Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-30 Thread Achim Gratz
Christopher Faylor cygwin.com> writes: > I think I fixed the problem. I at least fixed *a* problem. The latest > setup.exe, now on cygwin.com has the fix that solved the issue for me. The setup.exe currently on the website shows version 2.774 in the GUI, but logs version 2.769 to the command li

pkgsrc _ access to make-bootstrap.sh denied to administrators

2012-04-30 Thread spermwhale.warrior
Hello I'm new to cygwin, in fact I am using it as a gateway to Netbsd's world the time I learn to get my laptop being recognized by the NDIS subsystem. Cygwin seems a greet software, but when bootstraping pkgsrc, I received a message that said I hadn't the permission to execute the script. But I'm

Using Linux Libraries in Windows

2012-04-30 Thread kobbike
Hi There I'm new in this area of combining Linux and Windows. I have noticed that there is tons of information about this in the internet, and I would like to know if this Cygwin tool is appropriate for my need. Well, I have to operate an external device (via USB). The vendor supplied an API f

Re: Cygwin errors after altering Windows command prompt shortcut (???)

2012-04-30 Thread Pat Tressel
> bash-4.1$ ls >   0 [main] bash 8316 child_info_fork::abort: cygreadline7.dll: Loaded to > different address: parent(0x3C) != child(0x32) > bash: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable >   0 [main] bash 7708 child_info_fork::abort: cygreadline7.dll: Loaded to > different a

RE: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-30 Thread Nellis, Kenneth
From: marco atzeri > BLODA is still a possibility, I have Symantec installed; or there is > subtle bug handling the missing files on the website > > Marco I had understood BLODA to affect Cygwin programs that rely on code in cygwin1.dll that tries to bridge the imperfect divide between the Unix

Re: gdb hanging in emacs

2012-04-30 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 29/04/2012 6:19 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 08:53:24AM -0400, Ken Brown wrote: On 4/28/2012 3:58 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to use a home-built cross-gdb to do some remote debugging over tcp, but running gdb inside emacs doesn't work. M-x gud-gdb wo

Re: Cygwin errors after altering Windows command prompt shortcut (???)

2012-04-30 Thread Pat Tressel
Just found rebaseall. After the first run (not as administrator), the error was still present, but the reported address was different. Ran it again as administrator, and after that the error went away. Odd thing is that although I ran setup last week in order to install something new, I'd been u

Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-30 Thread Earnie Boyd
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: > From: marco atzeri >> BLODA is still a possibility, I have Symantec installed; or there is >> subtle bug handling the missing files on the website >> >> Marco > > I had understood BLODA to affect Cygwin programs that rely on code > in cygwin

RE: Putting package directory in c:\Cygwin

2012-04-30 Thread James Johnston
> -Original Message- > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 23:03 > Subject: Putting package directory in c:\Cygwin > > Putting the packages directly in c:\Cygwin is ill-advised because it shows up in > the posix directory "/". It pollutes the directory with millions of package > folders. But

Re: how to deny delete

2012-04-30 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 4/27/2012 8:05 PM, pen wrote: How about locking the vnode or inode of directory? i did not any such reference but i believe it must be doable. You're thinking too much like Linux/UNIX. There is no vnode/inode in Windows. What you're trying to control is considered a feature and the prescr

Re: bad performance when opening many files on Win7

2012-04-30 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 4/27/2012 4:41 AM, Achim Gratz wrote: Achim Gratz nexgo.de> writes: The part about "groups with many members" looks oddly familiar. Incidentally I've never had enough patience for makepasswd to finish while scanning the AD... so, given that I don't think I could change all that code, I gues

Re: Using Linux Libraries in Windows

2012-04-30 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 4/30/2012 7:33 AM, kobbike wrote: Hi There I'm new in this area of combining Linux and Windows. I have noticed that there is tons of information about this in the internet, and I would like to know if this Cygwin tool is appropriate for my need. Well, I have to operate an external device (

Re: Using Red Hat digital signing on setup.exe (was Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?)

2012-04-30 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 4/28/2012 8:51 PM, Nick Lowe wrote: "I installed 2.772 on my systems as soon as it was available and I don't see any such issue using my local mirror. Did you try another mirror?" Quite, but the idea of corruption was implicit in that question. A digital signature would rule that out. No

Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 09:00:17AM +, Achim Gratz wrote: >Christopher Faylor cygwin.com> writes: >> I think I fixed the problem. I at least fixed *a* problem. The latest >> setup.exe, now on cygwin.com has the fix that solved the issue for me. > >The setup.exe currently on the website shows

Re: Using Red Hat digital signing on setup.exe (was Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?)

