ssh-agent won't die peacefully at logout or shutdown

2005-05-25 Thread Gunnar Brading
The problem I am experiencing is that my ssh-agent won't die when logging out or shutting down my Windows XP. Instead I get the standard dialog box about "Cannot end this program" with the option to end now, or cancel. Pusing the end now button solves the problem, but I cannot find any reason for

Re: Auto-[ANNOUNCEMENT] busted again?

2005-05-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 25 00:59, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: > "Once sent, your message will be reviewed by one of the cygwin-announce > moderators and, once approved, will be automatically forwarded to the cygwin > mailing list with an [ANNOUNCEMENT] prepended to the subject." > > This never happened with the late

Re: "ssh-host-config -y" w/CYGWIN set to ntsec..; ssh works but CYGWIN *not* set

2005-05-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 24 22:27, Brian Dessent wrote: > David Rothenberger wrote: > > > I have CYGWIN set in my sshd service and globally to "server", but when > > I ssh to my machine, CYGWIN is empty: > > > > % echo $CYGWIN > > server > > % ssh localhost > > Last login: Wed May 4 20:20:04 2005 from localhost >

RE: Auto-[ANNOUNCEMENT] busted again?

2005-05-25 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 3:08 AM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: Auto-[ANNOUNCEMENT] busted again? > > On May 25 00:59, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: > > "Once sent, your mes

Re: Auto-[ANNOUNCEMENT] busted again?

2005-05-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 25 03:15, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen > > So you didn't read my message to you when I rejected your > > yesterday's postings to cygwin-announce? > > I did, but clearly I missed something; you pointed me to the post sitting in > [EMA

RE: Auto-[ANNOUNCEMENT] busted again?

2005-05-25 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 3:31 AM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: Auto-[ANNOUNCEMENT] busted again? > > On May 25 03:15, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PRO

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Mutt-1.4.2.1i-1

2005-05-25 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
I have updated the version of mutt on cygwin.com to 1.4.2.1i-1. This is essentially a bugfix update from upstream. No new functionality is added, though it is linked with the latest Cygwin releases of libncurses and libintl. I have also verified that SSL functionality actually works. To update

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Mutt-1.4.2.1i-1

2005-05-25 Thread hermitte
Hello. "Gary R. Van Sickle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have updated the version of mutt on cygwin.com to 1.4.2.1i-1. Do you plan to package the version 1.5.9 ? (which has a definitivelly better support of imap) Regards, -- Luc Hermitte -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubs

Re: How to install perl modules?

2005-05-25 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Manuel Tejada wrote: Hello! Somebody can tell me from what URL I must to download a perl module and how to install it in Cygwing? To browse the CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) manually use http://www.cpan.org/ and http://search.cpan.org/ . In pure Windows is easy is you have Perl

Re: Fw: bug in texi2dvi, and hack patch

2005-05-25 Thread Stepan Kasal
Hello, On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 01:35:38PM -0400, Karl Berry wrote: > if { test -x "$dir/$1" && test -f "$dir/$1"; } || >{ test -x "$dir/$1.exe" && test -f "$dir/$1.exe"; }; then > > Stepan, do you have an objection to it? OK, this will be the cleanest solution, after all. I commited

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Mutt-1.4.2.1i-1

2005-05-25 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> -Original Message- > From: hermitte[snip] > Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Mutt-1.4.2.1i-1 > > Hello. > > "Gary R. Van Sickle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have updated the version of mutt on cygwin.com to 1.4.2.1i-1. > > Do you plan to package the version 1.5.9 ? (which h

Thanks for your contact,if your qurey is urgent please contact mansoorhassan46@hotmail.co

2005-05-25 Thread admin
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.a to .lib converting

2005-05-25 Thread Alireza Ghasemi
Hello, I want to use some cygwin .a libraries with other environments(like VC++) as static .lib files.is this possible?Can I convert .a files to windows static libraries? If possible,what program do I need? Thanks. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports

Re: How to install perl modules?

