Re: Updating Cygwin and packages

[Greg Chicares]

On 2007-10-01 06:24Z, D wrote:
> When I downloaded and installed cygwin I had installed various packages.  I 
> was wondering
> how do I go about updating those packages and cygwin for that matter if 
> possible.

Run 'setup.exe' again.

http://www.cygwin.com/
|
| Once you've installed your desired subset of the Cygwin
| distribution, setup.exe will remember what you selected so
| rerunning the program will update your system with any new
| package releases.

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Updating Cygwin and packages

[D]

When I downloaded and installed cygwin I had installed various packages.  I was 
wondering
how do I go about updating those packages and cygwin for that matter if 
possible.


   

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Re: Home directory

[Andrew DeFaria]

Gmane User wrote:
ACcording to http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.home, the 
cygwin
home directory is determined by the checking the following, in the 
order listed:


1. Windows HOME environment variable
2. /etc/passwd
3. HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH variables in the Windows environment
4. /

I recently got a new domain account, and the cygwin home directory is 
a network
drive, instead of c:/cygwin/home/UserName. I am currently trying to 
research
the causes, though I don't have access to the machine in question at 
the moment.
I assume that the path to the home directory was embedded in 
/etc/passwd, which

I created using "mkpasswd -d". I am debating on manually changing this in
/etc/passwd back to c:/cygwin/home/UserName, since I might ssh into 
the machine,
in which case the network drive will likely not be accessible. As 
well, working
off a network drive by default makes one more vulnerable to network 
problems.
The only thing which might make the network drive attractive is the 
limited

space on the local drive.

If I were make c:/cygwin/home/UserName my home directory, what is the 
best way?

Ssh only considers /etc/passwd, so it seems best to manually set it there,
though I'd have to manually fix it each time I recreate it. It still 
seems to

be the best way, but opinions are welcome on "good practice".

Personally I'd:

   $ mv /home /home.save
   $ mount -bsf /// /home
   $ mv -rp /home.save/* /home

Adjust the output of /etc/passwd to use /home/$USER
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Re: Home directory

[Brian Dessent]

Gmane User wrote:

> If I were make c:/cygwin/home/UserName my home directory, what is the best 
> way?
>  Ssh only considers /etc/passwd, so it seems best to manually set it there,
> though I'd have to manually fix it each time I recreate it.  It still seems to
> be the best way, but opinions are welcome on "good practice".

Well you already said it -- sshd only considers the entry in passwd so
that's pretty much the only option if you plan to connect remotely. 
However, you should use a POSIX path like /home/UserName not
c:/whatever.

Brian

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Home directory

[Gmane User]

ACcording to http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.home, the cygwin
home directory is determined by the checking the following, in the order listed:

1. Windows HOME environment variable
2. /etc/passwd
3. HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH variables in the Windows environment
4. /

I recently got a new domain account, and the cygwin home directory is a network
drive, instead of c:/cygwin/home/UserName.  I am currently trying to research
the causes, though I don't have access to the machine in question at the moment.
 I assume that the path to the home directory was embedded in /etc/passwd, which
I created using "mkpasswd -d".  I am debating on manually changing this in
/etc/passwd back to c:/cygwin/home/UserName, since I might ssh into the machine,
in which case the network drive will likely not be accessible.  As well, working
off a network drive by default makes one more vulnerable to network problems.
The only thing which might make the network drive attractive is the limited
space on the local drive.

If I were make c:/cygwin/home/UserName my home directory, what is the best way?
 Ssh only considers /etc/passwd, so it seems best to manually set it there,
though I'd have to manually fix it each time I recreate it.  It still seems to
be the best way, but opinions are welcome on "good practice".

Thanks.


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Re: Sorry Resend: Cygwin For Vista Setup Postinstall post-textmf.sh With Cygcheck.out

[LTo]

Hello,

I have used the 'setup.exe' to install the latest cygwin without any problem 
on my Vista Ultimate which is running on a Macbook Pro via Boot Camp beta. I 
believe that you need to login as Vista administrator. Good luck!

Long



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Re: using a USB flash mem device

[Tom Hall]

> On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 03:46:42PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> > 
> > Check under the Disk Management snap-in in Windows (under Administrator
> > Tools, Computer Management).  If it shows up there, you should be able
> > to set a drive letter.  If not, you may be able to access it using /dev/sdXX
> > syntax.  See  for
> > guidance on how to map the information you see here into /dev/sdXX form.
> > 
> 
On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 03:34:13PM -0600, Tom Hall wrote:
> Nope. It's not there. I did find it under "Portable Devices" but not under
> Disk Management. It's at "Location 0" and has a "device instance ID" of
> USB\VID_0781&PID_7460\0002FA821BB583890002FA821BB14592
> 
> I had to get Windows Media 10 in order to get Media Transfer Protocol
> (MTP - how clever of MS) capability before it would show up in explorer at
> all.
> 
> I found an mtplib project on sourceforge but was hoping cygwin wouldn't need
> something like this.
> 
> I guess I'll have to drag icons around for a while - what a drag.
> 
> - Tom

Never mind - I fixed it. The company has a discussion forum for product users
(I like that) and someone there posted that you can "update" the driver from
the default MTP to a USB storage device.
That did the trick - now I can see it like a drive. I think I'll have problems
with copyrighted materials but I'll worry about that if/when I have to.

- Tom



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RE: using a USB flash mem device

[Dave Korn]

On 30 September 2007 22:34, Tom Hall wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 03:46:42PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> 
>> Check under the Disk Management snap-in in Windows (under Administrator
>> Tools, Computer Management).  If it shows up there, you should be able
>> to set a drive letter.  If not, you may be able to access it using
>> /dev/sdXX syntax.  See
>>  for guidance on
>> how to map the information you see here into /dev/sdXX form. 
>> 
> 
> Nope. Ittyty's not there. I did find it under "Portable Devices" but not
under
> Disk Management. It's at "Location 0" and has a "device instance ID" of
> USB\VID_0781&PID_7460\0002FA821BB583890002FA821BB14592
> 
> I had to get Windows Media 10 in order to get Media Transfer Protocol
> (MTP - how clever of MS) capability before it would show up in explorer at
> all.

  FTR: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol
"By design, MTP devices cannot be "mounted" as a mass storage drive on Windows
or Macintosh. An MTP device (like a PTP device) is not to be considered a file
system in the traditional sense. Additional confusion is created by the fact
that Windows Explorer treats MTP devices somewhat like a file system, except
without an assigned drive letter, making it impossible for other applications
to access the data directly."

> I found an mtplib project on sourceforge but was hoping cygwin wouldn't need
> something like this.

  Looks like it does.

> I guess I'll have to drag icons around for a while - what a drag.

  'fraid so.

cheers,
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Re: using a USB flash mem device

[Tom Hall]

On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 03:46:42PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> 
> Check under the Disk Management snap-in in Windows (under Administrator
> Tools, Computer Management).  If it shows up there, you should be able
> to set a drive letter.  If not, you may be able to access it using /dev/sdXX
> syntax.  See  for
> guidance on how to map the information you see here into /dev/sdXX form.
> 

Nope. It's not there. I did find it under "Portable Devices" but not under
Disk Management. It's at "Location 0" and has a "device instance ID" of
USB\VID_0781&PID_7460\0002FA821BB583890002FA821BB14592

I had to get Windows Media 10 in order to get Media Transfer Protocol
(MTP - how clever of MS) capability before it would show up in explorer at
all.

I found an mtplib project on sourceforge but was hoping cygwin wouldn't need
something like this.

I guess I'll have to drag icons around for a while - what a drag.

