1. I downloaded the new version of base-files (2.0-2) today. I note that the
new config files now go into the /etc/defaults directory, which is a good
idea! Although it does have one disadvantage - if there are problems in
the new files, many existing users won't see them.
Unfortunately, I did
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:23:06 -0400
> From: Larry Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Dr.D.J.Picton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: Re: Various shell problems
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> > 2. SHELL environment variable problem.
> >For
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:23:06 -0400
> From: Larry Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Dr.D.J.Picton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 10:18:56 +0100
> Subject: RE: Various shell problems
> > From: Dr.D.J.Picton
> Hi :)
> Thanks for the feedback,
[snip]
> > Unfortunately, I did notice problems with /etc/profile:
&g
> From: Christopher Faylor
> To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:47:30 -0400
> Subject: Re: Various shell problems
> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 07:37:35PM +0100, Dr.D.J.Picton wrote:
[snip]
> > I
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Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:11:31 +0100 (BST)
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> From: Elfyn McBratney
> To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 06:01:54 +0100
> Subject: Re: Map Backspace to ASCII DEL?
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> Ian Brandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I've searched through the mailing li
> From: Ian Brandt
> To: Cygwin
> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:16:44 -0400
> Subject: Re: Map Backspace to ASCII DEL?
> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Dr.D.J.Picton wrote:
>[snip]
>I think that rxvt has the functionality which you require. For exam
>On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 06:17:08PM -0500, Brian Ford wrote:
>>#!/bin/bash
>>
>>FOO=`cypath -S`
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>>but using #!/bin/sh doesn't. likewise, strace hangs here:
>>#!/bin/bash
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>>FOO=`strace -o /tmp/cygpath.strace cypath -S`
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>>but not using #!/bin/sh.
>>
>>Neither hang if setup is launched from
>From: Larry Hall
>To: Matthew Hilty , cygwin at cygwin dot com
>Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:53:46 -0400
>Subject: Re: SSH connection close when _any_ user logs out of W2K
>Reply-to: Cygwin List
>At 05:23 PM 9/30/2003, Matthew Hilty you wrote:
>>Hello,
>>I've notic
> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 15:08:25 +0100 (BST)
> From: "Dr.D.J.Picton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: SSH connection close when _any_ user logs out of W2K
> >From: Larry Hall
> >To: Matthew Hilty , cygwin at cygwin dot com
> >Date: Tue,
> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:38:29 +0100 (BST)
> From: "Dr.D.J.Picton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: SSH connection close when _any_ user logs out of W2K
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> From: "G. Oto"
> To: cygwin at cygwin dot com, cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com
> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 16:04:38 +0900 (JST)
> Subject: Cygwin setup stopped @99%
> I followed the instructions on www.cygwin.com on how to install the current
> Cygwin, downloaded the setup.exe and ra
> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 15:51:24 +0100 (BST)
> From: "Dr.D.J.Picton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Cygwin setup stopped @99%
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> To complete the install
I have noticed an oddity in the behaviour of the cp command. It gives
an incorrect error message when I try to copy an .exe file but refer to it
without the .exe suffix:
cp calc /usr/local/bin/calc.new
This produces the incorrect message:
cp: calc and /usr/local/bin/calc.new are the same file.
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