[ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: fribidi-0.19.2-1

The following packages have been added to the Cygwin distribution: *** fribidi-0.19.2-1 *** libfribidi0-0.19.2-1 *** libfribidi-devel-0.19.2-1 fribidi is a library that implements the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (aka BiDi). -- Yaakov Cygwin/X CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO ==

Re: 1.7.11-1 Update returns non-zero exit codes for coreutils

On 3/29/2012 9:10 PM, Brian Wilson wrote: From: Andrew I just got this exact same thing and tried re-installing coreutils with no effect. Initially, I had been installing binutils, and was told to restart because I had left a cygwin console open during the install. Interested to hear what is

Re: 1.7.11-1 Update returns non-zero exit codes for coreutils

From: Andrew > > I just got this exact same thing and tried re-installing coreutils > with no effect. Initially, I had been installing binutils, and was > told to restart because I had left a cygwin console open during the > install. Interested to hear what is known about this (recent) issue.

Re: 1.7.11-1 Update returns non-zero exit codes for coreutils

Brian Wilson ds.net> writes: > > > > While I can run the Cygwin terminal window, there appears to be a very serious > > > issue as I can't run commands like "cd", "ls", or "cygcheck" either. > > > > Can you tell us what this means? How did you determine that you can't run these commands? >

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: _autorebase. Call rebaseall after installing new or updated DLLs

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:30:08AM +0200, Achim Gratz wrote: >Larry Hall (Cygwin) writes: >> That's a question for GMane. Cygwin has no association or control of >> that channel. But it's probably because cygwin-apps is a subscriber-only >> mail list . Just subscrib

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: _autorebase. Call rebaseall after installing new or updated DLLs

Christopher Faylor writes: > That's exactly why you can't post. We don't allow indiscriminate posting > to cygwin-apps from gmane. AFAIU, setting it to "non-public" achieves the same goal: you must be subscribed to be able to post through GMane. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 N

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: _autorebase. Call rebaseall after installing new or updated DLLs

Larry Hall (Cygwin) writes: > That's a question for GMane. Cygwin has no association or control of > that channel. But it's probably because cygwin-apps is a subscriber-only > mail list . Just subscribe and see if that > helps. This is set up when the group is set

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: _autorebase. Call rebaseall after installing new or updated DLLs

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 06:16:01PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >On 3/29/2012 5:15 PM, Achim Gratz wrote: >> Achim Gratz writes: >>> Corinna Vinschen writes: Feel free to participate in further development of the rebase tool. Patches for useful functionality is always welcome. The r

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: _autorebase. Call rebaseall after installing new or updated DLLs

On 3/29/2012 5:15 PM, Achim Gratz wrote: Achim Gratz writes: Corinna Vinschen writes: Feel free to participate in further development of the rebase tool. Patches for useful functionality is always welcome. The right forum is the cygwin-apps list. Thanks for the invitation. Is there a reaso

Re: breakage in groff-1.20.1-2

Achim Gratz writes: > The pfbtops program in that package can't convert most fonts back to PS. > It complains about a block not starting with 0x80, exits with an error > and produces truncated and mangled output. Besides a few lines missing > from the end of the output, it apparently dropped singl

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: _autorebase. Call rebaseall after installing new or updated DLLs

Achim Gratz writes: > Corinna Vinschen writes: >> Feel free to participate in further development of the rebase tool. >> Patches for useful functionality is always welcome. The right forum is >> the cygwin-apps list. > > Thanks for the invitation. Is there a reason gmane.os.cygwin.applications is

Re: Escaping spaces in filenames with umlauts after updating from 1.7.9 to 1.7.10

On Mar 29 14:36, Bastian Mathes wrote: > Hello, > > after updating from 1.7.9 to 1.7.10 I experience a changed behavior when > quoting filenames with umlauts. For example if I have a file äöü.pdf in > the current folder with cygwin 1.7.9 > ls "äöu.pdf" > worked, but with cygwin 1.7.10 that gives >

Re: [Packaging error] Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: task-2.0.0-1