- Tom


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Re: Sorry Resend: Cygwin For Vista Setup Postinstall post-textmf.sh With Cygcheck.out

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Thomas Dineen wrote:

Gentle People:

 I have found a bug actually a hang condition when I attempt to
run Setup for Cygwin on my Toshiba Satellite with MS Vista
with all current MS Windows updates installed.

 The hang occurs in the "Running" section of Setup on the file:
/etc/postinstall/post-texmf.sh



I believe the typical response to this in the past has been "Have you
waited long enough?".  As I recall, this particular post install does
*allot* of work.  You need to wait until it's finished (possibly hours?)
Also, make sure you run 'setup.exe' as Administrator.


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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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Re: using a USB flash mem device

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Tom Hall wrote:

I got this nice little Sandisk "sansa express" MP3 player that plugs into the
USB port on my XP machine.

Unlike other USB devices I've used, Windows doesn't give this thing a drive
letter, but does something else; it shows up on the "explorer" window and kind
of acts like a drive there, but it doesn't show up in the /cygdrive directory.

Is there a way I access this with cygwin as if it were a drive ?



Check under the Disk Management snap-in in Windows (under Administrator
Tools, Computer Management).  If it shows up there, you should be able
to set a drive letter.  If not, you may be able to access it using /dev/sdXX
syntax.  See  for
guidance on how to map the information you see here into /dev/sdXX form.


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> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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Cygwin For Vista Setup Postinstall post-textmf.sh With Cygcheck.out

[Thomas Dineen]

Gentle People:

 I have found a bug actually a hang condition when I attempt to
run Setup for Cygwin on my Toshiba Satellite with MS Vista
with all current MS Windows updates installed.

 The hang occurs in the "Running" section of Setup on the file:
/etc/postinstall/post-texmf.sh

  From what I can tell I am running the current version of Cygwin
Version 1.5.24-2.

 This hang prevents Setup from finishing.

  What is the best way to fix this?

  BTW: I did install successfully on my win2k machine.
Great Software once it is installed.

Thanks for the help.
Thomas Dineen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]



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Re: Problems with freshclam

[Reid Thompson]

Angelo Graziosi wrote:


Rene' Berber wrote:


The recommended way is to use UNIX socket (the default is /tmp/clamd.socket),


I have

  LocalSocket /tmp/clamd.socket

Does this mean I have UNIX socket ?

i.e. /tmp/clamd.socket == UNIX socket ???

yes

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Re: Problems with freshclam

[Angelo Graziosi]

Rene' Berber wrote:

> The recommended way is to use UNIX socket (the default is /tmp/clamd.socket),

I have

  LocalSocket /tmp/clamd.socket

Does this mean I have UNIX socket ?

i.e. /tmp/clamd.socket == UNIX socket ???

(Sorry, but my ignorance is great regarding these things...)


TIA,

   Angelo.

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[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: texi2html-1.78

[Dr. Volker Zell]

Hi

A new version of 'texi2html' has been uploaded to a server near you.


DESCRIPTION:

A highly customizable texinfo to HTML and other formats translator.


CYGWIN NEWS:


 o Updated to latest upstream release
 o Switched to cygport build framework


texi2html NEWS
==

* NEW FEATURES
  

* Transliterate accented characters in file names. Use Text::Unidecode
  if detected.

* Handle @frenchspacing, @tie, @indent, @setcontentsaftertitlepage,
  @setshortcontentsaftertitlepage and the obsolete @allow-recursion 
  and @quote-arg.

* With book style the Table of Contents is put where it is set.

* Use more numeric entities, especially for accented letters.

* The `examples' directory now contains an init file for Mediawiki output.
  Mediawiki is the GPL'd wiki used by Wikipedia.

* new init file tex4ht.init. With this init file, httex or htlatex from 
  tex4ht is used to format @tex and @math.

* Init files now have a chance to override all file names, rather than just
  page names.

* Put the images under a double licence by adding back their original GPL
  licence.

