SVN mirrors and :externals

Hello there, I wonder what is the general attitude towards providing SVN mirrors for maintained packages and about using SVN for maintenance itself? In particular it would be interesting to know if SVN can simplify maintenance of cygwin packages through svn:externals mechanism? http://svnbook.red-

Emacs and Windows Vista

I've just tried to install and run cygwin emacs 21.2.13 under Windows Vista. I installed the x11 binaries and emacs lisp src along with the distribution. I start the xwin server and run emacs and it just sits in the background spinning the CPU. I've tried emacs -q, emacs-nox -q to no avail, same r

cygwin-1.7: mv appends .exe extension to .bat and .com files

With a fresh install of cygwin-1.7 on a vanilla Vista system, I see that the 'mv' command appends a .exe extension to the destination file for any source files that have a .bat or .com extensions. To reproduce: % mkdir foobar % touch foo.bat % mv foo.bat foobar % ls foobar foo.

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: syslog-ng-2.1.1-1 (and -2)

I have updated syslog-ng on cygwin.com to the latest stable release 2.1.1. The Cygwin version is built from the vanilla sources. There's a -1 release for Cygwin 1.5.25 and, for 1.7 testing folks, a IPv6-enabled -2 release. Please read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/syslog-ng.README for postinstall inform

Re: cygwin-1.7: mv appends .exe extension to .bat and .com files

* Herb Maeder (Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:27:25 -0700) > With a fresh install of cygwin-1.7 on a vanilla Vista system, I see that > the 'mv' command appends a .exe extension to the destination file for any > source files that have a .bat or .com extensions. > > To reproduce: > >% mkdir foobar >

Re: cygwin-make issue

Hi, Any ideas ? Do I need to upgrade mae ? cygwin ? I want to use the parallel make option of make. MP --- On Tue, 9/30/08, Clearcase Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Clearcase Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: cygwin-make issue > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Date: Tuesd

Re: cygwin-make issue

Clearcase Administrator wrote: > Any ideas ? Do I need to upgrade mae ? cygwin ? I want to use the parallel > make option of make. You need to re-read the replies that you already received. The error is not from make, it's from the KJxSvc program (whatever that is -- it's not part of Cygwin) wh

mingw-runtime-3.15: regression in getopt() optind ?

Chris Sutcliffe wrote: I've made a new version of the mingw-runtime available for download. For a list of changes see: http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog?rev=1.409&cvsroot=src New features in release 3.15 ... * A replacement implementati

rxvt redraw issues with Virtual Dimension virtual desktop manager

Folks: I am using windows-windows (not X) rxvt with the Virtual Dimension virtual desktop manager, and I'm seeing occasional screen redraw issues. Sometimes when I switch back to a virtual desktop that has some rxvt windows open, not all of the text that was in those windows is properly redr

Re: rxvt redraw issues with Virtual Dimension virtual desktop manager

On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, John Hardin wrote: Usually what happens is only the first dozen or so columns are redrawn, and the rest of the window is blank. {counts a few instances} *exactly* 19 columns at the left edge of the window are redrawn. The rest of the window is blank. -- John Hardin KA7O

Re: mingw-runtime-3.15: regression in getopt() optind ?

> This new getopt() sets optind to the index of the current option instead of > the next option. Thanx for the report and the test case. I've forwarded this to the MinGW developer list and I'll follow up on it. Cheers! Chris -- Chris Sutcliffe http://emergedesktop.org -- Unsubscribe info: