Test entry for rxvt in setup.ini older than current release

2007-12-12 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
Hi The entry for rxvt in setup.ini looks suspicious: The test version is older then current, so it should be removed. @ rxvt sdesc: "VT102 terminal emulator for both X and Windows" ldesc: "rxvt is a colour vt102 terminal emulator intended as an xterm replacement for users who do not require featu

tcp_wrappers-7.6-2 in test category should be moved to current

2007-12-12 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
Hi I think tcp_wrappers-7.6-2 can be moved out of test category. According the README: Port Notes: 7.6-2: Simply moved documents to /usr/share per FHS. Although the man pages under /usr/man/ are still not FHS compliant. Ciao Volker -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubs

Re: get cygpath to leave relative paths as relative?

2007-12-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 11 21:25, Brent wrote: > Corinna wrote: > > >This is not always possible when converting POSIX paths to Win32 paths > >for a couple of reasons. One reason is that a relative path might > >contain symlinks, another one is that a path containing .. could cross > >mount points. To recognize

Re: Cygwin setup hangs in postinstall

2007-12-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 12 09:48, Wernke zur Borg wrote: > > The Cygwin Setup 2.573.2.2 hangs in the postinstall script > /etc/postinstall/00bash.sh. > > I found reports about such failures from 2003 but not recent ones. > > I should also add that I had installed and completely removed an earlier > version of C

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: [experimental] cygwin-1.5.25-6

2007-12-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
I've uploaded another test version of the Cygwin DLL and its utilities, version 1.5.25-6. It contains all fixes related to what cropped up since the release of 1.5.25-5 on Sunday. Changes since version 1.5.25-5: - tzset is now thread safe. - Fix a problem with spurious memory allocation failure

Re: tcp_wrappers-7.6-2 in test category should be moved to current

2007-12-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 12 11:16, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: > Hi > > I think tcp_wrappers-7.6-2 can be moved out of test category. According > the README: Done so. I just removed the curr: and test: markers from its setup.hint file. > Port Notes: > > 7.6-2: > Simply moved documents to /usr/share per FHS. > >

Re: Problems with PostgreSQL 8

2007-12-12 Thread cappellano
Hi there! > But I wonder if this will work, because your real problem seems to be > the missing IPC > support with your failing cygserver. This is not related to postgresql at all. > IPC is, in theory, installed. But everytime I run it I have a gpf error. So I don't lnow if it is running or not.

RE: Cygwin setup hangs in postinstall

2007-12-12 Thread Wernke zur Borg
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 12 December 2007 12:01 > Subject: Re: Cygwin setup hangs in postinstall > > On Dec 12 09:48, Wernke zur Borg wrote: > > > > The Cygwin Setup 2.573.2.2 hangs in the postinstall script > > /etc/postinstall/00bash.sh. > > > > I found

RE: Problems with PostgreSQL 8

2007-12-12 Thread Dave Korn
On 12 December 2007 12:17, cappellano wrote: > Hi there! > >> But I wonder if this will work, because your real problem seems to be >> the missing IPC >> support with your failing cygserver. This is not related to postgresql at >> all. >> > > IPC is, in theory, installed. But everytime I run i

Re: Almost nothing works for me in Cygwin 1.5.24-2

2007-12-12 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Rob Larkins wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I removed everything but "C:\Program Files\cygwin" from my PATH and I reinstalled Cygwin twice, from separate mirrors... Still getting the same errors. Your cygcheck output points at ZoneAlarm as a potential conflict. I'd re

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: perl-Error-0.17010-1

2007-12-12 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A new package, perl-Error-0.17010-1, is now available for use. NEWS: = This is a new package, providing the Error module for perl. See also /usr/share/doc/perl-Error-0.17010/. DESCRIPTION: perl-Error provides a perl module for error

Re: Test entry for rxvt in setup.ini older than current release

2007-12-12 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Dr. Volker Zell on 12/12/2007 2:47 AM: > Hi > > The entry for rxvt in setup.ini looks suspicious: > The test version is older then current, so it should be removed. I deleted the test: line, but not any of the files, in case Charles want

Re: Wish Setup would accept my Perl

2007-12-12 Thread Michael Kairys
"Tim Prince" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Is it correct that Cygwin Perl/Tk requires a running X server? That is one of the stranger assertions to pass by here in a while. More so than the (OT, as there is that other list) complaint that installing X from cyg

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: perl-Module-Build-0.2808-1

