Re: environment variables & mks toolkit - patch opportunity?
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 05:43:52PM -0500, M. Sebastian Comella wrote: >Hi all - >I recently lost a good chunk of my day tracking down a Cygwin issue >ultimately caused by an installation of IBM InfoSphere. The InfoSphere >installer surreptitiously installed MKS Toolkit, which in turn set a >bunch of environment variables that left Cygwin in a very unhelpful >state: attempting to start Cygwin via its usual mintty shortcut would >appear to hang, with mintty showing "sh.exe" in its title bar and >little else. The cause of the issue is unfortunately not very obvious >since there is no error message or other form of reporting. If I had >realized that MKS Toolkit was being installed I might have had a >fighting chance, but without that info I was in the dark. > >Fortunately, fixing the issue is pretty easy and is a matter of >removing some Windows environment variables, as noted in this >2002-vintage thread: > >http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-07/msg00734.html > >My question is this: is there an opportunity to patch something in >Cygwin's startup "chain" to detect unsavory environment variables and >warn users in some fashion? I'm not sure what package (or core >process) could detect the situation and still get a warning off to the >user before everything goes fubar. Putting a check into the installer >may also be a viable solution, considering that the first thing I did >was run the Cygwin installer again to see if it could "repair" things. > >I think I can take care of writing the patch, but I'd like some input >on where it even belongs before I give it a shot. If you can provide an exact environment variable which caused a problem we can look into whether this is actually a problem in Cygwin, although it seems unlikely that it is. Cygwin is meant to read environment variables from... its environment. If you set them incorrectly bad things can happen. Cygwin is no different than UNIX in that regard. We're can't add special case handling for a bunch of random environment variables because someone reported that they think they might have caused a problem. We need more details than that. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
environment variables & mks toolkit - patch opportunity?
Hi all - I recently lost a good chunk of my day tracking down a Cygwin issue ultimately caused by an installation of IBM InfoSphere. The InfoSphere installer surreptitiously installed MKS Toolkit, which in turn set a bunch of environment variables that left Cygwin in a very unhelpful state: attempting to start Cygwin via its usual mintty shortcut would appear to hang, with mintty showing "sh.exe" in its title bar and little else. The cause of the issue is unfortunately not very obvious since there is no error message or other form of reporting. If I had realized that MKS Toolkit was being installed I might have had a fighting chance, but without that info I was in the dark. Fortunately, fixing the issue is pretty easy and is a matter of removing some Windows environment variables, as noted in this 2002-vintage thread: http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-07/msg00734.html My question is this: is there an opportunity to patch something in Cygwin's startup "chain" to detect unsavory environment variables and warn users in some fashion? I'm not sure what package (or core process) could detect the situation and still get a warning off to the user before everything goes fubar. Putting a check into the installer may also be a viable solution, considering that the first thing I did was run the Cygwin installer again to see if it could "repair" things. I think I can take care of writing the patch, but I'd like some input on where it even belongs before I give it a shot. Thanks! Sebastian. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: snapshot 20120724 sleep failure
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 09:52:36PM +0200, marco atzeri wrote: >on 1.7.17s(0.262/5/3) 20120724 > >autoconf test for sleep never completes > >checking whether sleep is declared... yes >checking for working sleep... > >on 1.7.16 the test take 1 second Should be fixed in the upcoming snapshot. Thanks for the STC. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Confusing, but not fatal bug....rmdir removed network dir (rename to .____00000hexnum/)
Corinna Vinschen wrote: Anyway, I have a fix for that. You didn't explicitely allow to send a test DLL, so I just applied the patch to CVS. Please test the next developer snapshot. Sorry, I thought it would be implicit that I gave you everything you asked for -- not that I really NEED the dll patch immediately, (first time I've encountered this problem in a dozen years of cygwin usage..).. AND NOTE: -- This problem occurred to 1 out of 54 dirs in my Pictures dir and 1 out of 267 dirs in my Docs dir. That was a failure rate of 0.62%, and the impact was a directory being renamed (no files deleted or lost). If it happened most the time, I'd think it was serious or if it deleted data, critical, but given those rates...I wouldn't *only* suspect cygwin, samba has more than it's share of problem being in a similar position as you in trying to be win-compat in a dearth of information about how to do so. My file server is running samba 3.5.9 on a 3.2.21 linux kernel on an openSnoozy 12.1 distro, FWIW...other samba versions may be different. So if you want, I'm willing to try a fix, or I can wait...either way is fine.. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
snapshot 20120724 sleep failure
on 1.7.17s(0.262/5/3) 20120724
autoconf test for sleep never completes
checking whether sleep is declared... yes
checking for working sleep...