> The source and binary packages seem to be the same. Thanks for pointing this out. I only used the usual cygport … all command - like before, which worked to both create the bin and src package. I will check. /F -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: _autorebase. Call rebaseall after installing new or updated DLLs

marco atzeri writes: >> /usr/share/TeXmacs/plugins/octave/octave/tm-start.oct >> >> This should have a .m suffix really since it contains octave commands. > > raised the issue upstream > https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?36033 Thank you. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neur

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {openldap/libopenldap2_3_0/libopenldap-devel}-2.3.43-3: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol suite

Hi New versions of 'openldap/libopenldap2_3_0/libopenldap-devel' have been uploaded to a server near you. o Linked against libopenssl100-1.0.1-1 CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-announce mailing list, please use th

[Packaging error] Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: task-2.0.0-1

On 29.03.2012 08:45, Federico Hernandez wrote: This is a new major release version of task for cygwin The source and binary packages seem to be the same. Ciao Volker -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

Re: how to verify setup.exe signature

On 28.03.2012 18:14, Thrall, Bryan wrote: I was concerning how to verify http://cygwin.com/setup.exe for some time. Today I've got an idea to check for .sig file and it is there too. However, cygwin's public key is required to check it. Where is it supposed to be? I think the links in the fir

Re: Giving interact with desktop permission to cyg_server

On Mar 29 07:25, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > On 03/29/2012 01:06 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >For some mystical reason, Microsoft didn't remove this checkbox, > >but other than that, yes, you're hosed starting with Vista/2008. > Well that sucks! I'm stuck because I wish to remotely execute a > script

Re: Escaping spaces in filenames with umlauts after updating from 1.7.9 to 1.7.10

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 08:41:36AM -0400, Earnie Boyd wrote: >On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Bastian Mathes > wrote: >> Hello, >> >> after updating from 1.7.9 to 1.7.10 I experience a changed behavior when >> quoting filenames with umlauts. For example if I have a file ??.pdf in >> the curren

Re: Giving interact with desktop permission to cyg_server

On 03/29/2012 01:06 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: For some mystical reason, Microsoft didn't remove this checkbox, but other than that, yes, you're hosed starting with Vista/2008. Well that sucks! I'm stuck because I wish to remotely execute a script which uses a program (Excel) to get data and do

Re: cygwin-ports git access over http?

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 2:44 AM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > On 2012-03-29 00:36, Achim Gratz wrote: >> >> I'm behind a firewall at work that only allows HTTP access through, so >> is there a way clone cygwin-ports over HTTP?  If not, is there already a >> Git mirror that provides such access? > > >

Re: Escaping spaces in filenames with umlauts after updating from 1.7.9 to 1.7.10

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Bastian Mathes wrote: > Hello, > > after updating from 1.7.9 to 1.7.10 I experience a changed behavior when > quoting filenames with umlauts. For example if I have a file äöü.pdf in > the current folder with cygwin 1.7.9 The first course of action is to determine

Escaping spaces in filenames with umlauts after updating from 1.7.9 to 1.7.10

Hello, after updating from 1.7.9 to 1.7.10 I experience a changed behavior when quoting filenames with umlauts. For example if I have a file äöü.pdf in the current folder with cygwin 1.7.9 ls "äöu.pdf" worked, but with cygwin 1.7.10 that gives ls: cannot access "äöü.pdf": No such file or directory

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: _autorebase. Call rebaseall after installing new or updated DLLs

On 3/29/2012 12:15 PM, Achim Gratz wrote: Corinna Vinschen writes: Minor nit: rebaseall picks up a file with the suffix ".osc" in the texmf tree that isn't actually a DLL. Sure? Have a look into the rebaseall script: I don't see how it should be able to pick up a file with the suffix .osc.