2007-12-12 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A new package, perl-Module-Build-0.2808-1, is now available for use. NEWS: = This is a new package, providing the Module-Build module for perl. The current build is self-contained, since I built it without the optional dependencies on YAML, ExtUt

Stop turning CPAN modules into Cygwin packages

2007-12-12 Thread Jerry D. Hedden
Eric Blake wrote: > A new package, perl-Error-0.17010-1, is now available for use. > > NEWS: > = > This is a new package, providing the Error module for perl. What is the point of making this a Cygwin package? There are no Cygwin specific changes, and it it can be installed directly from CPAN

Re: Updated: [experimental] cygwin-1.5.25-6

2007-12-12 Thread Jerry D. Hedden
Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Changes since version 1.5.25-5: > > - tzset is now thread safe. This appears to have fixed the problem I reported. Thanks. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: ht

Re: Stop turning CPAN modules into Cygwin packages

2007-12-12 Thread Jerry D. Hedden
Eric Blake wrote: > A new package, perl-Error-0.17010-1, is now available for use. Jerry D. Hedden wrote: > What is the point of making this a Cygwin package? Brian Mathis wrote: > Because when you package something using a distro's > packaging system, you can start to have other programs > that

Re: Stop turning CPAN modules into Cygwin packages

2007-12-12 Thread Brian Mathis
On Dec 12, 2007 10:04 AM, Jerry D. Hedden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric Blake wrote: > > A new package, perl-Error-0.17010-1, is now available for use. > > > > NEWS: > > = > > This is a new package, providing the Error module for perl. > > What is the point of making this a Cygwin package?

RE: Stop turning CPAN modules into Cygwin packages

2007-12-12 Thread Dave Korn
On 12 December 2007 15:31, Jerry D. Hedden wrote: > What is the justification for these 5 modules? > perl-Error "Required by git". http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2007-12/msg00094.html > perl-ExtUtils-Depends > perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig "buildtime-only requirement for the Perl GNO

Re: Stop turning CPAN modules into Cygwin packages

2007-12-12 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Jerry D. Hedden wrote: > Eric Blake wrote: > > A new package, perl-Error-0.17010-1, is now available for use. > > > > NEWS: > > = > > This is a new package, providing the Error module for perl. > > What is the point of making this a Cygwin package? There > are no Cygwin s

Intermittent problems on Vista (was: tetex on Vista)

2007-12-12 Thread Marc Girod
Hi, Dave Korn wrote: > > On 04 December 2007 13:18, Wilfried wrote: > ... >> I also observed this, even with UAC (User Account Control) deactivated. > ... > Is it possible that the same thing is happening as a result of running > setup.exe as an admin user under vista but running cygwin itsel

Re: Intermittent problems on Vista (was: tetex on Vista)

2007-12-12 Thread Marc Girod
Hi again, I reported that startx worked fine,... Marc Girod wrote: > > Now, my startx suddenly succeeded twice in a row. > ...but emacs started within it does not: I cannot start a 'shell'. >From the *Messages* buffer: Source file `/usr/share/emacs/21.2/lisp/comint.el' newer than byte-compile

Re: Stop turning CPAN modules into Cygwin packages

2007-12-12 Thread Eric Blake
Jerry D. Hedden cpan.org> writes: > > > > perl-Error > > > > "Required by git". > > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2007-12/msg00094.html > > This needs to be updated in git's 'requires' section in setup.ini. It already has been. It's just that the mirrors haven't caught up yet. -- E

Re: Stop turning CPAN modules into Cygwin packages

2007-12-12 Thread Jerry D. Hedden
> > perl-Error > > "Required by git". > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2007-12/msg00094.html This needs to be updated in git's 'requires' section in setup.ini. > > perl-ExtUtils-Depends > > perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig > > "buildtime-only requirement for the Perl GNOME bindings" > htt

Re: Stop turning CPAN modules into Cygwin packages

2007-12-12 Thread Archie Warnock
Igor Peshansky wrote: > BTW, this problem must have been encountered (and, hopefully, solved) by > other distros. How does the Debian git package handle this? I seem to > recall that at least Red Hat Linux at some point had packages for some > CPAN modules... I don't know how they solve dependen

Re: Stop turning CPAN modules into Cygwin packages

2007-12-12 Thread Svend Sorensen
On Dec 12, 2007 7:46 AM, Igor Peshansky wrote: > BTW, this problem must have been encountered (and, hopefully, solved) by > other distros. How does the Debian git package handle this? Debian packages many CPAN modules. (My Etch system shows 1106 lib*-perl packages available.) The Debian git pack

