Re: problems with running Gnome applications

Christopher Faylor wrote: That said, however, we don't provide support for "cygwinports". You downloaded that from another site and there is another mailing list devoted to it. The fact that it has the word "cygwin" in it doesn't mean that many people here are familiar with it. Well, my probl

Installing cygwin by manually copying c:\cygwin to another machine

Hello, I am looking for a quick and easy way to install cygwin on other computers so that it contains exactly the packages that i need, other customisations and other programs built manually. In order to do that, I have simply zipped the entire c:\cygwin directory , put it on a cd, and unzippe

Re: Installing cygwin by manually copying c:\cygwin to another machine

Adrian Maier wrote: Hello, I am looking for a quick and easy way to install cygwin on other computers so that it contains exactly the packages that i need, other customisations and other programs built manually. In order to do that, I have simply zipped the entire c:\cygwin directory , put it

Re: Installing cygwin by manually copying c:\cygwin to another machine

On Jan 13 09:49, Chris Taylor wrote: > Adrian Maier wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I am looking for a quick and easy way to install cygwin on other computers > >so > >that it contains exactly the packages that i need, other customisations > >and > > other programs built manually. > > > >In order to do

Re: inetutils-1.3.2-34: setsockopt warning from ftp

On Jan 12 13:38, David Rothenberger wrote: > I'm seeing a problem with ftp in inetutils-1.3.2-34 that was not > present in inetutils-1.3.2-33. > > With -34: > > % ftp ibiblio.org > ftp: setsockopt TOS (ignored): Protocol not available > Connected to ibiblio.org. > 220 ProFTPD Server (Bring it on.

Re: Updated: inetutils-1.3.2-34 [setsockopt TOS (ignored): Protocol not available]

On Jan 13 01:12, Adye, TJ (Tim) wrote: > Hi Corinna, > > Thanks for the inetutils update. The inetd -D option is particularly > welcome (so thanks also to Bryan Thrall). > > Unfortunately the new version's ftp, rcp, and rlogin commands give an > annoying new warning when connecting, eg. > > ft

Re: [PATCH] Proposed clarification of the snapshot installation FAQ

On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 07:57:27PM -0800, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: > On 1/11/06, Igor Peshansky wrote: > > As mentioned in , > > here's a patch to the FAQ to clarify the section on installing snapshots. > > I didn't know whether the various *.

Re: Installing cygwin by manually copying c:\cygwin to another machine

> My question is: what are the settings required by cygwin to operate > normally? ( i guess it needs some environment variables and/or > registry settings ). Is it just the mount points that are the issue? The path? The desktop icon? It is possible to run setup against such an 'installation

Fatal error when trying to initialise PostgreSQL in cygwin

Hello, When I try to initialise the postgresql database cluster with initdb it generates the following errors : $ initdb -D pgsql_data/ The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "am". This user must also own the server process. The database cluster will be initialized wit

Re: Installing cygwin by manually copying c:\cygwin to another machine

On 1/13/06, Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can we please refrain from pointing to the registry all the time? > > You can check out your mount points by `mount -m > my_mounts', edit > the my_mounts file at will, copy it over to the bin directory on the > target system, and then chec

Re: Installing cygwin by manually copying c:\cygwin to another machine

Brett Serkez wrote: My question is: what are the settings required by cygwin to operate normally? ( i guess it needs some environment variables and/or registry settings ). Is it just the mount points that are the issue? The path? The desktop icon? It is possible to run setup against suc

Re: Fatal error when trying to initialise PostgreSQL in cygwin

On Jan 13 12:44, Adrian Maier wrote: > Hello, > > When I try to initialise the postgresql database cluster with initdb > it generates the > following errors : > > $ initdb -D pgsql_data/ > The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "am". > This user must also own the server

Re: dselect

STEPHEN GRANT BROWN wrote: > I am sorry if this question has already been answered. > When I run dselect in an cygwin bash shell, I get the following message > > read-only access: only preview of selections is available. > > Is this covered in the documentation? If not, how do I fix it? You see

AW: config error with Apache2 package

Hi Does none have an idea? (maintainer) thx Stefan -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Stefan Sabolowitsch Gesendet: Donnerstag, 12. Januar 2006 14:55 An: cygwin@cygwin.com Betreff: config error with Apache2 package Hi List, I have h

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: fetchmail-6.3.1-1

Hello Jason, On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Jason Tishler wrote: > > I've updated fetchmail today and I no longer get visual feedback about > > its progress when messages are being retrieved. Instead printing on > > the terminal the information is recorder in the Event log. > > Sounds like the way you are

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: fetchmail-6.3.1-1

Pavel, On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 03:22:13PM +0200, Pavel Tsekov wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Jason Tishler wrote: > > > I've updated fetchmail today and I no longer get visual feedback > > > about its progress when messages are being retrieved. Instead > > > printing on the terminal the information

