --- // Simple C/C++ Perfometer: Copying files (Version CF-3.0) // === Tests have been per

recommendations for 3rd party distributors?

2005-02-14 Thread Dick Repasky
Every so often a query surfaces about cygwin dll version compatibility. What would be useful is a set of recommendations that can be used by 3rd party distributors of the cygwin dll to minimize the chance of version collisions with installed instances of cygwin and with other 3rd party software

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New_package:_Unicode_text_editor_mined_2000

2005-02-14 Thread towo
Mined 2000 - a powerful text editor with extensive Unicode and CJK support is now available as a cygwin package. Quoted below: * The original release announcement. * The mined overview. * Link to the mined home page and download information for the original source package. (As this is the firs

Re: recommendations for 3rd party distributors?

2005-02-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 09:54:41AM -0500, Dick Repasky wrote: >Every so often a query surfaces about cygwin dll version compatibility. >What would be useful is a set of recommendations that can be used by 3rd >party distributors of the cygwin dll to minimize the chance of version >collisions with

RE: Installation problem on win XP SP2

2005-02-14 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of John Morrison (Cygwin) > Sent: 13 February 2005 10:39 [cygwin-apps snipped; this is _not_ a packaging issue] > It is... > > @ base-files > sdesc: "A set of important system configuration and setup files" > ldesc: "A set of important

RE: recommendations for 3rd party distributors?

2005-02-14 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Dick Repasky > Sent: 14 February 2005 14:55 > Every so often a query surfaces about cygwin dll version > compatibility. > What would be useful is a set of recommendations that can be > used by 3rd > party distributors of the cygwin

mkpasswd -d generates an error: [31] A device attached to the system is not functioning.

2005-02-14 Thread Weiqi Gao
Hi, I'm getting the following error when I run "mkpasswd -l -d > /etc/passwd": mkpasswd: [31] A device attached to the system is not functioning. Where do I look for a explanation or a fix or a workaround to the problem? We just went through some big changes here at work, the details of which I

insensitive case problem in latest cygwin

2005-02-14 Thread Jason Taylor
windows xp The current version of cygwin seems to ignore case in the filesystem. if you open a cygwin bash shell and type touch AAA mv AAA aaa it says that 'AAA' and 'aaa' are the same filename and doesn't change the filename. When I run cygwin setup and go back to the 'prev' version the mv co

Packages question

2005-02-14 Thread Christopher Benson-Manica
I'm trying to figure out which Cygwin packages correspond to the sgml-common and xml-common Redhat packages. Does the OpenSP package encompass both of these packages, or do I need to install some additional packages? -- Christopher Benson-Manica ataru(at)sdf.lonestar.org -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: insensitive case problem in latest cygwin

2005-02-14 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Jason Taylor wrote: > windows xp > The current version of cygwin seems to ignore case in the filesystem. > if you open a cygwin bash shell and type > > touch AAA > mv AAA aaa > > it says that 'AAA' and 'aaa' are the same filename and doesn't change > the filename. That's the

Re: cygwin SFTP utilities? and another question

2005-02-14 Thread Joshua Daniel Franklin
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:58:06 + (UTC), Christopher Thomas wrote: > Also, because of my lack of knowledge in this enviromnet, I have no idea what > I can do with cygwin. I find traversing the realm os cygwin.com very hard as > most of it is way over my head. > > Is there some "beginners" inform

Re: Packages question

2005-02-14 Thread Joshua Daniel Franklin
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:37:36 +, Christopher Benson-Manica wrote: > I'm trying to figure out which Cygwin packages correspond to the > sgml-common and xml-common Redhat packages. Does the OpenSP package > encompass both of these packages, or do I need to install some > additional packages? Th

Re: insensitive case problem in latest cygwin

2005-02-14 Thread Mark Paulus
H My understanding of Windows implementation of Filesystems is that they MIGHT preserve case, but they are not Case sensitive. Which is apparently what lead to the whole thing about creating managed filesystems, which not only preserve case, but are also Case Sensitive (as opposed to cas