* If SIMPLE_MENU is true the menu is simply enclosed in a preformatted 
  environment.

* The user can bypass the texi2html functions and provide his own function
  to do things similar that what is done for interfacing with LaTeX2HTML
  or tex4ht.

* LaTeX2HTML stuff is moved out of texi2html.pl, to T2h_l2h.pm.

* Add $USER and $DATE variables to override the defaults detected for the
  footer.

* COMPATIBILITY
  -

* $TOP_FILE and $TOC_FILE are only set if set by the user. The elements
  file names are in the hash reference $Texi2HTML::THISDOC{'filename'}
  for use in init files.

* The API for image, normal_text, paragraph and node_file_name has changed.

* The $ENCODING variable is deprecated, replaced by $ENCODING_NAME
  and $OUT_ENCODING.

* utf8 is used as default out file encoding. This should allow for utf8
  translations for languages which cannot use @-commands for non ascii
  characters.

* Use entities for ``, '', ---, -- and quotes used for some formatting
  @-commands if $USE_ISO is set. 

* don't set unset MENU-ENTRY-NAME if it is similar with the NODE-NAME,
  it is useless as it is a construct that shouldn't happen.

* avoid menu entry and description redundancy in the formatting function
  and not in the main program.

* accept - in @-command names (compatibility with makeinfo)

* in user-defined macro arguments a comma in brace is escaped (compatibility
  with makeinfo from texinfo 4.8.90)

* don't add the section title to the html title when the document isn't split

* BUG FIXES
  -

* When the file extension is set to the empty string, a trailing `.' will not
  be automatically added to file names.

* The texi2html script is now created by make and not configure. 

* It is possible to build the translation files from outside of the 
  build directory.

* When configure detects that no Data::Dumper is present, the build scripts
  will simply copy the files instead of breaking.

* remove handling of quotation second arg, quotation has only one arg.

* handle nested ifset/ifclear.

* Improved handling of @sc and @centerchap.

* More flexible normal_text.

* style_stack really contains the formatting @-commands. 

* caching of html generated by latex2html reenabled.

* when not split and no section navigation is output, the about page and
  navigation direction are not output for all the elements.

* FOR DEVELOPERS
  --

* Standardized on Automake 1.10.0 


INSTALLATION:
=
To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on
the http://cygwin.com/ web page.  This downloads setup.exe to your
system.  Save it and run setup, answer the questions and pick up
the above mentioned package from the 'Libs' category.


DOWNLOAD:
=
Note that downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka cygwin.com) aren't
allowed due to bandwidth limitations.  This means that you will need
to find a mirror which has this update.

These mirrors already got the package, the others will probably have 
the latest version of this package fairly soon:

In the US

   ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/sourceware/cygwin/ 

has reliable high bandwidth connections.


QUESTIONS:
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[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: subversion 1.4.5-2

[Max Bowsher]

Subversion, a version control system which aims to be a compelling
replacement for CVS, has been updated in the Cygwin net distribution to
version 1.4.5-2.

This is a packaging fix, to use the correct directory name for the
Python bindings.

Max Bowsher.

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mailing list at: cygwin@cygwin.com .  I would appreciate it if you would
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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: subversion 1.4.5-1

[Max Bowsher]

Dr. Volker Zell wrote:
>> Max Bowsher writes:
> 
> > Subversion, a version control system which aims to be a compelling
> > replacement for CVS, has been updated in the Cygwin net distribution to
> > version 1.4.5-1.
> 
> > This is a new upstream bugfix and (low-to-moderate urgency) security
> > release.
> 
> subversion-python still uses python2.4 also we are already on 2.5

Oops. 1.4.5-2 uploaded with fixed directory name.

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Re: Problems with freshclam

[René Berber]

Angelo Graziosi wrote:

> Rene' Berber wrote:
> 
>> you have to choose between UNIX socket or TCP socket in clamd.conf, at
>> least.
> 
> I do not know the difference: may you suggest it?