2005-05-25 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 08:52:02PM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote: > Manuel Tejada wrote: > > > Somebody can tell me from what URL I must to download > > a perl module and how to install it in Cygwing? > > You use CPAN. "perl -MCPAN -e 'install Foo::Bar'" or "perl -MCPAN -e > shell". There is no UR

permission and hosts.equiv

2005-05-25 Thread Christophe DELARUE
Hi all, I read the faq, the ntsec section, asked on my system administrator ... but I cannot figure out why I cannot get what I would like. Consider this prompt # rsh ptxw09112 Password: Last login: Wed May 25 10:23:35 from ptxw09247..fr Fanfare!!! You are successfully logged in to this server!

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: binutils-20050520-1

2005-05-25 Thread Lev Bishop
I don't have much clue what I'm doing with binutils, but I've managed to cause a SEGV in objdump. Here's how: $ cat > a.c int main (void) { int i=1; i++; return i; } $ gcc a.c $ objcopy -O elf32-i386 a.exe $ objcopy -O pei-i386 a.exe $ objdump -x a.exe a.exe: file format

Re: How to install perl modules?

2005-05-25 Thread Jason Pearce
Yes, use the CPAN module as Brian suggests. Just make sure environment variable PERLIO is unset when using -MCPAN, otherwise it will fail. (You might set this to CRLF for DOS compatibility purposes). Also be aware that you may have trouble building some modules that use C code and have not been

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: binutils-20050520-1

2005-05-25 Thread zzapper
On Wed, 25 May 2005 07:40:17 +0200 (CEST), wrote: >I've made a new version of binutils available for installation. >This version is a refresh from CVS on sources.redhat.com. > >For a brief description of this package, and a listing of the files it >contains, see http://cygwin.com/packages/binuti

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Mutt-1.4.2.1i-1

2005-05-25 Thread zzapper
On Wed, 25 May 2005 10:55:08 +0200 (CEST), wrote: >I have updated the version of mutt on cygwin.com to 1.4.2.1i-1. > The Mutt E-Mail Client "All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less." -me, circa 1995 http://www.mutt.org/ -- zzapper vim -c ":%s%s*%Cyrnfr)fcbafbe[Oenz(Zbbyranne%|:%s)[[(

Re: "ssh-host-config -y" w/CYGWIN set to ntsec..; ssh works but CYGWIN *not* set

2005-05-25 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 25 May 2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On May 24 22:27, Brian Dessent wrote: > > David Rothenberger wrote: > > > > > I have CYGWIN set in my sshd service and globally to "server", but when > > > I ssh to my machine, CYGWIN is empty: > > > > > > % echo $CYGWIN > > > server > > > % ssh local

Re: .a to .lib converting

2005-05-25 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 25 May 2005, Alireza Ghasemi wrote: > Hello, > I want to use some cygwin .a libraries with other environments(like VC++) as > static .lib files.is this possible? Yes. > Can I convert .a files to windows static libraries? Yes. > If possible,what program do I need? This was discussed be

Re: "ssh-host-config -y" w/CYGWIN set to ntsec..; ssh works but CYGWIN *not* set

2005-05-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 25 09:08, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Wed, 25 May 2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > This is a change to sshd which had been requested upstream. The main > > developers felt that propagating all SYSTEM environment to the > > unprivileged child applications has to be treated as unsecure. >

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: binutils-20050520-1

2005-05-25 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 06:54:28AM -0400, Lev Bishop wrote: >(What I was actually hoping to do above was to remove/normalize the >time/date header in pei-i386, so that my executables are repeatable >functions of their sources, so I can checksum/fingerprint them in my >build system. Clearly my above

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: binutils-20050520-1

2005-05-25 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: Lev Bishop >Sent: 25 May 2005 11:54 > I don't have much clue what I'm doing with binutils, but I've managed > to cause a SEGV in objdump. Here's how: > $ cat > a.c > int main (void) > { > int i=1; > i++; > return i; > } > $ gcc a.c > $ objcop

Problems with Cygwin Installer

2005-05-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have run into this problem the Cygwin install many times and wish to know if I am doing something wrong or if there is a bug of some kind. The Problem: I download the the setup.exe and run it. I choose either the "Install from internet" or the "Download without installing" options, pick

Problem with £ sign at Cygwin prompt.