Re: /cygdrive/f/ missing when my script is executed by cron

On Mar 29 11:59, Stéphane Klein wrote: > Le 29/03/2012 11:16, Corinna Vinschen a écrit : > >>But, I've have an issue : when my bash script is executed by cron, > >>it hasn't access to /cygdrive/f/, this device isn't mounted ! > > > >Remote shares are mounted on a per user-session basis. Cron as a

Re: Compare two directories, architecture only

On 3/29/2012 11:25 AM, Fergus wrote: Is there an easy way to compare two directories for content (names only of subdirectories and files, not their identical content). (1) "diff" compares the content of files: too strong a comparison; (2) Could "find" both directories and then compare output, but

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: _autorebase. Call rebaseall after installing new or updated DLLs

Corinna Vinschen writes: > > Minor nit: rebaseall picks up a file with the suffix ".osc" in the texmf > > tree that isn't actually a DLL. > > Sure? Have a look into the rebaseall script: > I don't see how it should be able to pick up a file with the suffix .osc. Slip of fingers. It picks up: /u

Re: /cygdrive/f/ missing when my script is executed by cron

Le 29/03/2012 11:16, Corinna Vinschen a écrit : But, I've have an issue : when my bash script is executed by cron, it hasn't access to /cygdrive/f/, this device isn't mounted ! Remote shares are mounted on a per user-session basis. Cron as a service is not running in your desktop user-session.

Re: /cygdrive/f/ missing when my script is executed by cron

Le 29/03/2012 11:16, Corinna Vinschen a écrit : But, I've have an issue : when my bash script is executed by cron, it hasn't access to /cygdrive/f/, this device isn't mounted ! Remote shares are mounted on a per user-session basis. Cron as a service is not running in your desktop user-session.

Re: cygwin-ports git access over http?

Yaakov (Cygwin/X users.sourceforge.net> writes: > On 2012-03-29 00:36, Achim Gratz wrote: > > I'm behind a firewall at work that only allows HTTP access through, so > > is there a way clone cygwin-ports over HTTP? If not, is there already a > > Git mirror that provides such access? > > I'm afrai

Re: Problems with Cygwin on SSD

On Mar 29 10:28, Roland Schwingel wrote: > Hi... > > Recently I bought an SSD (OCZ Vertex 3 120GB). I hoped to improve > performance together with cygwin. But some strange and unexpected > things happen. > > My Setup: > Dell Optiplex 980. Core i5-760. 4 GB Ram. Windows 7 SP1 64bit. A > 500GB WDC

Compare two directories, architecture only

Is there an easy way to compare two directories for content (names only of subdirectories and files, not their identical content). (1) "diff" compares the content of files: too strong a comparison; (2) Could "find" both directories and then compare output, but this will list the entire content u

Re: /cygdrive/f/ missing when my script is executed by cron

On Mar 29 10:14, Stéphane Klein wrote: > Hi, > > I try to configure rsync on MS Windows to execute a folder > synchronization every day. > > I use this tools : > > * I've installed cygwin > * I've use cygwin setup.exe to install rsync, openssh, cron > > Next, in cygwin terminal, I did : > > *

Problems with Cygwin on SSD

Hi... Recently I bought an SSD (OCZ Vertex 3 120GB). I hoped to improve performance together with cygwin. But some strange and unexpected things happen. My Setup: Dell Optiplex 980. Core i5-760. 4 GB Ram. Windows 7 SP1 64bit. A 500GB WDC WD5000AAKS harddrive and the new SSD. Windows 7 instal

/cygdrive/f/ missing when my script is executed by cron

Hi, I try to configure rsync on MS Windows to execute a folder synchronization every day. I use this tools : * I've installed cygwin * I've use cygwin setup.exe to install rsync, openssh, cron Next, in cygwin terminal, I did : * I've created a ssh key and I've set it up on remote server * n

Re: Giving interact with desktop permission to cyg_server

On Mar 28 19:02, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > I've set up ssh on some Windows 2003 and 2008 servers. These servers > are intended to be used to build software and the like driven by > using Cygwin's OpenSSH. Largely it works well, however... > > One process that fails is a Perl process that opens an Ex

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: _autorebase. Call rebaseall after installing new or updated DLLs

On Mar 28 22:50, Achim Gratz wrote: > Corinna Vinschen writes: > > I've added a new package called _autorebase to the Cygwin distro. > > > > This package is usually installed and updated automatically. In the > > default view of setup.exe you won't even see it. > > Thank you very much (even thoug