"Bad system call" error FAQ alert? (Was Re: Fatal error when trying to initialise PostgreSQL in cygwin)

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Jan 13 12:44, Adrian Maier wrote: > > Hello, > > > > When I try to initialise the postgresql database cluster with initdb > > it generates the following errors : > > > > $ initdb -D pgsql_data/ > > [snip] > > /usr/bin/initdb: line 564: 3312 Bad sy

Re: Fatal error when trying to initialise PostgreSQL in cygwin

On 1/13/06, Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 13 12:44, Adrian Maier wrote: > > Hello, > > > > /usr/bin/initdb: line 564: 3312 Bad system call "$PGPATH"/postgres > > -boo > > Did you read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-8.0.4.README? I hadn't read that file. Started t

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: fetchmail-6.3.1-1

Hello Jason, On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Jason Tishler wrote: > > Here is my config file without the lines containing usernames and > > passwords: > > > > # Configuration created Thu Oct 3 14:40:04 2002 by fetchmailconf > > set syslog > > I believe removing the above line should fix the problem. We ha

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: nfs-server-2.3-4

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Urgh - top-posting; reformatted. http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Urgh - raw addresses. http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR > Where is a mirror I c

RE: Fatal error when trying to initialise PostgreSQL in cygwin

Adrian Maier wrote: > On 1/13/06, Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Jan 13 12:44, Adrian Maier wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> /usr/bin/initdb: line 564: 3312 Bad system call >>> "$PGPATH"/postgres -boo >> >> Did you read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-8.0.4.README? > > I h

Re: Fatal error when trying to initialise PostgreSQL in cygwin

On 1/13/06, Dave Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I hadn't read that file. > > Started the cygserver, but initdb still crashes. > > But did you also turn up the kern.ipc.semmns parameter? I tried with 100 and 300. The same error occurs. Adrian Maier -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygw

Re: Define _POSIX_SOURCE in cygwin's features.h?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Christopher Faylor on 1/12/2006 10:31 AM: > Someone on the cygwin irc channel had a problem building a package which > would have been solved if Cygwin defined _POSIX_SOURCE. > > I know that Cygwin is not fully POSIX compliant (I really r

Re: Define _POSIX_SOURCE in cygwin's features.h?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Christopher Faylor on 1/12/2006 12:24 PM: > This particular application was ircd. It was testing _POSIX_SOURCE (and > a few other defines) to determine whether it should use setsid or a > two-argument version of setpgrp, e.g.: > > #ifdef

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: nfs-server-2.3-4

> Where is a mirror I can download this from? I tried a few but > they only had > 2.3-3. > Thanks, > Siegfried Siegfried, It usually takes some time for packages updates to propagate out to the mirrors. Wait a day or so, then give it another try. However - in this case, the only change tha

Re: Define _POSIX_SOURCE in cygwin's features.h?

On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 07:47:48AM -0700, Eric Blake wrote: >Now what does this all mean to cygwin? Most apps don't care about strict >compliance - they are more than willing to use extensions if it makes it >easier to get the job done, so most apps don't define _POSIX_SOURCE or >_POSIX_C_SOURCE b

Re: Perl/TK Missing Dependency Found

[snip] > fontconfig??? > > Looks like I had the wrong perl-Tk release uploaded, the one with > 'experimental' Xft support, and not the standard one on my system (which > is why I couldn't dup this). Now we all know why it's experimental. > > Look for a release -4 soon which should fix this. The

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: fetchmail-6.3.1-1

Pavel, On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 04:16:26PM +0200, Pavel Tsekov wrote: > On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Jason Tishler wrote: > > Sorry, but I'm not sure why the output went to the console with your > > previous installation. > > Well, in a sense it does but it is not as it used to be: > > [snip] > Well, I g

Re: inetutils-1.3.2-34: setsockopt warning from ftp

On 1/13/2006 2:31 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: Oh well, I have uploaded a new inetutils package built with the 1.5.18 headers now. However, you should still see an error in the above case, just a different one: % ftp ibiblio.org ftp: setsockopt TOS (ignored): Invalid parameter This is a res

cd to directory in paste buffer : shell function

Hi, I often want to cd to a (DOS) path that I've copied from some Windows App. The following function (put in one of your startup files .bashrc .profile etc) saves a few clicks and is forward or backslash proof function cdp() { # cdp(aste) # description : Cd to path in paste buffer: convert f

Re: cd to directory in paste buffer : shell function

> I often want to cd to a (DOS) path that I've copied from some > Windows App. > > The following function (put in one of your startup files .bashrc > .profile etc) saves a few clicks and is forward or backslash proof [snip] Without deminishing the value of this procedure, I simply wanted to say