2005-05-25 Thread thomas . revell
Hi all, I've noticed a minor issue while typing at the bash prompt in cmd.exe. It seems that when I try to type a £ sign, a hash character and newline is entered instead. I'm aware of the issues surrounding these two characters, but as far as I can tell all of my language settings in Windows ar

Re: Problem with £ sign at Cygwin prompt.

2005-05-25 Thread Chris January
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I've noticed a minor issue while typing at the bash prompt in cmd.exe. It seems that when I try to type a £ sign, a hash character and newline is entered instead. I'm aware of the issues surrounding these two characters, but as far as I can tell all of my lang

RE: Problem with £ sign at Cygwin prompt.

2005-05-25 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 25 May 2005 16:04 > Hi all, > > I've noticed a minor issue while typing at the bash prompt in cmd.exe. It > seems that when I try to type a £ sign, a hash character and newline is > entered instead. I'm aware of the issues surrounding these

Re: Problems with Cygwin Installer

2005-05-25 Thread Archie Warnock
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This has been happening for at least the past year and a half and has > occurred on several computers that I've attempted to install on. I'm > very frustrated with this procedure. Either I'm really doing > something wrong or there's a very annoying bug that I'm surprise

RE: Problems with Cygwin Installer

2005-05-25 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 25 May 2005 16:04 > I download the the setup.exe and run it. I choose either the "Install > from internet" or the "Download without installing" options, pick a site, > and am then presented with the package list. I then proceed to spend

Re: Problems with Cygwin Installer

2005-05-25 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 04:35:29PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: > This came up just recently and I'm quoting from memory and without doing > my background research, so it may not be 100% accurate, but the root cause > (connection times out while you're in the chooser) and workaround (don't > spend so

[ANNOUNCEMENT] testing cygwin-announce resender

2005-05-25 Thread Chris Faylor
I hate "test" email but I can't think of any other way to test this so here you go... cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cyg

[ANNOUNCEMENT] another test of cygwin-announce resender

2005-05-25 Thread Chris Faylor
I hate "test" email but I can't think of any other way to test this so here you go... cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cyg

Re: Problem with £ sign at Cygwin prompt.

2005-05-25 Thread Max Bowsher
Chris January wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I've noticed a minor issue while typing at the bash prompt in cmd.exe. It seems that when I try to type a £ sign, a hash character and newline is entered instead. I'm aware of the issues surrounding these two characters, but as far as I ca

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Just another test

2005-05-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
I'm hating test message, too... -- 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/faq/

Re: Just another test

2005-05-25 Thread Mike McGinn
You are not alone. On Wednesday 25 May 2005 12:49 pm, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > I'm hating test message, too... -- Mike McGinn Registered Linux User 377849 "more kidneys than eyes!" -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/proble

RE: Problem with £ sign at Cygwin prompt.

2005-05-25 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: Max Bowsher >Sent: 25 May 2005 17:43 > > Or, that it only happens in some situations. Readline-based ones, isn't it? BTW, pressing "Ctrl-V £" tells me that it's generating character \243. That's 163 decimal. Which does indeed seem to be the correct code fo

RE: Problem with £ sign at Cygwin prompt.

2005-05-25 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: Dave Korn >Sent: 25 May 2005 18:10 > Original Message >> From: Max Bowsher >> Sent: 25 May 2005 17:43 > > >> >> Or, that it only happens in some situations. > > > Readline-based ones, isn't it? To answer my own question, it appears to be generatin

Re: Problem with £ sign at Cygwin prompt.