Re: Stop turning CPAN modules into Cygwin packages

2007-12-12 Thread Brian Mathis
On Dec 12, 2007 11:43 AM, Archie Warnock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Igor Peshansky wrote: > > BTW, this problem must have been encountered (and, hopefully, solved) by > > other distros. How does the Debian git package handle this? I seem to > > recall that at least Red Hat Linux at some point h

Re: Problems with PostgreSQL 8

2007-12-12 Thread cappellano
> > Say, you *do* have CYGWIN=server set in your environment variables, don't > you? Yes, I *do*. > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygserver.html#use-cygserver > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html > any case, I will remove everything from cygwin and try again. cheers

emacs shell (was: Intermittent problems on Vista)

2007-12-12 Thread Marc Girod
Hi again, Still not clear about whether this is just a symptom of a known and generic problem with Vista... Marc Girod wrote: > > From the *Messages* buffer: > > Source file `/usr/share/emacs/21.2/lisp/comint.el' newer than > byte-compiled file > Loading shell (compiled; note, source file is

Control-C not working?

2007-12-12 Thread Paul Sterk
Hi, I am a cygwin newbie. I installed it this past August. The version on the installer is '2.573.2.2'. My problem is the Control-C does not kill a running process. Why is that? Is there a way to enable this? Thanks, Paul btw - I searched the archives on this, but did not find a solut

RE: Control-C not working?

2007-12-12 Thread Dave Korn
On 12 December 2007 18:16, Paul Sterk wrote: > Hi, > > I am a cygwin newbie. I installed it this past August. The version on > the installer is '2.573.2.2'. That's the version of the installer; unless reporting a bug in the installer, it's not useful, as it doesn't tell you anything about t

RE: Not yet supported (was: emacs shell)

2007-12-12 Thread Dave Korn
On 12 December 2007 18:40, Marc Girod wrote: >> And the error in the terminal from where emacs was started is (several >> times each code, as if at random, with different address ranges): >> >> 379530601 [main] emacs 4964 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed, >> 0x33B000..0x33B440, done

Not yet supported (was: emacs shell)

2007-12-12 Thread Marc Girod
Hi... Marc Girod wrote: > > And the error in the terminal from where emacs was started is (several > times each code, as if at random, with different address ranges): > > 379530601 [main] emacs 4964 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed, > 0x33B000..0x33B440, done 0, windows pid 4080,

Re: Not yet supported

2007-12-12 Thread Ken Brown
On 12/12/2007 2:37 PM, Marc Girod wrote: After this, startx started at least twice in a row, but emacs didn't show up. I.e. started, but no window!... This is an old problem. You have to reinstall libncurses7 to get emacs back. See http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2006-10/msg00540.html

RE: Not yet supported (was: emacs shell)

2007-12-12 Thread Marc Girod
Thanks... Dave Korn wrote: > > Good. The next things to try would be running a rebaseall[*], and > checking > the BLODA[**]. > rebaseall ran without any output. The only BLODA I can recognize is McAfee anti-virus. There is an integrated WebCam on the laptop, but no Logitech labelled proces

emacs (was: Not yet supported)

2007-12-12 Thread Marc Girod
Hi Ken, Ken Brown-6 wrote: > > This is an old problem. You have to reinstall libncurses7 to get emacs > back. See > > http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2006-10/msg00540.html > Indeed. And my shell started in emacs too... Gee... but I am short of problems! Thanks! Marc -- View this mes

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shell-file-name (was: emacs)

2007-12-12 Thread Marc Girod
Hi, Marc Girod wrote: > > And my shell started in emacs too... > Gee... but I am short of problems! > Maybe I can contribute something... The default value of shell-explicit-shell-file-name in emacs is /bin/sh, not /usr/bin/bash with the result that aliases do not work (because even if HOME i

Re: Cygwin setup hangs in postinstall

2007-12-12 Thread Jeff
As seen from lists.cygwin, on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:38:36 +0100, "Wernke zur Borg" wrote: (Corinna wrote:) >> Please don't send unsolicited strace output. Did you notice how big >> your mail is? > >Yes, I noticed it and I conciously decided to send it to prevent >responses asking for decent eviden

