tar with switches leads to stack dump

2005-12-21 Thread fergus
I'm trying to append several new files to an existing zipped .tar.gz and maintain the zipped format. I find that tar -vrzf exist.tar.gz *.new leads to an Aborted (core dumped) message. More than likely my syntax is faulty, but maybe not. (Creating a .tar.gz from scratch using "tar

Re: Inconvenient ghostscript and transfig dependences

2005-12-21 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 07:24:56PM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Sorry but there is currently no way to represent "either/or" dependencies > via "setup.exe" (PTC). That said, there's no reason that you can't override > "setup.exe" and not install gs-no-X11. If you know that's what you want,

Re: SSH problem after upgrade

2005-12-21 Thread Steve Holden
Ed Brady wrote: After upgrading to the latest release of cygwin, I am continually receiving the error message. socket: Operation not permitted ssh: connect to host port 22: Operation not permitted I have had Cygwin installed on this computer for over three years and have used ssh reguarly w

Re: Listening sockets not always closing?

2005-12-21 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 20 19:23, Craig Davison wrote: > Hate to reply to my own message, but I missed something... > > On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Craig Davison wrote: > > I created a small test program to illustrate this. Basically, in a loop, I > > create a SOCK_STREAM socket, call bind() and then listen(), check the

Re: vim binary package

2005-12-21 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 20 15:30, Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: > I'm not much of a vim user myself, but with the menus, gvim is a lot > easier to learn. > > Of course, in order to get a GTK vim into the distro, Corinna will need > to be consulted, as the Cygwin vim maintainer. I am a vim user and I'm doing all

Re: expect script hanging: ssh to localhost w/password authentication

2005-12-21 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 20 23:00, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 07:02:12PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >There seems to be a new (related?) issue w/this Dec 20 snapshot. I don't > >have time to log the test formally now; I hope you will see the problem if > >you run: > > > > ssh localho

Re: tar with switches leads to stack dump

2005-12-21 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 21 08:28, fergus wrote: > I'm trying to append several new files to an existing zipped .tar.gz and > maintain the zipped format. I find that > tar -vrzf exist.tar.gz *.new > leads to an > Aborted (core dumped) > message. More than likely my syntax is faulty, but maybe not. (Cre

Re: cygwin's files are read-only under normal windows shell

2005-12-21 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Tyler Spivey (2005-12-21 07:25 +0100) > Hello. I've noticed an odd problem with cygwin. When I create a file, e.g. > with wget or something similar, the read-only button in windows explorer is > set > to partialy checked. > Is there any way I can prevent this behaviour and allow executable files,

Re: tar with switches leads to stack dump

2005-12-21 Thread Chris Taylor
Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Dec 21 08:28, fergus wrote: I'm trying to append several new files to an existing zipped .tar.gz and maintain the zipped format. I find that tar -vrzf exist.tar.gz *.new leads to an Aborted (core dumped) message. More than likely my syntax is faulty, but maybe no

Re: tar with switches leads to stack dump

2005-12-21 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to fergus on 12/21/2005 1:28 AM: > I'm trying to append several new files to an existing zipped .tar.gz and > maintain the zipped format. I find that > tar -vrzf exist.tar.gz *.new > leads to an > Aborted (core dumped) > message

Re: SSH problem after upgrade

2005-12-21 Thread Ed Brady
Steve Holden wrote: Ed Brady wrote: After upgrading to the latest release of cygwin, I am continually receiving the error message. socket: Operation not permitted ssh: connect to host port 22: Operation not permitted I have had Cygwin installed on this computer for over three years and h

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Re: setup/symlinks/gcc/chown question

2005-12-21 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 20 20:28, Karl M wrote: > Hi All... > > Attached is the output of > > strace -o outfile chown -h administrators.none collect2.exe Thanks, that strace was helpful. I've applied a patch. Please test the next snapshot from http://cygwin.com/snapshots/ Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen

gmake on cygwin

2005-12-21 Thread mohammed hamal
Dear cygwin expert: I have installed cygwin on my Windows xp. I would like to install cygwin's gmake also. Where do I find this utility? how can i doing? Any help is appreciated. mohammed ___

