Re: [sage-devel] misleading comment on cygwin binaries

2018-08-16 Thread Erik Bray
On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 2:50 PM Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > > On 2018-08-16 14:30, Erik Bray wrote: > > In the meantime I think we should remove that warning, or at least > > have a way to disable it, as it's clearly confusing to users. > > *NOT* having the warning is also confusing to users (that's

Re: [sage-devel] misleading comment on cygwin binaries

2018-08-16 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
On 2018-08-16 14:30, Erik Bray wrote: In the meantime I think we should remove that warning, or at least have a way to disable it, as it's clearly confusing to users. *NOT* having the warning is also confusing to users (that's why it was added in the first place). So if the warning is not

Re: [sage-devel] misleading comment on cygwin binaries

2018-08-16 Thread Erik Bray
On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 11:08 AM Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > > On 2018-08-14 23:43, Erik Bray wrote: > > Isn't that just the normal message when running `sage -sh`? > > IIRC, I added that text because people were generally quite confused > which kind of commands should be run inside or outside of a

Re: [sage-devel] misleading comment on cygwin binaries

2018-08-15 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
On 2018-08-14 23:43, Erik Bray wrote: Isn't that just the normal message when running `sage -sh`? IIRC, I added that text because people were generally quite confused which kind of commands should be run inside or outside of a Sage shell. The top-level "make" commands are typically run

Re: [sage-devel] misleading comment on cygwin binaries

2018-08-14 Thread Vincent Delecroix
On 8/14/18 5:43 PM, Erik Bray wrote: Isn't that just the normal message when running `sage -sh`? Indeed! I thought it was some cygwin special but it is in $SAGE_ROOT/src/bin/sage at lines 735-742. I never even read it that closely. Why *does* it say that? I install packages and run make from

Re: [sage-devel] misleading comment on cygwin binaries

2018-08-14 Thread Erik Bray
Isn't that just the normal message when running `sage -sh`? I never even read it that closely. Why *does* it say that? I install packages and run make from within the sage subshell all the time. Especially when it comes to optional packages (which should maybe be the only kind actually supported

[sage-devel] misleading comment on cygwin binaries

2018-08-14 Thread Vincent Delecroix
Dear all (I guess mostly Erik), When a sage shell is launched on windows (ie the sage -sh environment in cygwin) the following message is displayed """ Starting subshell with Sage environment variables set. Don't forget to exit when you are done. Beware: * Do not do anything with other