2005-05-25 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 25 May 2005, Chris January wrote: > thomas.revellpowerconvalstomcom wrote: . > > Hi all, > > > > I've noticed a minor issue while typing at the bash prompt in cmd.exe. It > > seems that when I try to type a £ sign, a hash character and newline i

permissions for chmod on network drives

2005-05-25 Thread Andreas Huster
Hi, I know there has been some discussion on permissions (specifically on chmod) and network drives, but I haven't been able to make sense of it. Something has changed recently for me and I can no longer execute any chmod commands on my network drives. This is particularly troubling because cvs

Windows XP SP2

2005-05-25 Thread jason_fritz
Hi, I have an application which uses Cygwin (1.5.12(0.116/4/2)) to interact with a Sun workstation, e.g., rsh, rcp, awk, etc. Everything was working fine until I installed Windows XP SP2. The firewall is disabled, but the Cygwin commands aren't working properly. On one computer, I uninstalled

RE: Problem with £ sign at Cygwin prompt.

2005-05-25 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: Igor Pechtchanski >Sent: 25 May 2005 18:37 > Probably the latter. Does help? " To type international characters (£åäö) in bash, add the following lines to your ~/.inputrc file and restart bash: set meta-flag on

Trying to build gcc from src package

2005-05-25 Thread Richard Copley
I want to be able to recompile the gcc-3.4.1 so that I can work out a kludge for the problem I've been having - that is, programs compiled with '-mno-cygwin -fprofile-arcs' can't open the output file to write the arc-profiling data. I'm having a lot of trouble. What I want to know is, given a work

Re: Fw: bug in texi2dvi, and hack patch

2005-05-25 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 13:35:38 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl Berry) > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], cygwin@cygwin.com, bug-texinfo@gnu.org > > if { test -x "$dir/$1" && test -f "$dir/$1"; } || >{ test -x "$dir/$1.exe" && test -f "$dir/$1.exe"; }; then > > This seems sensible. I c

PATH oddity

2005-05-25 Thread Karl M
Hi All... While looking at my PATH environment variable (in response to the recent postings about sshd and environment variables), I noticed that "." was included. It was caused by a double ; ( a ";;" sequence) in my PATH as defined in the Windows XP My Computer Properties panel. It is not

What are ioctl headers?

2005-05-25 Thread Alireza Ghasemi
Hello, Whe compiling pcap I got following error in "./configure" "checking for ANSI ioctl definitions... no configure: error: see the INSTALL for more info" I got an error like this when compiling another net source.Any idea about solving it? Thanks. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml

arpa headers

2005-05-25 Thread Alireza Ghasemi
Hello, When compiling some network programs I got errors like "arpa/nameser.h:No such file..." or "rpc/... " and some other net headers like that .What packages should I get in order that this files get compiled. Thanks. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem r

struct tm problem

2005-05-25 Thread Alireza Ghasemi
Hello, I have downloaded some c++ libraries and tried to download them.But All of them give an error like : "'struct tm' has no member called 'tm_gmtoff'" (tm is defined as 'time_t t; time(&t);tm* ptm = localtime(&t);') tm is defined in time.h.. What's the problem and what should I do? Thanks (sorr

How to create "." files

2005-05-25 Thread Alireza Ghasemi
Hello, I tried to create some hidden-Linux like files such as ".bashrc" but Windows did not allow me and said "You must type a file name".How can I solve this? Thanks -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Document

Re: PATH oddity

2005-05-25 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 11:28:43AM -0700, Karl M wrote: > Hi All... > > While looking at my PATH environment variable (in response to the recent > postings about sshd and environment variables), I noticed that "." was > included. > > It was caused by a double ; ( a ";;" sequence) in my PATH as

