[ANNOUNCEMENT] pscan 1.2-1 -- Format string security checker for C files

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION === Homepage: http://packages.debian.org/pscan License : GPL Problem scanner which attempts to scan C source files for common function abuses, which often lead to security problems. This program will scan source files for functions that use variadic functions a

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: cfourcc 0.1.2-1 -- Command line tool for changing FourCC code in AVI video files

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION === Homepage: http://sarovar.org/projects/gfourcc License : GPL Identifies the codec used in AVI files (*.avi) and allows the user to change the FourCC description code. Useful for people working with AVI files. CHANGES SINCE LAST RELEASE =

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: msmtp 1.4.13-2 -- Light SMTP client with support for server profiles

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION === Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/projects/msmtp License : GPL A SMTP client that can be used to send mails from Mutt and probably other MUAs (mail user agents). It forwards mails to an SMTP server (for example at a free mail provider), which takes care of the

1.5.24-2: unalbe to get a core Dump file

Hi there, I'm quite new on cygwin I'm trying to get a core dump for debug purpose without success. My main necessity is related to a fortran code but I get the same result also with C code. Have someone any suggestion and/or solution? Many thanks in advance, Massimo Carboni I wrote a simpl

Re: 1.5.24-2: unalbe to get a core Dump file

El Wednesday 05 December 2007 11:48:33 Massimo Carboni escribió: > Hi there, > > I'm quite new on cygwin I'm trying to get a core dump for debug purpose > without success. I think currently it is not possible to get the core file. However, you can set the debugger to attach to the process when it

Re: [Perl] source 'typemap' (only) can't be found

Hi Rob, Permissions? I'm surprised that all files on the listing below have perms 000. Try to use chmod to add at least permission for reading. Regards, Roman Původní zpráva Od: Sisyphus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Předmět: [Perl] source 'typemap' (only) can't be found Datu

A problem with the upload?

I have noted that many mirrors have the 'release' directory updated to 20071205 10:... but setup.ini is still dated 20071204 23:..., and one cannot update to recent packages (wput...) even if they are there in 'release'. Have I missed something? Angelo --- ht

Re: 1.5.24-2: unalbe to get a core Dump file

Alberto Luaces wrote: El Wednesday 05 December 2007 11:48:33 Massimo Carboni escribió: Hi there, I'm quite new on cygwin I'm trying to get a core dump for debug purpose without success. I think currently it is not possible to get the core file. Actually, you can. See:

1.5.24: rsync slow when env variable cygwin=noNTsec

Hi, I use rsync intensively to backup data from server to server over WAN and LAN link. The "Backup servers" are always windows 2003 server. The source can be both Windows and Linux. In most of the cases the source has the daemon running and the backup server run the client as scheduled

RE: Odd behaviour of __cygwin_environ?

On 05 December 2007 12:31, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Dec 4 18:17, Dave Korn wrote: >> I'm trying to track down a bug where a child process doesn't inherit all >> the environment variables set in its parent, so I figured I'd add a bunch >> of strace debugging. I wrote this routine to dump an

Re: Odd behaviour of __cygwin_environ?

On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 03:50:31PM -, Dave Korn wrote: >On 05 December 2007 15:32, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >> On Dec 5 15:00, Dave Korn wrote: >>> On 05 December 2007 12:31, Corinna Vinschen wrote: Keep in mind that the size of the native environment block is restricted to 32K. >>>

Re: 1.5.24-2: unalbe to get a core Dump file

Massimo Carboni wrote: > # setenv CYGWIN "error_start=C:\cygwin\bin\dump.cmd"* > *** starting debugger for pid 3412, tid 3056 > 3 [main] a 3600 try_to_debug: Failed to start debugger, Win32 error 5 > *** continuing pid 3412 from debugger call (0) You can't use a .cmd file as the error_star

wput problem

Using 'man wput' the result is $ man wput gzip: /usr/share/man/man1/wput.1.gz: invalid compressed data--crc error gzip: /usr/share/man/man1/wput.1.gz: invalid compressed data--length error gzip: /usr/share/man/man1/wput.1.gz: invalid compressed data--crc error gzip: /usr/share/man/man1/wput.1

Re: 1.5.24 format.com hangs through ssh

After a bit of searching I stumbled upon windbg and process explorer. This is fun but out of my league. There is lots information on windbg but I could sure use some help. I feel like muggle with a wand. windbg stack after answering "Proceed with Format (Y/N)?" is 0:002> ~* 0 Id: 5bc.ce0 S

RE: 1.5.24 format.com hangs through ssh

On 05 December 2007 18:18, srp wrote: > windbg stack after answering "Proceed with Format (Y/N)?" is > 0:002> ~* > 0 Id: 5bc.ce0 Suspend: 1 Teb: 7ffdf000 Unfrozen >Start: format!mainCRTStartup (010067ea) >Priority: 0 Priority class: 32 Affinity: f > 1 Id: 5bc.fac Suspen

question with xargs and jar- seems to drop files.

