Re: problem reproducing perl-Error build

Eric Blake writes: >> You need a newer Module::Build (I'm currently at 0.4205). If you build this >> version of Error you'll also find that it fails the test suite... > > Which version of Error - reproducing the 0.17019 shipped in 64-bit > cygwin, or the latest 0.17022 available upstream? The 0.1

RE: Wow, just hit RCS bug (attn: Dr Volker Zell)

As previously mentioned in http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-02/msg00678.html the failure mechanism in RCS 5.8 is described in http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-09/msg00331.html No response from Dr. Zell. RCS bug report: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?41707 So far n

Re: passwd -R

On Apr 18 10:58, Vijay K Sukthankar wrote: > > > Hi, > > I am trying to decipher how to do some of commands on a cygwin shell > remotely. I am using a Jython script to reset the Admin password and I > understand that I would have to do the following > > 1) change the password registry entry usi

RE: Wow, just hit RCS bug (attn: Dr Volker Zell)

Had a quick look at some old notes. If someone is looking for a possible code fix in RCS 5.8: try adding an fflush of the "stream" of the "fro" struct to the macro "fro_bob" in b-fro.h. Something like this perhaps: #define fro_bob(f) do { if (STDIO_P(f)) fflush((f)->stream); fro_move (f, 0)

Re: x86_64 Cygwin 1.7.29: possible bug to trace symlink (Win7)

On Apr 16 17:47, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Apr 16 03:39, 卜勇华 wrote: > > Hi Corinna, > > > Please don't top-post. Thank you. > > > > Below is what I get: > > RS-I9E3U8R4:[~/tmp/test_symlink]>uname -a > > CYGWIN_NT-6.1 RS-I9E3U8R4 1.7.29(0.272/5/3) 2014-04-07 13:46 x86_64 Cygwin > > RS-I9E3U8

windows7 stuff in w32api

Folks, there's bunch of window7 stuff (e.g. ITaskbarList3) defined in /usr/include/w32api/shobjidl.h What library or dll do I have to link against to get the impls.? thx a bunch, H -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Docume

Re: dos telnet.exe not showing up with cygwin "ls"

Christopher Faylor cygwin.com> writes: >On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 03:35:28AM +, Andy wrote: >>I'm using telnet to log in to my modem for certain actions that >>can't be done via its web interface. The thread at >>http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-08/msg00124.html indicates that >>telnet is n

Re: windows7 stuff in w32api

On 04/18/2014 03:57 PM, Hans Horn wrote: Folks, there's bunch of window7 stuff (e.g. ITaskbarList3) defined in /usr/include/w32api/shobjidl.h w32api is a freely distributable set of headers and libraries for Windows Win32 API. See a description here:

Re: dos telnet.exe not showing up with cygwin "ls"

On 04/18/2014 04:06 PM, Andy wrote: The real question (I should have emphasized this in my original post) is how a file can be invisible to cygwin, but not to Windows explorer or the DOS shell. It's a general question that goes beyond telnet. The fact that this is possible is (I think) somet

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: findutils-4.5.11-1

A new release of findutils, 4.5.12-1, is available as the current version, leaving 4.5.11-1 as previous. This is my first build for 64-bit cygwin (the previous build was provided by others while bootstrapping that environment). NEWS: = This is a new upstream release. Upstream has declared th

Re: Updated: findutils-4.5.11-1 [4.5.12-1, actually]

On 04/18/2014 03:23 PM, Eric Blake (cygwin) wrote: > A new release of findutils, 4.5.12-1, is available as the current > version, leaving 4.5.11-1 as previous. This is my first build for > 64-bit cygwin (the previous build was provided by others while > bootstrapping that environment). Oops - for

Re: core-dump, cygwin64-only in locate in 4.5.11.1

On 04/15/2014 03:32 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Apr 14 14:55, Linda Walsh wrote: >> I updated 77 cygwin pkgs Mar 19, and since have had >> problems running >> 'locate' to completion... it dumps core at what >> appears to be the end of showing files within >> 18K of the end of a 22M file. >> >>

Re: request - findutils 4.5.12

On 10/17/2013 06:50 AM, Jack Tanner wrote: > The latest findutils on Cygwin is 4.5.11, but there's a bug that keeps biting > me and that's fixed in 4.5.12. Could > Cygwin upgrade to 4.5.12? Thanks in advance. Apologies for the delays on my end, but this is d

Re: dos telnet.exe not showing up with cygwin "ls"

Larry Hall (Cygwin cygwin.com> writes: >On 04/18/2014 04:06 PM, Andy wrote: >> The real question (I should have emphasized this in my original >> post) is how a file can be invisible to cygwin, but not to Windows >> explorer or the DOS shell. It's a general question that goes >> beyond telnet. T

Re: dos telnet.exe not showing up with cygwin "ls"

On 04/18/2014 06:36 PM, Andy wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin cygwin.com> writes: On 04/18/2014 04:06 PM, Andy wrote: The real question (I should have emphasized this in my original post) is how a file can be invisible to cygwin, but not to Windows explorer or the DOS shell. It's a general question

Re: dos telnet.exe not showing up with cygwin "ls"

Larry Hall (Cygwin cygwin.com> writes: >On 04/18/2014 06:36 PM, Andy wrote: >> I'm curious about the circumstance that allows a file that is >> readable and executable by all to invisible to cygwin. Just >> something to be aware of when using cygwin, that some mechanism may >> cause some of the W