Re: struct tm problem

2005-05-25 Thread Brian Dessent
Alireza Ghasemi wrote: > (sorry if this is posted twice,I had a problem in my MailBox and I couldn't > get this post and probable Replies) It did come in twice. Read the archives for the replies. > When compiling some network programs I got errors like "arpa/nameser.h:No > such file..." or "rpc

RE: Windows XP SP2

2005-05-25 Thread Reid Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I have an application which uses Cygwin (1.5.12(0.116/4/2)) > to interact with a Sun workstation, e.g., rsh, rcp, awk, etc. > Everything was working fine until I installed Windows XP SP2. > The firewall is disabled, but the Cygwin commands aren't > working proper

Re: How to create "." files

2005-05-25 Thread Olaf Föllinger
On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 11:15:36PM +0430, Alireza Ghasemi wrote: > Hello, > I tried to create some hidden-Linux like files such as ".bashrc" but Windows > did not allow me and said "You must type a file name".How can I solve this? Just start a shell like bash and work from there. Mit freundlic

RE: How to create "." files

2005-05-25 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID)
At Wednesday, May 25, 2005 2:46 PM, Alireza Ghasemi wrote: > Hello, > I tried to create some hidden-Linux like files such as ".bashrc" but > Windows did not allow me and said "You must type a file name". How can > I solve this? Thanks You did not say how you tried to create them so I'll have to gu

Re: permissions for chmod on network drives

2005-05-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 25 10:40, Andreas Huster wrote: > Hi, > > I know there has been some discussion on permissions (specifically on > chmod) and network drives, but I haven't been able to make sense of > it. See the thread beginning at http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-04/msg01227.html and try the latest snap

Re: arpa headers

2005-05-25 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 25 May 2005, Alireza Ghasemi wrote: > Hello, > When compiling some network programs I got errors like "arpa/nameser.h:No > such file..." or "rpc/... " and some other net headers like that .What > packages should I get in order that this files get compiled. > Thanks. The answer to "what pa

[ANNOUNCEMENT] And another test...

2005-05-25 Thread Corinna Vinschen
Just another test of mail forwarding. PLEASE DON'T REPLY TO THIS MAIL! Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simpl

Re: Using Perl to access serial ports

2005-05-25 Thread Reini Urban
Jason Pearce schrieb: There was some recent discussion about serial ports and Perl. http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2005-05/msg00013.html But I did not see any resolution. Did anyone end up porting either Win32::SerialPort or Win32API::CommPort as Reini suggested? I need to talk to a therm

Re: Trying to build gcc from src package

2005-05-25 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Richard Copley wrote: I want to be able to recompile the gcc-3.4.1 so that I can work out a kludge for the problem I've been having - that is, programs compiled with '-mno-cygwin -fprofile-arcs' can't open the output file to write the arc-profiling data. I'm having a lot of trouble. What I want

Problems installing binutils

2005-05-25 Thread Aaron Gray
I am having problems installing binutils on just this machine. AFAIKS I haave the same instillation as my other machine which builds and installs binutils fine. Doing 'make install' I get the following error :- makeinfo --split-size=500 -I /usr/src/binutils-2.15/binutils/doc /usr/src/bi

Test: bash-3.0-2

2005-05-25 Thread Eric Blake
A new version of bash, 3.0-2, has been uploaded and will appear shortly on the mirrors. It comes from a new (well, 9 months old) upstream release, and includes all official upstream patches as well as forward ports of all cygwin patches to 2.05b-17 that have not been incorporated upstream. It

Re: Problems installing binutils

2005-05-25 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Aaron Gray wrote: I am having problems installing binutils on just this machine. AFAIKS I haave the same instillation as my other machine which builds and installs binutils fine. Doing 'make install' I get the following error :- makeinfo --split-size=500 -I /usr/src/binutils-2.15/binutil

Re: Trying to build gcc from src package

2005-05-25 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Gerrit P. Haase wrote: Richard Copley wrote: I want to be able to recompile the gcc-3.4.1 so that I can work out a kludge for the problem I've been having - that is, programs compiled with '-mno-cygwin -fprofile-arcs' can't open the output file to write the arc-profiling data. I'm having a lot