Re: cd to directory in paste buffer : shell function

On 1/13/06, zzapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I often want to cd to a (DOS) path that I've copied from some Windows App. > > The following function (put in one of your startup files .bashrc .profile > etc) saves a few clicks > and is forward or backslash proof > > function cdp() > { > # cdp(as

Re: cd to directory in paste buffer : shell function

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:28:45 -0800, wrote: >On 1/13/06, zzapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I often want to cd to a (DOS) path that I've copied from some Windows App. > >The cygpath program will do the slash conversion for you: > >cdclipboard() >{ >unixpath=`cygpath -f /dev/clipboard`;

Re: cd to directory in paste buffer : shell function

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, zzapper wrote: > Hi, > > I often want to cd to a (DOS) path that I've copied from some Windows > App. > > The following function (put in one of your startup files .bashrc > .profile etc) saves a few clicks and is forward or backslash proof > > function cdp() > { > # cdp(aste)

Re: cd to directory in paste buffer : shell function

On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 01:51:11PM -0500, Igor Peshansky wrote: >On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, zzapper wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I often want to cd to a (DOS) path that I've copied from some Windows >> App. >> >> The following function (put in one of your startup files .bashrc >> .profile etc) saves a few clic

Re: cd to directory in paste buffer : shell function

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:02:40 -0500, wrote: >On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 01:51:11PM -0500, Igor Peshansky wrote: >>On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, zzapper wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I often want to cd to a (DOS) path that I've copied from some Windows sh proof >>> >>> function cdp() >>> { >>> # cdp(aste) >>> # de

Re: ZoneAlarm Suite popen hang (ssh ForwardX11)

[snip] > Other than the usual issues with bash and sshd, I suddenly found that > trying to use ssh with X forwarding hung. [snip] Have not made much progress, however did find a work around that others might find useful. Also interested if others are experiencing the issue. In summary, the fol

Re: "Bad system call" error FAQ alert? (Was Re: Fatal error when trying to initialise PostgreSQL in cygwin)

On 1/13/06, Igor Peshansky wrote: > On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > On Jan 13 12:44, Adrian Maier wrote: > > > /usr/bin/initdb: line 564: 3312 Bad system call > > > "$PGPATH"/postgres > > > > Did you read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-8.0.4.README? > > I wonder if th

Re: bash 3.1-1 "exec -l" doesn't start login shell

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to David Rothenberger on 1/12/2006 9:21 AM: > > "bash --login" works fine, but the problem with "-bash" prevents chere > from starting login shells. It may be possible to modify chere to use > "bash --login", but this is still a bash bug, ri

fenv.h and friends

I'm trying to compile NumPy [1], and am running into a problem: I'm getting undefined references to fetestexcept, feclearexcept, and feraisexcept. These are normally defined in fenv.h. Now, Cygwin doesn't come with a fenv.h; there *is* one in /usr/include/mingw (and a matching definition in /usr/

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: perl-Tk-804.027-4

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The following package has been updated in the Cygwin net release: *** perl-Tk-804.027-4 This module provides a Unix/X11-based Tk implementation for perl. Please note that this is not dependent on, or have anything to do with, the tcltk package. Cha

Re: once more into the breach - please try a snapshot so I can release this thing

Although a cygwin package maintainer, I am a complete novice at debugging cygwin programs, so please bear with me. The current cygwin1.dll snapshot (2006.01.12) causes octave (a package I maintain) to dump core under some circumstances. I haven't been able to isolate just what causes it. When th

Re: bash 3.1-1 "exec -l" doesn't start login shell

David Rothenberger wrote: > On 1/11/2006 9:06 PM, Eric Blake wrote: >>> "exec -l" in bash 3.1-1 doesn't seem to start a login shell. This >>> prevents my chere commands from starting a login shell, too. >> >> Have you tried "bash --login" instead? > > "bash --login" works fine, but the problem with

Re: bash 3.1-1 "exec -l" doesn't start login shell

Eric wrote: >According to David Rothenberger on 1/12/2006 9:21 AM: > >> "bash --login" works fine, but the problem with "-bash" prevents chere >> from starting login shells. It may be possible to modify chere to use >> "bash --login", but this is still a bash bug, right? > > Yes, it is a regressio

How to read man pages on nfs-server?

Hmmm... well I tried a few more mirrors and still cannot find nfs-server 2.3-4 -- I'll wait some more. In the mean time, I did a "/usr/bin/find /usr/share | xargs grep -n nfs-server" and found the README contains a list of files below. Now how do I, from looking at the README, know how to learn m

How to convert from windows DLL to windows lib file?

