Re: CygWin + gcc to build Windows application written in C.

2005-12-22 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 05:45:40AM -0800, Tim Prince wrote: Piero Silvestri wrote: Thanks Brian, now -mwindows is clear to me, and the strange linker problem has gone, but I have one more question on -mno-cygwin option. When I installed the latest release of Cygwin

Re: Call for testing Cygwin snapshot

2005-12-22 Thread Holger Krull
Buzz schrieb: 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

custom installer

2005-12-22 Thread angel bosch
hi! i want to deploy cygwin with certain other tools, so im trying with NSIS. is there any special action that setup.exe performs during installation in addition to download and copy files to specific dir? is there any registry setting to take in consideration? thanks in advance -- àngel bos

Re: vim binary package

2005-12-22 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 21 17:07, Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: > Does this make sense then, with gvim setup.hint requires: vim? > > $ cygcheck -l gvim > /usr/bin/gview > /usr/bin/gvim.exe > /usr/bin/gvimdiff > /usr/bin/rgview > /usr/bin/rgvim > /usr/share/applications/gvim.desktop > /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/gvim-6.

Re: setup/symlinks/gcc/chown question

2005-12-22 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 21 14:02, Karl M wrote: > 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 tim

Re: Problem with login command

2005-12-22 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 21 22:23, Mike Dieter wrote: > I think that the logincommand might be overwriteing fields in the > wtmp and utmp files. > Now that we are using a longer word in the line filed of console I > noticed that the last > two letterslewere showing up in theid field

Re: custom installer

2005-12-22 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 22 13:00, angel bosch wrote: > hi! > > i want to deploy cygwin with certain other tools [...] You're aware of the licensing requirements, as, for instance, also deploying the source code of all GPLed tools, or that all applications linked against the Cygwin DLL have to be Open Source unles

Re: custom installer

2005-12-22 Thread angel bosch
En/na Corinna Vinschen ha escrit: On Dec 22 13:00, angel bosch wrote: hi! i want to deploy cygwin with certain other tools [...] You're aware of the licensing requirements, as, for instance, also deploying the source code of all GPLed tools, or that all applications linked against the Cygwi

Re: custom installer

2005-12-22 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 22 13:43, angel bosch wrote: > En/na Corinna Vinschen ha escrit: > >On Dec 22 13:00, angel bosch wrote: > > > >>hi! > >> > >>i want to deploy cygwin with certain other tools [...] > > > > > >You're aware of the licensing requirements, as, for instance, also > >deploying the source code of al

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: tar-1.15.1-3

2005-12-22 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A new release of tar, 1.15.1-3, is available. NEWS: = This is a minor bugfix release. Tar has never allowed updating a compressed archive (such as using -r and -z together), but in 1.15.1-2 it was aborting instead of printing a useful message. A

RE: cc1.exe 0xc0000022

2005-12-22 Thread Richard Campbell
> I'm trying to compile gettext under my cygwin, but after a while of this fun I got the message: > cc1.exe - Application Error : The application failed to initialize properly (0xc022). Click on OK to > terminate the application. > (screenshot attached). > Launching cc1.exe alone brings up t

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: tar-1.15.1-3

2005-12-22 Thread fergus
>> tar -vrzf exist.tar.gz *.new >> Aborted (core dumped) > Thanks for the report; I'll get a new tar out as soon as I can ... Thank you for such a rapid response and for today's update. Fergus -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: ht

O_NOFOLLOW and safer chdir

2005-12-22 Thread Eric Blake
CVS coreutils now uses 's O_NOFOLLOW, when available, to avoid a data race when changing directories while avoiding symlinks (necessary for some traversal algorithms). Normally, calling lstat() to prove something is a directory, followed by chdir(), is a security risk, since lstat() could see a di

mkpasswd group

2005-12-22 Thread Mike Blanco
When I open my cygwin console window I get the following message displayed each time: Your group is currently "mkpasswd". This indicates that the /etc/passwd (and possibly /etc/group) files should be rebuilt. See the man pages for mkpasswd and mkgroup then, for example, run mkpasswd -l [-d] > /et

Re: O_NOFOLLOW and safer chdir

2005-12-22 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 22 15:14, Eric Blake wrote: > CVS coreutils now uses 's O_NOFOLLOW, when > available, to avoid a data race when changing directories while > avoiding symlinks (necessary for some traversal algorithms). Normally, > calling lstat() to prove something is a directory, followed by chdir(), > is

Re: mkpasswd group

2005-12-22 Thread Owen Rees
--On 22 December 2005 07:31 -0800 Mike Blanco wrote: I have run the commands as specified but each time I open the console window again I get the same message. I have researched this mailing list as well as google and found similiar listings but was unable to find resolutions to this issue. He