Re: Stop turning CPAN modules into Cygwin packages

2007-12-12 Thread Robert Pendell
Brian Mathis wrote: On Dec 12, 2007 11:43 AM, Archie Warnock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Igor Peshansky wrote: BTW, this problem must have been encountered (and, hopefully, solved) by other distros. How does the Debian git package handle this? I seem to recall that at least Red Hat Linux at so

Re: Updated: [experimental] cygwin-1.5.25-6

2007-12-12 Thread Cary R.
GTG from my point of view. The results from 1.5.25-6 match my patched version. Cary Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/

Re: Not yet supported [Attn emacs maintainer]

2007-12-12 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Ken Brown on 12/12/2007 12:44 PM: > > This is an old problem. You have to reinstall libncurses7 to get emacs > back. See > >http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2006-10/msg00540.html So, is emacs 22.1 ever going to be promoted to curre

Re: Stop turning CPAN modules into Cygwin packages

2007-12-12 Thread Reini Urban
2007/12/12, Igor Peshansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Jerry D. Hedden wrote: > > > Eric Blake wrote: > > > A new package, perl-Error-0.17010-1, is now available for use. > > > > > > NEWS: > > > = > > > This is a new package, providing the Error module for perl. > > > > What is

Re: Stop turning CPAN modules into Cygwin packages

2007-12-12 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Reini Urban on 12/12/2007 6:32 PM: > I hope Eric put it into vendor_perl, so there will no conflict when > doing cpan -i Error > Otherwise it's ok for me if some minor perl module is an external > dependency. Yes - cygport automatically p

Re: Test entry for rxvt in setup.ini older than current release

2007-12-12 Thread Charles Wilson
Eric Blake wrote: I deleted the test: line, but not any of the files, in case Charles wants a newer version than -4 to appear as the prev: entry. Thanks Eric. I've removed the -5 and -6 versions; -4 should remain prev: for now. ('Course, when I collect up enough tuits, I need to fix/revert/a

Re: Not yet supported [Attn emacs maintainer]

2007-12-12 Thread Ken Brown
On 12/12/2007 8:23 PM, Eric Blake wrote: So, is emacs 22.1 ever going to be promoted to current? Unfortunately, there are serious problems with the (experimental) emacs 22.1 package, as I and at least one other person reported last July when it was released. See especially http://c

Re: Not yet supported [Attn emacs maintainer]

2007-12-12 Thread NE
Dear All, I am trying to use xemacs. After installation of cygwin, I used once but later it doesn't work. it gives this error: "temacs can only be run in -batch mode" what do you suggest? thanks regards -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: ht

Re: Stop turning CPAN modules into Cygwin packages

2007-12-12 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin Ports)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Igor Peshansky wrote: > FWIW, some of these modules might be worth packaging as part of the Cygwin > Perl package (in vendor_perl), rather than as separate packages. Actually, I wish that we would NOT be doing this. Separate modules should be packa

missing 'which' documentation

2007-12-12 Thread Lee D. Rothstein
Does anybody know or care that there is an option -- '-a' -- for 'which' -- that is not documented on Cygwin. That is, there is no internal help, and there is no 'man' or 'info' page provided by Cygwin install. If anybody wants this, I will find or create the 'man' page and make it cover '-a', and

Automatic Updates

2007-12-12 Thread Terry Bailey
Hi, I am running cygwin on Windows 2003. After there is an automatic update by Windows, it takes about 15 to 20 minutes before access is available to the Apache site over The Internet. This is true even though if do you a ps -ef, you see multiple copies of Apache running. Note that ssh work

xemacs does not work

2007-12-12 Thread NE
Dear All, I am trying to use xemacs. After installation of cygwin, I used once but later it doesn't work. it gives this error: "temacs can only be run in -batch mode" what do you suggest? thanks regards -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: ht

RE: Almost nothing works for me in Cygwin 1.5.24-2

2007-12-12 Thread Rob Larkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > Your cygcheck output points at ZoneAlarm as a potential conflict. I did what you said and uninstalled Zonealarm. I tried Cygwin again and got the same errors. However suspecting that the problem might have something to do with my other security so

Re: missing 'which' documentation

2007-12-12 Thread Marco Atzeri
--- "Lee D. Rothstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > Does anybody know or care that there is an option -- > '-a' -- for 'which' -- that is not documented on > Cygwin. That is, there is no internal help, and > there > is no 'man' or 'info' page provided by Cygwin > install. my "info which" sa