Re: snapshots are breaking shred

2005-02-14 Thread Eric Blake
Corinna Vinschen cygwin.com> writes: > > With coreutils 5.3.0-2 and various snapshots, I am seeing regressions in shred(1)caused by cygwin changes: > > As far as fsync is affected, I don't see how that could ever fail, except > the Windows call fails for some reason. The fsync code hasn't chang

mkfs.jffs2 for Windows

2005-02-14 Thread Brandon S Johnson
Hello, I have been searching the mailing lists and the web for a version of mkfs.jffs2 that will run on Windows. I do not believe one is available, as the version available at http://cygwin.mirrors.pair.com/jffs2/mkfs.jffs2 appears to be a Linux executable. Is there a version for cygwin tha

Re: insensitive case problem in latest cygwin

2005-02-14 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Mark Paulus wrote: > On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 13:45:04 -0500 (EST), Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > >On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Jason Taylor wrote: > > >> windows xp > >> The current version of cygwin seems to ignore case in the filesystem. > >> if you open a cygwin bash shell and type > >>

Bash error in quote handling

2005-02-14 Thread Arthur I Schwarz
I think this is an error? star="*" echo $star == looks good star=* echo $star == looks good star='*' echo $star == shouldn't this be *? star=\* echo $star == shouldn't this be *? star='\*' echo $star == \* shouldn't this be *? st

Re: Bash error in quote handling

2005-02-14 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Arthur I Schwarz wrote: > I think this is an error? Huh? What is? What exactly are the commands you're trying to run? What exactly is the output? What is wrong with the output? Let me try to guess (below): > a. star="*"; echo $star > b. star=*; echo $star You're sa

Re: Bash error in quote handling

2005-02-14 Thread Arthur I Schwarz
Igor; Thank your for your explanation. art Igor

Re: What has changed in cygwin's memory access?

2005-02-14 Thread Charles D. Russell
I wrote: Using a version of cygwin installed around April of '03 I could increase the stack size with gcc flag -Wl,--stack to 256 Mb, but now, on the same machine (512 Mb RAM, Windows XP Pro) I can get only 150 Mb using a recent cygwin download. What has changed in memory usage since April '03?

RE: FW: sshd "ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host" until restarted

2005-02-14 Thread David Christensen
Tom Rodman wrote: ... > 823973892 [main] sshd 1376 fork_copy: linked dll data/bss pass 0 > failed, > 0x45E000..0x45F250, done 0, windows pid 2448, Win32 error 487 > 238 [main] sshd 804 fork_copy: linked dll data/bss pass 0 > failed, > 0x33E000..0x33F250, done 0, windows pid 3516, Win32 error

Graduate Student needs help/information.

2005-02-14 Thread Nick Leeson
Hello All, I am a graduate student researching the Open Source Development Model. For my emperical study, I need a list of core cygwin developers and/or maintainers. I would use this list to parse through the messages in the mailing lists and compute statistics of interest. Can someone provide me a

Re: Graduate Student needs help/information.

2005-02-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 08:59:37PM -0600, Nick Leeson wrote: >Hello All, >I am a graduate student researching the Open Source Development Model. >For my emperical study, I need a list of core cygwin developers and/or >maintainers. I would use this list to parse through the messages in >the mailing

Re: Re: Graduate Student needs help/information.

2005-02-14 Thread Nick Leeson
Thank you Chris for your reply. May I consider the people mentioned in the webpage >http://cygwin.com/who.html as the official maintainers ? I had a feeling that this webpage was kind of informal, but then I can be wrong!! -Nick -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Pr

Re: Re: Graduate Student needs help/information.

2005-02-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 10:29:46PM -0600, Nick Leeson wrote: >Thank you Chris for your reply. May I consider the people mentioned in >the webpage >>http://cygwin.com/who.html >as the official maintainers ? I had a feeling that this webpage was >kind of informal, but then I can be wrong!! cygwin.co

Re: insensitive case problem in latest cygwin

2005-02-14 Thread Jason Taylor
Funny. I've routinely used cygwin to rename the files from my digital camera before uploading them just using a mv command. I'm on a NTFS file system under both Windows 2000 and Win XP and, before this latest version of cygwin the mv worked fine. (obviously the problem isn't limited to mv) Now

RE: Graduate Student needs help/information.

2005-02-14 Thread Ross Boulet
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 08:59:37PM -0600, Nick Leeson > wrote: > >Hello All, > >I am a graduate student researching the Open Source > Development Model. > >For my emperical study, I need a list of core cygwin > developers and/or > >maintainers. I would use this list to parse through the > message