1.5.24-2 Problem with cpp and mixed unicode/ansi source files

2010-04-30 Thread Davis, Jason
We use cygwin's cpp.exe (gcc, I guess) to pre-process .rc files before they get converted into compiled resource files. In our source tree there's a file foo.rc, which is 8-bit ansi, which declares some stuff and then has the following lines: #if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_

Re: Cygwin slow on x64 systems

2010-04-30 Thread Edward Lam
NightStrike wrote: Port cygwin to win64 via mingw-w64 :) :) I'm not convinced that this will help. As mentioned already, there was a very specific change between cygwin releases that resulted in the slow down. It would be more helpful if someone actually compared the source, ran some profile

Re: Cygwin slow on x64 systems

2010-04-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 09:22:58AM -0400, Edward Lam wrote: >NightStrike wrote: >> Port cygwin to win64 via mingw-w64 :) :) > >I'm not convinced that this will help. As mentioned already, there was a >very specific change between cygwin releases that resulted in the slow >down. It would be more h

Re: backspace does not work correctly on cygwin command prompt, its adding space in front of the character.

2010-04-30 Thread Dave Korn
On 30/04/2010 08:14, Sameer khan wrote: > Hi, > > I installed cygwin 1.7.5-1. on my windows-xp desktop. > On cygwin command prompt, backspace is not working. > I tried following , but none of these worked > stty erase ^H > stty erase ^h > stty erase ^? > > backspace either adds extra space in f

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package (experimental): python-2.6.5-1

2010-04-30 Thread Jason Tishler
*** Attention Cygwin Python module package maintainers *** *** Cygwin is migrating from Python 2.5 to 2.6... *** New News: === I have released Cygwin Python 2.6.5-1 as experimental. The tarballs should be available on a Cygwin mirror near you shortly. The main purpose of this release i

Re: 1.7: svn/bash can't find $EDITOR after 1.7 upgrade

2010-04-30 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Apr 30 13:29, Bill Ross wrote: > Svn was working ok just before I upgraded to 1.7, e.g. 'svn status' showed > paths in unix form (forward slashes), and on commit vi opened ok. > Now svn status shows paths with backslashes: > > M   test\xls\qa1\ZonePos.xls > > And on commit: > > -bash-3.2

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: makeself-2.1.5-3

2010-04-30 Thread d . sastre . medina
Version 2.1.5-3 of "makeself" has been uploaded. Changelog of this revision: -Executable files have had their .sh extensions stripped. -makeself-header moved out of /usr/bin into /usr/share/makeself. -makeself-2.1.5-3.cygport file modified accordingly. -Added postinstall.sh to clean up in cas

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: mksh-39c-1

2010-04-30 Thread Chris Sutcliffe
Version 39c-1 of "mksh" has been uploaded. MirBSD Korn Shell (mksh) is an actively developed free implementation of the Korn Shell programming language and a successor to the Public Domain Korn Shell (pdksh). Please report any issues to the Cygwin mailing list (cygwin@cygwin.com).

RE: 1.7: svn/bash can't find $EDITOR after 1.7 upgrade

2010-04-30 Thread Bill Ross
Thanks! Bill -Original Message- From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:41 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.7: svn/bash can't find $EDITOR after 1.7 upgrade On Apr 30 13:29, Bill Ross wrote: > Svn

Minor patch to /etc/profile

2010-04-30 Thread Chris Sutcliffe
The PS1 definition for ksh in /etc/profile uses the literal ascii characters '^[' for the escape sequence as opposed to the single byte escape control code. The attached patch corrects that as well as HOSTNAME not being set correctly (at least for mksh). Finally, would it be appropriate to extend

1.7.5: sshd environment variables

2010-04-30 Thread Vincent Pelletier
Hi. I've just installed cygwin on winxp, for some wine comparative testing. To make it easier for me, I installed ssh package and started sshd service so I could do as much as possible from my main Linux box. But I noticed the following difference: - on a windows cygwin term: $ cmd /c echo "%P

Re: Minor patch to /etc/profile

2010-04-30 Thread John Morrison
Hi Chris, I'm anticipating to have several hours to do these (and other) changes in the next week or so. Regards, John. On Sat, May 1, 2010 4:25 am, Chris Sutcliffe wrote: > The PS1 definition for ksh in /etc/profile uses the literal ascii > characters '^[' for the escape sequence as opposed to