Questions on patching dcrt0.cc

2005-05-25 Thread Max Kaehn
I'm working on a patch to make it possible to load cygwin1.dll via LoadLibrary() in MSVC. The intent is to make it possible for non-cygwin applications to be cooperative with cygwin paths and signals. (Such applications will need to either be open source as specified in the cygwin license, GPLed,

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: binutils-20050520-1

2005-05-25 Thread Lev Bishop
On 25/05/05, Dave Korn wrote: > Original Message > >From: Lev Bishop > >Sent: 25 May 2005 11:54 > Yow. So you copy it from a PE to an ELF, and then back to PE? You very > much need to read the section on canonicalisation in the bfd section of the > ld manual. "info ld" then search for "

Re: Problems with Cygwin Installer

2005-05-25 Thread Lev Bishop
On 25/05/05, Dave Korn wrote: > Original Message > >From: dirty(DOT)harry(ATSIGN)juno(DOT)com ^^^ Ahem. > This came up just recently and I'm quoting from memory and without doing > my background research, so it may not be 100% accu

Re: .a to .lib converting

2005-05-25 Thread Larry Hall
At 09:21 AM 5/25/2005, you wrote: >On Wed, 25 May 2005, Alireza Ghasemi wrote: > >> Hello, >> I want to use some cygwin .a libraries with other environments(like VC++) as >> static .lib files.is this possible? > >Yes. Or no. ;-) >> Can I convert .a files to windows static libraries? > >Yes. O

Re: What are ioctl headers?

2005-05-25 Thread Larry Hall
At 02:42 PM 5/25/2005, you wrote: >Hello, >Whe compiling pcap I got following error in "./configure" >"checking for ANSI ioctl definitions... no >configure: error: see the INSTALL for more info" >I got an error like this when compiling another net source.Any idea about >solving it? >Thanks. Look

re: permissions for chmod on network drives

2005-05-25 Thread Lynn Wilson
I too have seen my CVS share stop working within the past two weeks. I haven't had much time to work on it but I noticed a few things. Although I can create files on the share (touch foo) and delete them (rm foo) I get a 'permission denied' if I try to do a chmod 777 foo. The share is on a

Re: permissions for chmod on network drives

2005-05-25 Thread Andreas Huster
--On May 25, 2005 9:32 PM +0200 Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On May 25 10:40, Andreas Huster wrote: Hi, I know there has been some discussion on permissions (specifically on chmod) and network drives, but I haven't been able to make sense of it. See the thread beginning at h

re: permissions for chmod on network drives

2005-05-25 Thread Lynn Wilson
As Corinna suggested, the latest snapshot does in fact fix the problem. Thanks. Lynn -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.co

connect()/cygwin_select() hangs in >=1.5.15

2005-05-25 Thread Sunil
This piece of code hangs with cygwin1.dll >=1.5.15 during connect(), strace is attached. The same code runs fine with cygwin1.dll version 1.5.13. fd = socket (proto->family, 1, proto->stream_proto_num); if (fd < 0) { ; goto out; } if (options & LIN

Re: Questions on patching dcrt0.cc

2005-05-25 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 25 May 2005, Max Kaehn wrote: > I'm working on a patch to make it possible to load cygwin1.dll > via LoadLibrary() in MSVC. The intent is to make it possible > for non-cygwin applications to be cooperative with cygwin paths > and signals. > [snip] A worthy goal. Good luck, Max. > Some

Re: .a to .lib converting

2005-05-25 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 25 May 2005, Larry Hall wrote: > At 09:21 AM 5/25/2005, you wrote: > >On Wed, 25 May 2005, Alireza Ghasemi wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> I want to use some cygwin .a libraries with other environments(like > >> VC++) as static .lib files.is this possible? > > > >Yes. > > Or no. ;-) Eh? Your