On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Larry Hall wrote: > At 02:03 AM 2/12/2004, Peter A. Castro you wrote: > >On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Morris Siegel wrote: > > > >> My PC is running under Windows XP Professional, and until recently with > >> Cygwin-1.5.5-1 and zsh-4.1.1-1 . I upgraded to Cygwin-1.5.6-1, installing > >> everything available, in particular including zsh-4.1.1-2 . zsh behaved in > >> a buggy fashion. I reported it; you kindly replied that similarly problems > >> had been reported by others, and that Cygwin-1.5.7-1 should fix matters. I > >> upgraded to that, and the behavior is improved, but still buggy: (1) > >> sometimes when I start zsh it hangs, sometimes it starts normally; (2) zsh > >> command-line editing generally badly messes up the display when long command > >> lines are being edited. I seem to recall that problem (2) was a consistent > >> nuisance a while back, but then some new Cygwin release (I don't remember > >> which) fixed it. (I generally run zsh under screen, by the way.) > > > >cgf said in earlier email that this has been fixed in CVS and will be > >pushed into the next release. For the moment, if you really need zsh > >(like me :), downgrade to 1.5.5 and wait for the update to appear. > > As I mentioned before, it's better to verify that the current snapshot does > address the problem you're seeing locally. Otherwise, if you're seeing a > variant or something different than the rest, your problem won't be known > until after 1.5.8 is released. See <http://cygwin.com/snapshots/> for the > latest snapshots you can download and try.
Thanks, Larry, but I've already confirmed the latest snapshot (20040206) fixes the problem. Still, I feel it's best for most regular users to wait for the official release instead of possibly compromising their current environment. -- Peter A. Castro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Cats are just autistic Dogs" -- Dr. Tony Attwood -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/