2012-04-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:29:27PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >On 4/28/2012 8:51 PM, Nick Lowe wrote: >> "I installed 2.772 on my systems as soon as it was available and I >> don't see any such issue using my local mirror. Did you try another >> mirror?" >> >> Quite, but the idea of corrupt

Re: how to drop administrator privileges?

2012-04-30 Thread Christian Franke
Corinna Vinschen wrote: Fixing cygdrop. $ net helpmsg 122 The data area passed to a system call is too small. A quick look into the sources shows that the maximum buffer size for the group list returned by GetTokenInformation is wrongly computed: max_groups = 100; char groups_buf[s

Re: Using Red Hat digital signing on setup.exe (was Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?)

2012-04-30 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 4/30/2012 12:34 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:29:27PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: On 4/28/2012 8:51 PM, Nick Lowe wrote: "I installed 2.772 on my systems as soon as it was available and I don't see any such issue using my local mirror. Did you try another mi

Re: Using Red Hat digital signing on setup.exe (was Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?)

2012-04-30 Thread Nick Lowe
Yeah - Sorry all for any misunderstanding on my part. I seem to remember I was in a caustic mood at the time anyway over something very unrelated! Will take care to not derail threads in the future. Regards, Nick -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: h

Re: Cygwin 1.7.14-2 setup.exe v2.772 broken?

2012-04-30 Thread Achim Gratz
Christopher Faylor writes: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 09:00:17AM +, Achim Gratz wrote: > I can't duplicate this. If I redirect stdout I get this: > > Starting cygwin install, version 2.774 > > and the log files contain the correct version too. > > Moreover, I can't find the string 2.769 in any

Re: Putting package directory in c:\Cygwin

2012-04-30 Thread Warren Young
On 4/30/2012 7:53 AM, James Johnston wrote: -Original Message- Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 23:03 Subject: Putting package directory in c:\Cygwin But what if I create a folder c:\Cygwin\LocalPkgs and stick them in there? From the 10,000 foot perspective, it certainly would be a lot

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {emacs,emacs-X11,emacs-el}-24.0.96-1 (TEST)

2012-04-30 Thread Ken Brown
Test releases of the emacs, emacs-X11, and emacs-el packages (24.0.96-1) are now available. This is a pretest for the upcoming release of emacs-24.1. Emacs users are encouraged to try it and report any problems to the cygwin mailing list. Ken Brown Cygwin emacs maintainer *** C

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {emacs,emacs-X11,emacs-el}-24.0.96-1 (TEST)

2012-04-30 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 30/04/2012 4:08 PM, Ken Brown wrote: Test releases of the emacs, emacs-X11, and emacs-el packages (24.0.96-1) are now available. This is a pretest for the upcoming release of emacs-24.1. Emacs users are encouraged to try it and report any problems to the cygwin mailing list. I'm experienc

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {emacs,emacs-X11,emacs-el}-24.0.96-1 (TEST)

2012-04-30 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 30/04/2012 8:48 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 30/04/2012 4:08 PM, Ken Brown wrote: Test releases of the emacs, emacs-X11, and emacs-el packages (24.0.96-1) are now available. This is a pretest for the upcoming release of emacs-24.1. Emacs users are encouraged to try it and report any problem

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {emacs,emacs-X11,emacs-el}-24.0.96-1 (TEST)

2012-04-30 Thread Ken Brown
On 4/30/2012 8:48 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 30/04/2012 4:08 PM, Ken Brown wrote: Test releases of the emacs, emacs-X11, and emacs-el packages (24.0.96-1) are now available. This is a pretest for the upcoming release of emacs-24.1. Emacs users are encouraged to try it and report any problems to

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {emacs,emacs-X11,emacs-el}-24.0.96-1 (TEST)

2012-04-30 Thread Ken Brown
On 4/30/2012 9:07 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 30/04/2012 8:48 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 30/04/2012 4:08 PM, Ken Brown wrote: Test releases of the emacs, emacs-X11, and emacs-el packages (24.0.96-1) are now available. This is a pretest for the upcoming release of emacs-24.1. Emacs users are enc

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {emacs,emacs-X11,emacs-el}-24.0.96-1 (TEST)

2012-04-30 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 30/04/2012 10:08 PM, Ken Brown wrote: On 4/30/2012 9:07 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 30/04/2012 8:48 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 30/04/2012 4:08 PM, Ken Brown wrote: Test releases of the emacs, emacs-X11, and emacs-el packages (24.0.96-1) are now available. This is a pretest for the upcoming r