Hi, I seem to have an odd problem with xargs and jar. I'm not sure if I can isolate a simple test case but essentially it only seems to be taking some of the input files. This seems to work suggesting the file list is acceptable to jar: $ more latest65day | jar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wtf2.zip>jarlo

RE: Odd behaviour of __cygwin_environ?

On 05 December 2007 17:25, Christopher Faylor wrote: > I have a vague feeling that I'll regret mentioning this Oh, I hope not. > but, if you've > built the DLL with --enable-debugging, you can set the CYGWIN_SLEEP > environment variable, to some millisecond value that you want the cygwin > pr

RE: question with xargs and jar- seems to drop files.

On 05 December 2007 18:04, Mike Marchywka wrote: > This seems to work suggesting the file list is acceptable to jar: > > $ more latest65day | jar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wtf2.zip>jarlog2.txt > > this, however, only includes a some files, apparently lopping off certain > directories: > > $ more lates

Re: On shutdown

On Dec 3, 2007 1:35 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > > I would like to delete files when the Cygwin Server is shut down. there is no server. you're thinking of an X server from the X/Cygwin project. > > Is there a way in cygwin to trap the shutdown event? (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace or > click

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: wput 0.6-1 -- A tiny wget-like ftp-client for uploading files

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION === Homepage: http://sf.net/projects/wput License : GPL A tiny ftp-client, that uploads files or directories to a remote ftp-server. Main features are: resuming, times-tamping, wget-like interface, proxy-support and speed-limit. CHANGES SINCE LAST RELEASE ===

Re: cygwin and squid - RLIMIT_NOFILE

David Rothenberger wrote: > On 12/3/2007 2:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [snip] > > $ squid -N > > FATAL: setrlimit: RLIMIT_NOFILE: (24) Too many open files > > > > This is a classic error described a few times on the mailing list. > > > > So.. > > has anybody managed this?!!! > > and how?!

RE: Odd behaviour of __cygwin_environ?

On 05 December 2007 15:32, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Dec 5 15:00, Dave Korn wrote: >> On 05 December 2007 12:31, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>> Keep in mind that the size of the >>> native environment block is restricted to 32K. >> >> I thought when cygexec was in effect the posix environment

Re: A problem with the upload?

On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 04:32:29PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Dec 5 14:57, Angelo Graziosi wrote: >> I have noted that many mirrors have the 'release' directory updated to >> 20071205 10:... but setup.ini is still dated 20071204 23:..., and one >> cannot

Re: A problem with the upload?

On Dec 5 14:57, Angelo Graziosi wrote: > I have noted that many mirrors have the 'release' directory updated to > 20071205 10:... but setup.ini is still dated 20071204 23:..., and one > cannot update to recent packages (wput...) even if they are there in > 'r

Re: 1.5.24-2: unalbe to get a core Dump file

El Wednesday 05 December 2007 16:33:55 Corinna Vinschen escribió: > > > > >> I'm quite new on cygwin I'm trying to get a core dump for debug > > > > >> purpose without success. > > > > > > > > > > I think currently it is not possible to get the core file. > > > > > > > > Actually, you can.  See: >

Re: 1.5.24-2: unalbe to get a core Dump file

El Wednesday 05 December 2007 15:39:34 Alberto Luaces escribió: > > >> I'm quite new on cygwin I'm trying to get a core dump for debug > > >> purpose without success. > > > > > > I think currently it is not possible to get the core file. > > > > Actually, you can.  See: > > > >

Installing on a Samba share drive

Hi, I created a Samba share on my Debian system, mapped it to a drive letter on my XP Home system and did a full network install of Cygwin on the root of the mapped drive. When I tried to use Cygwin to compile some programs, I found that a number of the symbolic links from the install (eg al

Re: 1.5.24-2: unalbe to get a core Dump file

On Dec 5 15:43, Alberto Luaces wrote: > El Wednesday 05 December 2007 15:39:34 Alberto Luaces escribió: > > > >> I'm quite new on cygwin I'm trying to get a core dump for debug > > > >> purpose without success. > > > > > > > > I think currently it is not possible to get the core file. > > > > > >

[Perl] source 'typemap' (only) can't be found

Hi, I have a perl source distro - the source files having been written using basic Win32 apps (like wordpad and notepad) : [EMAIL PROTECTED] /cygdrive/c/_32/working/math-gmpz/Math-GMPz-0.24 $ ls -l total 232 --+ 1 Rob None 1361 Dec 5 21:06 C