Re: gmake on cygwin

2005-12-21 Thread Holger Krull
mohammed hamal schrieb: I have installed cygwin on my Windows xp. I would like to install cygwin's gmake also. Where do I find this utility? how can i doing? cygwins make is gmake, as far as i know. So a ln -s /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/gmake will do. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.co

Re: SSH problem after upgrade

2005-12-21 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Ed Brady wrote: > > Ed Brady wrote: > > > > > After upgrading to the latest release of cygwin, I am continually > > > receiving the error message. > > > > > > socket: Operation not permitted > > > ssh: connect to host port 22: Operation not permitted > > > > > > I have had C

Re: Inconvenient ghostscript and transfig dependences

2005-12-21 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: > On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 07:24:56PM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > Sorry but there is currently no way to represent "either/or" > > dependencies via "setup.exe" (PTC). That said, there's no reason that > > you can't override "setup.exe"

Please try a snapshot - final push for 1.5.19

2005-12-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
Only four more testing days remain if we want to get a cygwin 1.5.19 release out there by Christmas. Please try a snapshot and report success/failure to this thread. When reporting a problem please report the exact steps that you've taken and *please* narrow down the failure to the absolute minim

Systems Inc.

2005-12-21 Thread Monica
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Re: 1.5.18: .bash_profile not being invoked

2005-12-21 Thread Farhad Tahmasebi
- Original Message - From: Larry Hall (Cygwin) To: Farhad Tahmasebi Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 7:43 PM Subject: Re: 1.5.18: .bash_profile not being invoked Well your '/etc/passwd' doesn't agree with the directory you set your HOME environment variable to. If

Re: expect script hanging: ssh to localhost w/password authentication

2005-12-21 Thread Tom Rodman
On Wed 12/21/05 12:36 +0100 cygwin@cygwin.com wrote: > On Dec 20 23:00, Christopher Faylor wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 07:02:12PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >There seems to be a new (related?) issue w/this Dec 20 snapshot. I don't > > >have time to log the test formally now; I hope

Re: Please try a snapshot - final push for 1.5.19

2005-12-21 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote: > Only four more testing days remain if we want to get a cygwin 1.5.19 > release out there by Christmas. Please try a snapshot and report > success/failure to this thread. > > When reporting a problem please report the exact steps that you've taken >

Re: Please try a snapshot - final push for 1.5.19

2005-12-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 12:17:09PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >I've been having problems with "fork: resource unavailable" on my machine >with the 10/03 snapshot.[snip] > >I'm at a loss on how to proceed.[snip] >[snip] > >Any pointers/advice would be appreciated. Below is the contents from "h

Gnuplot 4.0.0-1 dependencies

2005-12-21 Thread Mike Parker
As of a few days ago, it appears as if gnuplot v4.0.0-1 has the following dependencies: ed: 0.2-1 libdb4.2: 4.2.52-1 libdb4.3: 4.3.28-1 libkpathsea3: 2.0.2-15 libkpathsea4: 3.0.0-3 libtiff4: 3.6.0-5 libtiff5: 3.7.3-1 p

Re: Please try a snapshot - final push for 1.5.19

2005-12-21 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 12:17:09PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > >I've been having problems with "fork: resource unavailable" on my machine > >with the 10/03 snapshot.[snip] > > > >I'm at a loss on how to proceed.[snip] > >[snip] > > > >Any poin

Re: Call for testing Cygwin snapshot

2005-12-21 Thread Bas van Gompel
Op Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:46:48 -0500 schreef Christopher Faylor in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: : On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 05:16:34AM +0100, Bas van Gompel wrote: [Testing freshly built from a CVS-checkout on Dec 20...] : > This is on win 95 again... : > I commonly source a file containing among other thin

HEADSUP - $PATH after starting cygwin.bat

2005-12-21 Thread Hannu E K Nevalainen
If a component in the windows PATH variable has quotes around it then the cygwin PATH will contain an exact copy of that component. e.g. $ echo $PATH /bin:"W:\Program Files\Symantec\Norton Ghost 2003":foo:bar:... /H -- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Pro

