Re: mintty project

2015-06-01 Thread Tony Kelman
Personally I feel that a platform like sourceforge provides a more professional project environment which would provide more confidence in stable project development. What do you think? Sourceforge is awful. It's incredibly unreliable, on a project I contribute to where we deal with dozens of

Re: From Microsoft: Windows 10 Console and Cygwin

2015-06-01 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 31 11:51, Ismail Donmez wrote: > Rich Eizenhoefer wrote > > I've created a backlog item for this request so we can track the ask. It's > > possible, but would probably need to pick your brain in-depth more about > > the ask in the future. In the meantime, is it okay if I attach a copy of > >

Re: mintty project

2015-06-01 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 31 23:15, Thomas Wolff wrote: > As a contributor to mintty, some sent me a notice discussing the move to > github > (http://www.reddit.com/r/cygwin/comments/37vgwi/what_happened_to_minttys_maintainer_andy_kopp/) > and now there is already a github fork of mintty > (https://github.com/nowox/

Re: Group 544 no longer shows in output of /usr/bin/id when a shell is run as administrator

2015-06-01 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 31 22:07, GrahamC wrote: > It used to be possible to test for the presence of 544 in the bash array > GROUPS or the output of the /usr/bin/id program to determine when running as > administrator. > > Since updating to the latest version this no longer works. > > E.g. while running as adm

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: gawk-4.1.3-1

2015-06-01 Thread Corinna Vinschen
I've updated the gawk package to 4.1.3-1. This is a new upstream release. Changes from 4.1.2 to 4.1.3 --- 1. Regexp parsing with extra brackets should now be working again. There are several new tests to keep this stuff on track. 2. Updated to latest config.guess and

Re: mintty project

2015-06-01 Thread Frank Fesevur
2015-06-01 10:36 GMT+02:00 Corinna Vinschen: > On May 31 23:15, Thomas Wolff wrote: >> As a contributor to mintty, some sent me a notice discussing the move to >> github >> (http://www.reddit.com/r/cygwin/comments/37vgwi/what_happened_to_minttys_maintainer_andy_kopp/) >> and now there is already a

problem with Windows 8.1 on-screen keyboard (tablet) and Alt-Gr-Keys in mintty

2015-06-01 Thread Richard Czech
On a tablet running Windows 8.1pro I installed Cygwin 2.0.0 /64. Unfortunately I have issues using the on-screen (virtual) keyboard with Alt-Gr keys from within mintty. Example: In Germany to get to the "@" character you have to press [Alt-Gr][q]. This, however, doesn't work in mintty using

Re: cygwin on W7: stalled scp (openssh-6.8p1), lost ssh-scp-pipe data

2015-06-01 Thread Theodor . Kazhan
Hi folks, unfortunately, my issue seems to be not interesting enough to trigger someones attention... ;) Was my issue well described or do you have further questions? I'd appreciate any help leading me forward, e.g. maybe some hints in howto instrument cygwin sources to be able to further trac

How to collaborate as maintainer

2015-06-01 Thread SPC
Hello. I am not sure is this is the correct destination address for this message. Anyway I would like to know if exist any package on Cygwin needed of a maintainer by now or even others needed of some kind of collaboration in a similar basis. Gracias | Regards - Saludos | Greetings | Freundliche

Re: How to collaborate as maintainer

2015-06-01 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 6/1/2015 5:08 PM, SPC wrote: Hello. I am not sure is this is the correct destination address for this message. Anyway I would like to know if exist any package on Cygwin needed of a maintainer by now or even others needed of some kind of collaboration in a similar basis. Dear Sergio, The li

man segmentation fault

2015-06-01 Thread Roger Qiu
Hi, I just discovered recently that `man *` where * is anything results in a segmentation fault. The stackdump is: Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION at rip=0018017855D rax=766972646779632F rbx=000100418290 rcx=000600049E30 rdx= rsi=000100418280 rdi=00010041828

Re: mintty project

2015-06-01 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jun 1 16:16, Frank Fesevur wrote: > 2015-06-01 10:36 GMT+02:00 Corinna Vinschen: > > It's not so much the hosting service providing the upstream repository > > which concerns me, it's the lack of development, the lack of a responsive > > maintainer, and the lack of a new, stable mintty package.

Re: mintty project

2015-06-01 Thread Achim Gratz
Thomas Wolff writes: > I'd like to discuss what you (cygwin maintainers and others) think of > this move, whether it's good for mintty to be hosted on > github. The first thing should really be to find out what Andy Koppe thinks about this, or is there any information about his whereabouts that sa

RE: Cygwin: vim causes bash to die

2015-06-01 Thread John Marsh
Thanks for looking into this Larry. You have to run vim several times in the same terminal for the fault to occur. I launch bash from a desktop shortcut, and it appears to be using the conhost process. My bash terminal is configured with white background and black text, and vim is configured wit

Re: mintty project

2015-06-01 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jun 1 18:14, Achim Gratz wrote: > Thomas Wolff writes: > > I'd like to discuss what you (cygwin maintainers and others) think of > > this move, whether it's good for mintty to be hosted on > > github. > > The first thing should really be to find out what Andy Koppe thinks > about this, or is t