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: TeXmacs-1.0.6-1: A free wysiwyw editing platform with special features for scientists

2005-12-22 Thread Andreas Seidl
TeXmacs has been updated to the new stable version 1.0.6. Canonical homepage: http://texmacs.org NEWS See http://www.texmacs.org/tmweb/about/changes.en.html for a list of changes. DESCRIPTION === GNU TeXmacs is a free wysiwyw (what you see is what you want) editing platform with

perl Bundle::Cygwin / perl-bundle-cygwin package

2005-12-22 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
I'm working on creating a bundle of common Perl modules that build and pass all significant tests on cygwin. I hope to have it accepted as a cygwin package. Any particular module requests or comment on my proposed names for the CPAN bundle or cygwin package? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygw

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

2005-12-22 Thread Alexey N. Solofnenko
It does not look like a download issue. I tried downloading whole GNOME several times on several computers and each time setup failed with the same error. I also tried deleting all downloaded from CygwinPorts (sunsite) files. After some experimenting it looks like their configuration breaks s

Re: custom installer

2005-12-22 Thread angel bosch
If you're talking about just installing tools within your own company, you're fine. ok, any info about the topic? i just want to know what exaclty do the installer of cygwin to avoid any problem. is enough with copying the whole directory? Corinna -- àngel bosch Departament de Siste

[OT] Quoting characters (was: Re: Call for testing Cygwin snapshot)

2005-12-22 Thread Buzz
Op Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:05:05 +0100 schreef Holger Krull in <43AA6C41.9080508gmx.de>: [``strange quoting''?] : But i believe folks will call this OT now. So do I. Read my slightly more topical response on the talk-list. L8r, Buzz. -- ) | | ---/ ---/ Yes, this | This message consists of tr

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

2005-12-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 10:10:17AM -0800, Alexey N. Solofnenko wrote: >It does not look like a download issue. I tried downloading whole GNOME >several times on several computers and each time setup failed with the >same error. I also tried deleting all downloaded from CygwinPorts >(sunsite) fil

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

2005-12-22 Thread Alexey N. Solofnenko
If setup.exe is not supported for other projects, maybe they should not even try using Cygwin setup, but who am I to tell how things are done here... I will resend my complain to cygwin-apps mailing list. - Alexey. == On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 10:10:17AM -080

Re: perl Bundle::Cygwin / perl-bundle-cygwin package

2005-12-22 Thread Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: > I'm working on creating a bundle of common Perl modules that build and > pass all significant tests on cygwin. > > I hope to have it accepted as a cygwin package. I think it's preferable to make separate packages for

Re: Please try a snapshot - final push for 1.5.19

2005-12-22 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
5/3/21 20:14 8513k 2005/03/22 C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1-20050322.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2005/3/22 14:26 8601k 2005/03/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1-20050323-cvs.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2005/3/23

Re: tar with switches leads to stack dump

2005-12-22 Thread Joe Smith
I still don't see why upstream refuses to update a compressed archive, but at least it didn't abort. Gnu tar will not allow the use of '-r or -u' when a tar file is given on stdin. I assume that compressed archives work using tar as a filter, instead of using potentially huge temporary files

Re: Please try a snapshot - final push for 1.5.19

2005-12-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 02:21:48PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >Looks like some Cygwin programs appear twice in the output of "ps -W" with >the cvs HEAD DLL. Sorry I just noticed it -- this seems to have been >happening as far back as 10/03, though it is a regression from 1.5.18 >(1.5.18 does

responding to someones post

2005-12-22 Thread Mike Blanco
How would I respond to someones post on this mailing list. I have read the FAQ, but I think that this should be so easy it is not explained. I just want to try to contribute to this list since I have subscribed. I apologize in advance for such a basic question. MB Regards, Mike Blanco -- Uns

Re: setup/symlinks/gcc/chown question

2005-12-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 02:02:05PM -0800, Karl M wrote: >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

Using gcc under cygwin to compile and link the db2 udb sample c programs

2005-12-22 Thread ERIC HO
I'm wondering whether anyone have used gcc under cygwin (windows xp) to compile and link the db2 udb sample c/cpp programs successfully? I'd appreciate if you could share the steps and command syntax. Under Linux, it is very simple and I just run the make all command. Thanks. -- Unsubscribe in

Re: Please try a snapshot - final push for 1.5.19

2005-12-22 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Igor Pechtchanski 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 runn

Re: responding to someones post

2005-12-22 Thread Alec Mihailovs
How would I respond to someones post on this mailing list. I have read the FAQ, but I think that this should be so easy it is not explained. I just want to try to contribute to this list since I have subscribed. I apologize in advance for such a basic question. The same as in any other mailin

