-mcmodel=large/Custom Compilation Options

2018-07-30 Thread R0b0t1
In a small corner of the internet I found this "bug:" https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46125. How do I recompile what I need with -mcmodel large? I can build them all myself, but I hope there is something else that can be done. Cheers, R0b0t1 -- Problem reports:

Re: Problem with installing Cygwin/X on Windows 10 PC: no icon created

2018-08-02 Thread R0b0t1
th no warning, but I am not sure if that is it or if Cygwin's X11 is broken. I had to use Xming with DISPLAY=localhost:0.0. In restrospect Xming is likely the reason Cygwin's DISPLAY defaults to "ocalhost:0.0." Cheers, R0b0t1 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/proble

Re: Cygwin's ACL handling is NOT interoperable with Windows

2018-08-06 Thread R0b0t1
On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 10:49 AM, Brian Inglis wrote: > > Please feel free to provide, using your superior understanding, a detailed > spec > for how POSIX ACLs and permissions should be implemented using Windows ACLs > while maintaining "canonical" ACL order. Or at the very least can another exp

Re: Distributing program compiled with gcc on Cygwin to Windows users

2018-10-14 Thread R0b0t1
wever I usually only do this for very simple programs that do not have many dependencies. With complicated dependency chains it is possible to get to a place where library X or Y *demands* dynamic loading and you are left trying to gather the libraries. To gather the libraries you can

Re: mintty slow refresh rate over RDP

2018-11-27 Thread R0b0t1
es rather than image updates, less frequent image updates, or used some > terminal display optimizations developed over the decades since glass ttys > were > replaced by term emulators. > More recent RDP sessions should fix this. They do not send GDI calls and instead capture the scre

MinTTY Shortcut Nonfunctional, Unable to Launch Shell

2018-02-24 Thread R0b0t1
c google-chrome bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec okular bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec xzcat bash-4.4$ logout R0b0t1@DESKTOP-ID ~ $ If I launch mintty from PowerShell, the window appears without incident, however the PATH is not set properly. I found this post (https://groups.google.com/f

Re: OPT OUT

2018-02-27 Thread R0b0t1
You can't opt out. You're stuck here, forever, with your internet friends. On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 12:12 AM, Liam Black wrote: > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > U

Re: question about running a linux-compat java prog under cygwin

2018-02-28 Thread R0b0t1
hey likely targetted both, or you may be able to compile the necessary shared object under Cygwin. Java for UI across systems is a good trick. Program the part that matters, but has no GUI, in something else that you can compile for the systems you need to support. Cheers, R0b0t1 -- Probl

Re: mirror no longer listed

2018-03-08 Thread R0b0t1
older. > > No need for rename. > The question seemed to be geared towards avoiding redownloading files, but I am not sure this would ever come into play. Reinstallation of a package, perhaps? Cheers, R0b0t1 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

Re: sshd interaction with desktop not working

2018-03-17 Thread R0b0t1
op is that the session containing it must stay open. There is no way to create sessions besides interacting with Terminal Services, e.g. RDP. If you need to interact with OS objects in a meaningful way you will likely not be able to use Cygwin's bundled OpenSSH. Cheers, R0b0t1 -- Problem

Re: sshd interaction with desktop not working

2018-03-18 Thread R0b0t1
o get this feature working in OpenSSH, see: 1) https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/issues/996 2) https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/issues/998 There is a comment in the latter where I mention SetTokenInformation, which would allow OpenSSH to duplicate the functionality of PsExec

Re: GitForWindows vs. Cygwin

2018-03-22 Thread R0b0t1
dling MSYS[2] is more popular, from memory). These old tools will cause problems if you try to run autotools for a native project from within Cygwin. Other distributions, like the Haskell Stack, have the same problem. If you install MSYS2 and Cygwin and both are in your path but you keep both

Re: failure notice

2018-04-13 Thread R0b0t1
On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 10:51 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: > On 2018-04-13 21:10, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 8:36 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 7:51 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Apr 12 23:01, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >> Hi Everyone, >>

Unable to Accept TCP Connection

2018-04-21 Thread R0b0t1
); state.cfd = accept(state.sfd, (struct sockaddr *)&state.caddr, &state.clen); if (state.cfd < 0) { perror("accept"); exit(1); } printf("Hello, world!\n"); The program was allowed through the Windows firewall. Any hints? Attempting to connect with netcat

Re: Unable to Accept TCP Connection

2018-04-21 Thread R0b0t1
On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 6:20 PM, Mark Geisert wrote: > R0b0t1 wrote: >> >> The following never prints "Hello, world!" >> >> >> struct sboot_state { >> struct sockaddr_in haddr; >> struct sockaddr caddr; >&

Re: Cygwin Statistics and curiosity

2018-05-01 Thread R0b0t1
On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 7:49 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote: > Hi, > following a unpleasant discussion about cygwin usability > https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2018-04/msg00364.html > I wondered how many users cygwin have. > Younger people seem to prefer MSYS due to its use of pacman. Admittedly, it is very

Re: How portable (relocatable) is a Cygwin installation?

2018-05-09 Thread R0b0t1
a set of Unix-like utilities and add them to PATH things will break in hard to diagnose ways (usually related to very old bundled utilities, but this is not usually immediately obvious). The main danger with the reuse of Cygwin installations is that your user ID on one machine will not match the user

Spam On List

2018-05-18 Thread R0b0t1
Ideally everyone would have a filter set up that is capable of binning the spam automatically. Some may not. Is there any chance of running something listserv side? Cheers, R0b0t1 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq

Re: Spam On List

2018-05-18 Thread R0b0t1
On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 6:59 PM, Norton Allen wrote: > For what it's worth, I think I have a pretty good spam filter, and these ads > for mailing lists always seem to get through, so they aren't particularly > easy to catch. > > Well, if there is a filter set up I didn't mean to be insensitive. I