Re: 1.5.24-2: unalbe to get a core Dump file

Brian Dessent wrote: As already mentioned downthread, if you want a core dump you should simply set error_start=c:/cygwin/bin/dumper.exe, modulo dumper bugs (which should have all been fixed in the latest version.) The cvs version still doesn't work for me if I link it with the distributed bf

Re: 1.5.24 format.com hangs through ssh

Your good Dave. $ echo "y " | format.com Z: /FS:NTFS /Q /V:zlbl The type of the file system is RAW. The new file system is NTFS. WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON_REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE Z: WILL BE LOST! Proceed with Format (Y/N)? QuickFormatting 100m Creating file system structures. Format complete. 102

Re: 1.5.24-2: unalbe to get a core Dump file

El Wednesday 05 December 2007 14:11:42 Larry Hall (Cygwin) escribió: > >> I'm quite new on cygwin I'm trying to get a core dump for debug purpose > >> without success. > > > > I think currently it is not possible to get the core file. > > Actually, you can.  See: > >

Re: Bash fails on BerkeleyDB configure

Dave Korn wrote: ac_cv_sizeof_unsigned_int is defined to 4 by prior tests. Likewise, ac_cv_sizeof_unsigned_char is 1 ac_cv_sizeof_unsigned_short is 2 ac_cv_sizeof_unsigned_long is 4 ac_cv_sizeof_unsigned_long_long is 8 The test fails with "No unsigned 1-byte integral type". The script exits at t

Re: Odd behaviour of __cygwin_environ?

On Dec 4 18:17, Dave Korn wrote: > I'm trying to track down a bug where a child process doesn't inherit all the > environment variables set in its parent, so I figured I'd add a bunch of > strace debugging. I wrote this routine to dump an envp[]-style pointer-array > environment block: > [...]

Re: Odd behaviour of __cygwin_environ?

On Dec 5 15:00, Dave Korn wrote: > On 05 December 2007 12:31, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > Keep in mind that the size of the > > native environment block is restricted to 32K. > > I thought when cygexec was in effect the posix environment and commandline > were passed around-behind-the-back-of C

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: tzcode-2007h-2

Hi A new version of 'tzcode/tzdata' has been uploaded to a server near you. DESCRIPTION: The time zone package CYGWIN NEWS: * Package is now in Base category (see also: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2007-12/msg00057.html) tzcode/tzdata NEWS =

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: [Test-version] xemacs-21.5.28-2/xemacs-tags-21.5.28-2/xemacs-emacs-common-21.5.28-2

Hi A new *TEST* version of 'xemacs' has been uploaded to a server near you. DESCRIPTION: A powerful, highly customizable open source text editor and application development system CYGWIN NEWS: 21.5.28-2: * Recompiled against Berkeley DB db4.5-4.5.20 21.5.28-1:

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xemacs-21.4.21-1/xemacs-tags-21.4.21-1/xemacs-emacs-common-21.4.21-1

Hi A new version of `xemacs' has been uploaded to a server near you. DESCRIPTION: A powerful, highly customizable open source text editor and application development system CYGWIN NEWS: * Routine update XEmacs NEWS: User-Visible Bug Fixes and Improv

Re: Updated: xemacs-21.4.21-1/xemacs-tags-21.4.21-1/xemacs-emacs-common-21.4.21-1

Dr. Volker Zell wrote: Hi A new version of `xemacs' has been uploaded to a server near you. xemacs-emacs-common appears to have had xemacs added as a pre-requisite package. This dependency should be removed so that emacs users can continue to install the shared package without requiring xe

Re: Installing on a Samba share drive

Tom Leonard wrote: Hi, I created a Samba share on my Debian system, mapped it to a drive letter on my XP Home system and did a full network install of Cygwin on the root of the mapped drive. When I tried to use Cygwin to compile some programs, I found that a number of the symbolic links from

Re: Installing on a Samba share drive

On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 10:45:43PM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Tom Leonard wrote: >> Hi, >> I created a Samba share on my Debian system, mapped it to a drive letter >> on my XP Home system and did a full network install of Cygwin on the root >> of the mapped drive. When I tried to use Cy

Re: Installing on a Samba share drive

Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 10:45:43PM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Tom Leonard wrote: Hi, I created a Samba share on my Debian system, mapped it to a drive letter on my XP Home system and did a full network install of Cygwin on the root of the mapped drive. When I

Re: Installing on a Samba share drive

On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 11:38:54PM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 10:45:43PM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >>> Tom Leonard wrote: Hi, I created a Samba share on my Debian system, mapped it to a drive letter on my XP Home