Re: perl Bundle::Cygwin / perl-bundle-cygwin package

2005-12-22 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 01:14:06PM -0600, Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: > > I'm working on creating a bundle of common Perl modules that build and > > pass all significant tests on cygwin. > > > > I hope to have

Can not Contact Domain Controller

2005-12-22 Thread Mike Blanco
Everytime I open the Cygwin Console I get the following notifications: Your group is currently "mkpasswd". This indicates that the /etc/passwd (and possibly /etc/group) files should be rebuilt. See the man pages for mkpasswd and mkgroup then, for example, run mkpasswd -l [-d] > /etc/passwd mkgrou

Re: Can not Contact Domain Controller

2005-12-22 Thread Holger Krull
Mike Blanco schrieb: Everytime I open the Cygwin Console I get the following notifications: Your group is currently "mkpasswd". This indicates that the /etc/passwd (and possibly /etc/group) files should be rebuilt. See the man pages for mkpasswd and mkgroup then, for example, run mkpasswd -l [-

Re: custom installer

2005-12-22 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
angel bosch wrote: If you're talking about just installing tools within your own company, you're fine. ok, any info about the topic? i just want to know what exaclty do the installer of cygwin to avoid any problem. is enough with copying the whole directory? No. It also runs, at least,

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

2005-12-22 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 12/22/2005, Alexey N. Solofnenko wrote: If setup.exe is not supported for other projects, maybe they should not even try using Cygwin setup, but who am I to tell how things are done here... I will resend my complain to cygwin-apps mailing list. You're, of course, assuming that the problem

Re: Please try a snapshot - final push for 1.5.19

2005-12-22 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
eport the exact steps that you've taken > and *please* narrow down the failure to the absolute minimum scenario > needed to duplicate it. > > So, please try the 2005-Dec-21 snapshot: http://cygwin.com/snapshots/ . I've just loaded 20051222, and noticed this (unknown if it is a re

Re: Please try a snapshot - final push for 1.5.19

2005-12-22 Thread Igor Peshansky
ccess/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 minimum scenario > > needed to duplicate it. > > > > So, please try the 2005-Dec-21 snapshot

RE: responding to someones post

2005-12-22 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> From: Mike Blanco > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:27 PM > To: cygwin > Subject: responding to someones post > > How would I respond to someones post on this mailing list. I > have read the FAQ, but I think that this should be so easy it > is not explained. I just want to try to contrib

RE: Can not Contact Domain Controller

2005-12-22 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> From: Mike Blanco > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 4:08 PM > To: cygwin > Subject: Can not Contact Domain Controller > > Everytime I open the Cygwin Console I get the following notifications: > > Your group is currently "mkpasswd". This indicates that the > /etc/passwd (and possibly /etc/g

Re: Please try a snapshot - final push for 1.5.19

2005-12-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
1 snapshot: http://cygwin.com/snapshots/ . > >I've just loaded 20051222, and noticed this (unknown if it is a >regression): starting bash in a console window and repeatedly pressing >Ctrl-C gets me: > >3093118 [sig] bash 832 _cygtls::handle_threadlist_exception: called with &

NIS anyone?

2005-12-22 Thread Andrew DeFaria
I have not been able to find a Cygwin/NIS package. Does it exist? In discussing distribution of Cygwin throughout the organization with a colleague we got to talking about how to best configure Cygwin for people who use laptops or otherwise do remote computing. We'd like to have an environment

RE: Please try a snapshot - final push for 1.5.19

2005-12-22 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> From: Christopher Faylor > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 8:40 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: Please try a snapshot - final push for 1.5.19 > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 05:34:02PM -0800, Yitzchak > Scott-Thoennes wrote: [snip a bunch of errors] > > cygcheck output? > > cgf > (who

Re: Please try a snapshot - final push for 1.5.19

2005-12-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 08:07:19PM -0800, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: >CYGWIN = `tty ntsec title server' ^^^ Thank you. That was why I couldn't duplicate it. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.htm

Re: NIS anyone?

2005-12-22 Thread Jason Alonso
I've used svn (subversion) to administer Cygwin installations on many machines (particularly ones I do not have physical access to...) to an effect that may be an acceptable compromise to you. For my machines, each Cygwin installation is a working copy checkout owned by SYSTEM, and I have an hourl

Re: SSH problem after upgrade - SOLVED

2005-12-22 Thread Ed Brady
Ed Brady wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: IIRC, the Windows dynamic loader will first look for DLLs in the application directory, and only then in the PATH. Here's a WAG: do you have a copy of winsock.dll or ws2_32.dll in /usr/bin? The problem is now solved. The culprit is due to the