Is there a way to generate a windows LIB file from windows DLL file? I thought I saw it somewhere in some documentation but I cannot remember where. I think it is one of the bin utils. Since someone recently explained that cygwin so files are the same as dll files, can I infer that the same techn

Re: How to convert from windows DLL to windows lib file?

Siegfried Heintze wrote: > Is there a way to generate a windows LIB file from windows DLL file? I > thought I saw it somewhere in some documentation but I cannot remember > where. > > I think it is one of the bin utils. Since someone recently explained that > cygwin so files are the same as dll

Re: once more into the breach - please try a snapshot so I canrelease this thing

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, James R. Phillips wrote: > Although a cygwin package maintainer, I am a complete novice at > debugging cygwin programs, so please bear with me. > > The current cygwin1.dll snapshot (2006.01.12) causes octave (a package I > maintain) to dump core under some circumstances. I ha

Re: How to read man pages on nfs-server?

Siegfried Heintze wrote: Hmmm... well I tried a few more mirrors and still cannot find nfs-server 2.3-4 -- I'll wait some more. In the mean time, I did a "/usr/bin/find /usr/share | xargs grep -n nfs-server" and found the README contains a list of files below. Now how do I, from looking at the

Re: Installing cygwin by manually copying c:\cygwin to another machine

[snip] > > Is it just the mount points that are the issue? The path? The > > desktop icon? It is possible to run setup against such an > > 'installation' to update it? > > It's primarily just the mount points. See Corinna's message in this > thread for recreating them. > > The desktop & start me

Re: Installing cygwin by manually copying c:\cygwin to another machine

Brett Serkez wrote: [snip] Is it just the mount points that are the issue? The path? The desktop icon? It is possible to run setup against such an 'installation' to update it? It's primarily just the mount points. See Corinna's message in this thread for recreating them. The desktop & sta

Re: Installing cygwin by manually copying c:\cygwin to another machine

[snip] > Not particularly, assuming you use the same local package cache on > each machine, especially if you use the trick for pulling in all the > packages you want automatically. Right. > I don't know about chere, chere must have settings in the registry, as it adds a 'bash here' menu option

Re: Installing cygwin by manually copying c:\cygwin to another machine

Brett Serkez wrote: [snip] Not particularly, assuming you use the same local package cache on each machine, especially if you use the trick for pulling in all the packages you want automatically. Right. I don't know about chere, chere must have settings in the registry, as it adds a 'b

procedure entry point getline could not be located

I seem to have a cygwin problem that others have had, but the fixes that worked for them have not fixed my installation. What further steps can I take to try and fix the error "The procedure entry point getline could not be located in the dynamic link library cygwin1.dll"? Thanks. Window t

Re: procedure entry point getline could not be located

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006, keinnamens wrote: > I seem to have a cygwin problem that others have had, but the fixes that > worked for them have not fixed my installation. > What further steps can I take to try and fix the error "The procedure > entry point getline could not be located in the dynamic link

Re: fenv.h and friends

Luke Stras wrote: I'm trying to compile NumPy [1], and am running into a problem: I'm getting undefined references to fetestexcept, feclearexcept, and feraisexcept. These are normally defined in fenv.h. Now, Cygwin doesn't come with a fenv.h; there *is* one in /usr/include/mingw (and a matching

stat(2) triggers on-demand virus scan

I have an "antique" question. I'm currently running cygwin.dll version: 1.3.6 ! (don't laugh). I use cygwin daily in my work and I'm happy not to disturb things that are not broken. The stat(2) system call runs very slowly because it is constantlt triggering the McAfee on-demand virus scan

Re: procedure entry point getline could not be located

> > What further steps can I take to try and fix the error "The procedure entry > point getline could not be located in the dynamic link library cygwin1.dll"? Although you did extensive research, you failed to realize that providing the output of "cygcheck -svr" is essential to helping us determ

Re: stat(2) triggers on-demand virus scan

On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 12:56:11AM -0500, Paul McFerrin wrote: >I have an "antique" question. > >I'm currently running cygwin.dll version: 1.3.6 ! (don't laugh). I use >cygwin daily in my work and I'm happy not to disturb things that are not >broken. > >The stat(2) system call runs very slowly

RE: procedure entry point getline could not be located

In my case, the following fix worked: - delete all files from the local install directory e.g. ftp%22%3A%2F%2F%somemirror-filefolder.com - run setup, select All, then click the arrow switch to cycle through actions. Keep - Install - until "Uninstall" is displayed. Follow wizard until "

RE: procedure entry point getline could not be located

Thanks for the info on findutils, Eric. I probably clicked one too many times on findutils, on the first try. My output from cygcheck does show the earlier version, now. ... file 4.16-1 findutils4.2.25-2 fontconfig 2.2.2-1 ... _