Segfault in MAP_NORESERVE mmap above ~4GB

2016-05-12 Thread Erik Bray
Hi all, This issue pertains to Cygwin 64-bit. The following example program demonstrates the issue: $ cat mmap_test.c #include #include #include #define VSIZE 0x11000 #define SIZE 0x1000 void foo() { void *top, *bot, *c; c = mmap(NULL, VSIZE, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,

Is there a partitioning toll and file system tool in cygwin?

2016-05-12 Thread Peder Sverdrup
Hi, I run cygwin on Win10 64-bit. I would like to format an external harddrive with ext3. (And then do a backup of my windows file with my rsync script to the external harddrive.) Problem I have is that I do not find any partitioning or file system tool in cygwin. For instance - I can not find f

Re: Is there a partitioning toll and file system tool in cygwin?

2016-05-12 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 12/05/2016 16:16, Peder Sverdrup wrote: Hi, I run cygwin on Win10 64-bit. I would like to format an external harddrive with ext3. (And then do a backup of my windows file with my rsync script to the external harddrive.) Problem I have is that I do not find any partitioning or file system t

system lags and dysfunctional after cygwin update

2016-05-12 Thread Ben Altman
I have been ksh scripting using cygwin for many years over multiple Windows versions (currently 7 and 10) without any issues. I have been using the same version of ksh for a while and in an attempt to compile a more recent version did an update of cygwin whilst I was getting bison which has had

Re: system lags and dysfunctional after cygwin update

2016-05-12 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 12/05/2016 16:35, Ben Altman wrote: Another thing that happens is that Internet Explorer stops working - it loads unresponsive and then crashes. Chrome loads but won't reach any website. Firefox works but will become unresponsive frequently. Rebooting fixes the issue until I do something in

Re: Is there a partitioning toll and file system tool in cygwin?

2016-05-12 Thread Warren Young
On May 12, 2016, at 8:16 AM, Peder Sverdrup wrote: > > I would like to format an external harddrive with ext3. Marco’s answer will get you that far. However… > (And then do a backup of my windows file with my rsync script to the external > harddrive.) …the e2fsprogs package isn’t going to ge

Re: system lags and dysfunctional after cygwin update

2016-05-12 Thread Ben Altman
On 5/12/2016 10:44 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote: On 12/05/2016 16:35, Ben Altman wrote: Another thing that happens is that Internet Explorer stops working - it loads unresponsive and then crashes. Chrome loads but won't reach any website. Firefox works but will become unresponsive frequently. Reboot

Re: system lags and dysfunctional after cygwin update

2016-05-12 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 12/05/2016 16:56, Ben Altman wrote: On 5/12/2016 10:44 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote: On 12/05/2016 16:35, Ben Altman wrote: Another thing that happens is that Internet Explorer stops working - it loads unresponsive and then crashes. Chrome loads but won't reach any website. Firefox works but w

Re: system lags and dysfunctional after cygwin update

2016-05-12 Thread Warren Young
On May 12, 2016, at 8:35 AM, Ben Altman wrote: > > I have been using the same version of ksh for a while Be specific. *Which* version? I can see from your cygcheck.out that you aren’t talking about mksh, the only ksh that ships with Cygwin. Therefore, I assume you mean AT&T ksh93. Which ve

Re: cp: skipping file 'file', as it was replaced while being copied

2016-05-12 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 7:46 PM, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Kenneth Wolcott > wrote: >> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) >> wrote: >>> On 05/11/2016 08:14 PM, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: Hi; cp: skipping file 'file', as it was

Re: System shutdown messages

2016-05-12 Thread Ken Brown
On 5/9/2016 1:20 PM, Jon Turney wrote: On 09/05/2016 14:35, Ken Brown wrote: A Cygwin emacs user has asked (http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=23483) whether emacs can auto-save files when he shuts down Windows from the Start Menu. Is there a way for a Cygwin process to listen for Win

Re: Is there a partitioning toll and file system tool in cygwin?

2016-05-12 Thread Erik Soderquist
On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Warren Young wrote: > > (And then do a backup of my windows file with my rsync script to the > > external harddrive.) > > …the e2fsprogs package isn’t going to get you a Windows kernel driver for > ext3 filesystems, so you aren’t going to be able to mount the for

[ANNOUNCEMENT] pcre2 10.21-1

2016-05-12 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution: * pcre2-10.21-1 * libpcre2_8_0-10.21-1 * libpcre2_16_0-10.21-1 * libpcre2_32_0-10.21-1 * libpcre2-posix0-10.21-1 * libpcre2-devel-10.21-1 * libpcre2-doc-10.21-1 * mingw64-i686-pcre2-10.21-1 * mingw64-x86_64-pcre2-10.21-1 The PC

Re: system lags and dysfunctional after cygwin update

2016-05-12 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Ben Altman! > On 5/12/2016 10:44 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote: >> On 12/05/2016 16:35, Ben Altman wrote: >> >> Another thing that happens is that >>> Internet Explorer stops working - it loads unresponsive and then >>> crashes. Chrome loads but won't reach any website. Firefox works but >>>

Re: system lags and dysfunctional after cygwin update

2016-05-12 Thread Ben Altman
On 5/12/2016 10:07 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: Greetings, Ben Altman! On 5/12/2016 10:44 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote: On 12/05/2016 16:35, Ben Altman wrote: Another thing that happens is that Internet Explorer stops working - it loads unresponsive and then crashes. Chrome loads but won't reach any

[ANNOUNCEMENT] tack 1.07-20150606-1

2016-05-12 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution: * tack-1.07-20150606-1 The tack program is a diagnostic that is designed to create and verify the correctness of terminfo's. This program can be used to create new terminal descriptions that are not included in the standard