The recommended way is to use UNIX socket (the default is /tmp/clamd.socket),
unless you want to use clamd from another computer.  The reason is that the UNIX
socket is a local file, nobody else has access to it so it is secure, the TCP
socket is like any other service, a port listening on the network.
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Re: Problems with freshclam

[Angelo Graziosi]

Rene' Berber wrote:

> you have to choose between UNIX socket or TCP socket in clamd.conf, at
> least.


I do not know the difference: may you suggest it?


TIA,

   Angelo.

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Re: cygwin installation troubles

[René Berber]

William Yun Chen wrote:

> Hi, I'm having some trouble installing cygwin openssh.
> 
> I'm on windows vista ultimate, and I'm trying to follow the directions given
> in "Cygwin\...release\openssh\openssh-4.7p1-2\usr\share\doc\Cygwin\openssh"
> 
> More specifically, I don't know exactly what I should choose when running
> 'ssh-host-config' and 'ssh-user-config'.
> 
> Ie, do I want to install sshd? What is sshd? Do I want privilege separation?

Sshd is the server, only needed if you want connections into your computer.
Privilege separation is the default in ssh, there's a file in there
(README.privsep) describing what it is.

> This readme seems to assume that I know exactly what I want to do, and I
> don't. Is there a more comprehensive readme or perhaps can you give me a
> brief walkthrough the installation process?

The OpenSSH site.

> What I do know is that I want to set up an ssh server on my windows vista
> machine so that when I'm on a linux, I can just go into the terminal, and
> type in "ssh " and then look around, edit files, and
> transfer files using scp just as if I was connecting to another linux
> machine.

Then you want sshd installed as a service.
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Re: Problems with freshclam

[René Berber]

Angelo Graziosi wrote:

> Rene' Berber wrote:
> 
>> Edit the file and comment out the "Example" as the instructions above it
>> say, then add your favorite options... closest db server.
> 
> I will try, but why should I edit it if until now I never edit it?

You have to, clamd.conf and freshclam.conf both are installed disabled by the
"Example" line.

>> When did you install version 0.91.2?  The post-installer probably erased
>> your original configuration, which is a bug, just make sure before
>> reporting it.
> 
> The problem comes out in a fresh Cygwin installation on a new PC (the old
> 'died', sigh!)

That explains everything, as I said above, a new clamd installation is left
disabled until you configure it... it's not only the "Example" line, you have to
choose between UNIX socket or TCP socket in clamd.conf, at least.
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cygwin installation troubles

[William Yun Chen]

Hi, I'm having some trouble installing cygwin openssh.

I'm on windows vista ultimate, and I'm trying to follow the directions given in 
"Cygwin\...release\openssh\openssh-4.7p1-2\usr\share\doc\Cygwin\openssh" 

More specifically, I don't know exactly what I should choose when running 
'ssh-host-config' and 'ssh-user-config'.

Ie, do I want to install sshd? What is sshd? Do I want privilege separation?

This readme seems to assume that I know exactly what I want to do, and I don't. 
Is there a more comprehensive readme or perhaps can you give me a brief 
walkthrough the installation process?

What I do know is that I want to set up an ssh server on my windows vista 
machine so that when I'm on a linux, I can just go into the terminal, and type 
in "ssh " and then look around, edit files, and 
transfer files using scp just as if I was connecting to another linux machine.

any help here would be greatly appreciated :-D

thank you so much

- will

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Re: Problems with freshclam

[Angelo Graziosi]

Ren Berber wrote:

> Edit the file and comment out the "Example" as the instructions above it
> say, then add your favorite options... closest db server.

I will try, but why should I edit it if until now I never edit it?


> When did you install version 0.91.2?  The post-installer probably erased
> your original configuration, which is a bug, just make sure before
> reporting it.

The problem comes out in a fresh Cygwin installation on a new PC (the old
'died', sigh!)


   Angelo.

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