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: tcsh-6.19.00-1

2015-06-01 Thread Corinna Vinschen
I've updated the tcsh package to 6.19.00-1. This is an upstream version update. The Cygwin version is build from the vanilla upstream 6.19.00 sources as release on 2015-05-21. Peace, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer

Re: 1.17.1-4 xorg-server documentation update

2015-06-01 Thread Jon TURNEY
On 23/05/2015 22:14, Matthew Horwood wrote: I have been trying to connect to a raspberry PI over XDMCP, but have been having issues getting it to work. After looking at both the cygwin/X and raspberry PI sites, I did a search for 'lightdm connecting to xserver windows' and found a post that sugg

Re: mintty project

2015-06-01 Thread Eric Blake
On 06/01/2015 10:14 AM, Achim Gratz wrote: > Thomas Wolff writes: >> I'd like to discuss what you (cygwin maintainers and others) think of >> this move, whether it's good for mintty to be hosted on >> github. > > The first thing should really be to find out what Andy Koppe thinks > about this, or

Re: mingw64-* regression: LTO builds fail

2015-06-01 Thread Christian Franke
JonY wrote: On 5/9/2015 05:57, Christian Franke wrote: After upgrading to recent mingw64 toolchain, builds with link time optimizer fail during linking. Can you try with the upstream binutils git version? It is most likely a new regression. Sorry for the delay. Same result with a build from

RE: File permissions different inside and outside cygwin root

2015-06-01 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
Duane Ellis sent the following at Sunday, May 24, 2015 11:03 AM >(Sorry I cannot reply directly to the previous email I just subscribed >to the list, I am quoting from the list archive) >>> (from the archive - permissions inside and outside of /cygwin get messed up) > >I think this is *THE* cause o

Re: cygwin on W7: stalled scp (openssh-6.8p1), lost ssh-scp-pipe data

2015-06-01 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jun 1 17:03, theodor.kaz...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi folks, > > unfortunately, my issue seems to be not interesting enough to trigger > someones attention... ;) > > Was my issue well described or do you have further questions? I'd > appreciate any help leading me forward, e.g. maybe some hints in

Re: cygwin on W7: stalled scp (openssh-6.8p1), lost ssh-scp-pipe data

2015-06-01 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jun 1 20:53, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Jun 1 17:03, theodor.kaz...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > unfortunately, my issue seems to be not interesting enough to trigger > > someones attention... ;) > > > > Was my issue well described or do you have further questions? I'd > > apprecia

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: setup.exe (Release 2.871)

2015-06-01 Thread Warren Young
On May 31, 2015, at 4:24 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > On May 29 17:49, Steven Penny wrote: >> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>> - Improved performance in terms of SHA512 checksum computation. >> >> Thanks for this, but how was it done? > > It was embarrassingly sim

RE: From Microsoft: Windows 10 Console and Cygwin

2015-06-01 Thread Rich Eizenhoefer
This feature requires multiple moving parts from other teams at Microsoft and we have not started on it yet. We have begun planning for the first post-Windows 10 release, and within our team we have talked about how to create hidden consoles and make the console driver/API better all around. I

Re: man segmentation fault

2015-06-01 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 6/1/2015 5:39 PM, Roger Qiu wrote: Hi, I just discovered recently that `man *` where * is anything results in a segmentation fault. The stackdump is: As no one else is complaining about it, must be a local issue of your machine Everything else seems to work, and I have no idea when this

Re: man segmentation fault

2015-06-01 Thread Warren Young
On Jun 1, 2015, at 9:39 AM, Roger Qiu wrote: > > I just discovered recently that `man *` where * is anything results in a > segmentation fault. What does “echo man *” say? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

Re: man segmentation fault

2015-06-01 Thread Warren Young
On Jun 1, 2015, at 9:39 AM, Roger Qiu wrote: > > I just discovered recently that `man *` where * is anything results in a > segmentation fault. What does “echo man *” say? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

Re: File permissions different inside and outside cygwin root

2015-06-01 Thread Steven Penny
On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: > - Right click and select "Properties". > - Go to the "Security" tab. > - "Advanced". For goodness sake, do not do this. Do not break your computer because Cygwin sucks at permissions. Just read my post on noacl and live wit

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: sharutils-4.15.2-1

2015-06-01 Thread Eric Blake (cygwin)
A new release of sharutils, 4.15.2-1, has been uploaded and will soon be available at your favorite mirror. This leaves 4.15-1 as the previous build. NEWS: = This is a new upstream release. Using shar on text mounts continues to have the possibility that line endings on text files might not

Re: mintty project

2015-06-01 Thread Thomas Wolff
Am 01.06.2015 um 10:36 schrieb Corinna Vinschen: On May 31 23:15, Thomas Wolff wrote: As a contributor to mintty, some sent me a notice discussing the move to github (http://www.reddit.com/r/cygwin/comments/37vgwi/what_happened_to_minttys_maintainer_andy_kopp/) and now there is already a github