Execute bit getting set on created files when it shouldn't

2005-12-21 Thread Don Peterson
Please reference the mail list thread http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2005-10/msg00921.html for what I could find on this topic. I didn't find an answer, but I have a suspicion that the problem's cause is not due to cygwin's behavior. Output of cygcheck on my machine attached. Problem statement:

Re: Call for testing Cygwin snapshot

2005-12-21 Thread Holger Krull
Bas van Gompel schrieb: What do you mean when you write: ``strange quoting''? Most likely he means your use of two single qoutes ' instead of one double ". And the arbitrary use of ticks ` -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwi

Re: 1.5.18: .bash_profile not being invoked

2005-12-21 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Farhad Tahmasebi wrote: - Original Message - From: Larry Hall (Cygwin) To: Farhad Tahmasebi Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 7:43 PM Subject: Re: 1.5.18: .bash_profile not being invoked Well your '/etc/passwd' doesn't agree with the directory you set your HOME envi

Re: Please try a snapshot - final push for 1.5.19

2005-12-21 Thread David Arnstein
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 12:17:09PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > I've been having problems with "fork: resource unavailable" on my machine > with the 10/03 snapshot. The problem is only reproducible after Cygwin > has been running for a while, under a heavy load. I'll try to see if it > appea

Re: Execute bit getting set on created files when it shouldn't

2005-12-21 Thread Brian Dessent
Don Peterson wrote: > Problem statement: running a non-cygwin program in a console generate > files with the execute bit set, even if your umask doesn't allow it. Why would a non-cygwin process have any concept of 'umask', let alone respect its setting? This is entirely a Cygwin mechanism. Thi

RE: Execute bit getting set on created files when it shouldn't

2005-12-21 Thread Hannu E K Nevalainen
Don Peterson wrote: > I use the following shell function as a quick hack to recursively fix > things: > > unx () > { > find . -type d | xargs chmod a+x; > find . -type f ! -name "*.exe" | xargs chmod a-x } > > Its problem is that it doesn't work on file names with space > characters (on

Re: Found case with "Download incomplete / try again"

2005-12-21 Thread Alexey N. Solofnenko
Who supports Cygwin Setup? I guess this list is the best to report problems with setup.exe. - Alexey. = On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 01:56:34PM -0800, Alexey N. Solofnenko wrote: After playing with CygwinPorts I found that some component installation causes "Down

RE: Execute bit getting set on created files when it shouldn't

2005-12-21 Thread Hannu E K Nevalainen
Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote: > find -print0 | xargs -null Correction, the above should of course read: find -print0 | xargs --null /H -- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwi

Re: setup/symlinks/gcc/chown question

2005-12-21 Thread Karl M
Hi All... Thanks Corinna...it works now with the latest snapshot. Is there any way to get the date and time of a snapshot on the Cygwin web page, instead of just the date? Because sometimes the snapshots change more than once per day, perhaps the time could be included on the web page as well

Re: vim binary package

2005-12-21 Thread Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Corinna Vinschen wrote: > That said, if somebody is going to maintain a gvim version as part of > the Cygwin net distro, cool with me, as long as it uses the runtime > files of the vim base package. Does this make sense then, with gvim setup.hint requ

Re: Found case with "Download incomplete / try again"

2005-12-21 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Alexey N. Solofnenko wrote: Who supports Cygwin Setup? I guess this list is the best to report problems with setup.exe. It's acceptable but not preferred. See: -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc.

Re: Found case with "Download incomplete / try again"

2005-12-21 Thread Chris Taylor
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Alexey N. Solofnenko wrote: Who supports Cygwin Setup? I guess this list is the best to report problems with setup.exe. It's acceptable but not preferred. See: I don't think this is a setup issue either. It sounds like the downl

Re: Call for testing Cygwin snapshot

2005-12-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 08:54:12PM +0100, Holger Krull wrote: >Bas van Gompel schrieb: >>What do you mean when you write: ``strange quoting''? > >Most likely he means your use of two single qoutes ' instead of one >double ". And the arbitrary use of ticks ` Exactly. Thank you for clarifying this

Re: Please try a snapshot - final push for 1.5.19

2005-12-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 03:01:17PM -0500, David Arnstein wrote: >On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 12:17:09PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >> I've been having problems with "fork: resource unavailable" on my machine >> with the 10/03 snapshot. The problem is only reproducible after Cygwin >> has been run

Re: Execute bit getting set on created files when it shouldn't

2005-12-21 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Don Peterson wrote: > Please reference the mail list thread > http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2005-10/msg00921.html for what I could > find on this topic. I didn't find an answer, but I have a suspicion > that the problem's cause is not due to cygwin's behavior. Output of >

Re: Please try a snapshot - final push for 1.5.19

2005-12-21 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 03:01:17PM -0500, David Arnstein wrote: > >On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 12:17:09PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > >> I've been having problems with "fork: resource unavailable" on my machine > >> with the 10/03 snapshot. The p

Re: Execute bit getting set on created files when it shouldn't

2005-12-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 12:53:29PM -0700, Don Peterson wrote: >PS: I'd like to thank the cygwin developers and the Red Hat executives >(past and present) who continue to support cygwin. Life on Windows >would be miserable without your work and dedication. I appreciate your appreciation but, just

Re: Call for testing Cygwin snapshot

2005-12-21 Thread Buzz
Op Wed, 21 Dec 2005 20:54:12 +0100 schreef Holger Krull in <43A9B2E4.5080908gmx.de>: : Bas van Gompel schrieb: : : > : > What do you mean when you write: ``strange quoting''? : > : : Most likely he means your use of two single qoutes ' instead of one double ". To not get confused with (C- or she

Re: Call for testing Cygwin snapshot

2005-12-21 Thread Brian Dessent
Buzz wrote: > Those <`> are called back-ticks... (and there is nothing arbitrary > about my use of them, IMHO.) > > I did accidently start my quotes with <''>, not <``>. Sorry about that. On that topic I happen to agree with Markus Kuhn that ascii 0x60 should not be used in place of quotation ma

Re: SSH problem after upgrade

2005-12-21 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Ed, there was no need to Cc: me -- I read the list. Please make sure your mailer respects the Reply-To: header, which I set appropriately. On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Ed Brady wrote: > Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > > Does it help if you leave the files in /usr/bin, but explicitly > > specify the path to

Re: SSH problem after upgrade

2005-12-21 Thread Ed Brady
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: That's not what I asked (though I can see how it can be misread). Let me try again: if you copy telnet.exe into your home directory, *leave* /usr/bin/telnet.exe in place, and then invoke the telnet in your home directory as /home/Ed/telnet.exe, does it still work for yo

Re: SSH problem after upgrade

2005-12-21 Thread Ed Brady
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Re: Perl/TK Segmentation Violation

2005-12-21 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Brett Serkez wrote: While this technique is useful, it is not producing results for me. I can see that simply installing all libraries resolves the dependency. Perhaps the package maintainer could try building the package on a system with just the default libraries installed? This should prod

Re: enscript-1.6.4-1

2005-12-21 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Dr. Volker Zell wrote: Charles Wilson writes: > ...has a packaging error. While the postinstall script does this: > if [ ! -e /etc/enscript.cfg ] ; then > cp /etc/enscript.cfg.default /etc/enscript.cfg > fi > the package actually contains >/etc/enscript.

Re: Call for testing Cygwin snapshot

2005-12-21 Thread Buzz
Op Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:46:48 -0500 schreef Christopher Faylor in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: : On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 05:16:34AM +0100, Bas van Gompel wrote: [With a freshly built dll from a CVS-checkout on Dec 20. extra consoles pop up when logging into sshd on w95] You fixed it. Great. L8r, Buzz [

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2005-12-21 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Thomas Berger wrote: Woah Gerrit, WDYDWMLF (what did you do with my line feeds)? Oops, it is my broken Delphi mailer, everytime it gets an email in UTF-8 encoding it sends out in the same encoding, however it doesn't do it right, I have no idea how to teach this stupid little software to alwa