on 1.7.16 the test take 1 second
-
#include
#include
#include
static void
handle_alarm (int sig)
{
if (sig != SIGALRM)
_exit (2);
}
int
main ()
{
/* Failure to compile this test due to missing alarm is okay,
since all such platforms (mingw) also lack sleep. */
unsigned int pentecost = 50 * 24 * 60 * 60; /* 50 days. */
unsigned int remaining;
signal (SIGALRM, handle_alarm);
alarm (1);
remaining = sleep (pentecost);
if (remaining > pentecost)
return 3;
if (remaining <= pentecost - 10)
return 4;
return 0;
;
return 0;
}
--
Regards
Marco
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Re: gethostbyname conflicts
On 7/25/2012 3:20 PM, Bernd Prager wrote: All, I am having troubles compiling a boost package due to conflicting declarations: /usr/include/w32api/winsock2.h:635:33: error: declaration of C function ‘int gethostname(char*, int)’ conflicts with /usr/include/sys/unistd.h:238:6: error: previous declaration ‘int gethostname(char*, size_t)’ here Can that get fixed? You want to have a look at the configuration for the Boost package you're building. It should not be including things from the w32api if it's building for Cygwin. If you aren't aware, Cygwin has a Boost package already. If you're looking for a more current version, you may find you have better luck using the build scripts for the current Cygwin package as a basis if you prefer not to wait for the Cygwin maintainer to release an update. -- Larry _ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
gethostbyname conflicts
All, I am having troubles compiling a boost package due to conflicting declarations: /usr/include/w32api/winsock2.h:635:33: error: declaration of C function ‘int gethostname(char*, int)’ conflicts with /usr/include/sys/unistd.h:238:6: error: previous declaration ‘int gethostname(char*, size_t)’ here Can that get fixed? Thank you, -- Bernd -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: VB script error in Cygwin
On 25/07/2012 9:25, Eric Padriquez wrote:
Hi, we have a VB script that is working fine when run in command prompt.
However we encounter when we run the VB script in Cygwin by using shell
script to invoke VB. We've tried to use cscript and cygstart but also
encounter error. Thanks!
Error: attach_sendmail.vbs(52, 1) CDO.Configuration.1: The specified
module could not be found.
Code: 8007007E
Commands tried:
cscript.exe /attach_sendmail.vbs "${EMAIL_SUBJECT}" "${EMAIL_TO}"
"/email_msg.3592.mail" ""
cygstart /attach_sendmail.vbs "${EMAIL_SUBJECT}" "${EMAIL_TO}"
"/email_msg.3592.mail" ""
Could you attach a copy of the files replacing sensitive data?
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Re: Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors
On 25/07/2012 16:56, Earnie Boyd wrote: On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Aaron Schneider wrote: Oh no I meant I removed the cygwin's make, the nokia's make is still present, never removed it in the end. The makefile is in perfect condition, even I tried it on a empty dir and the result is the same. If you're not using the Cygwin tools including make then we cannot help you with the problem. The only resolution is to install the Cygwin make to overcome the issue. But this also means that the Makefile must conform to POSIX paths. There's nothing to "solve" actually, I removed from PATH the paths that are no longer useful to me, among those that Symbian one that I no longer use. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {emacs,emacs-X11,emacs-el}-24.1-1
Ken Brown writes: > > On 7/23/2012 1:12 PM, Franz Häuslschmid wrote: > > [...] the function > > `org-clock-in' fails with following output to the *Messages* buffer: > > > >find-library-name: Can't find library org > > The documentation for the function 'find-library-name' is > >"Return the absolute file name of the Emacs Lisp source of LIBRARY. > LIBRARY should be a string (the name of the library)." >;; If the library is byte-compiled, try to find a source library by >;; the same name. > > So the first question is whether you have the elisp sources installed > (which are provided by the Cygwin package emacs-el). [...] The package emacs-el was not installed. Installed it and now everything works as expected. Thank you Ken and also Achim, who had also a pointer to the right direction! Franz -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: VB script error in Cygwin
On 07/25/2012 12:25 AM, Eric Padriquez wrote:
Hi, we have a VB script that is working fine when run in command prompt.
However we encounter when we run the VB script in Cygwin by using shell
script to invoke VB. We've tried to use cscript and cygstart but also
encounter error. Thanks!
Error: attach_sendmail.vbs(52, 1) CDO.Configuration.1: The specified
module could not be found.
Code: 8007007E
Commands tried:
cscript.exe /attach_sendmail.vbs "${EMAIL_SUBJECT}" "${EMAIL_TO}"
"/email_msg.3592.mail" ""
cygstart /attach_sendmail.vbs "${EMAIL_SUBJECT}" "${EMAIL_TO}"
"/email_msg.3592.mail" ""
Try executing a VB script that's in your CWD that does something very,
very simple like echos "Hello World". Does that work? If so start adding
complexity until it breaks.
cscript should work for you. I believe I have an alias vbs="cscript
/nologo".
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Re: Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Aaron Schneider wrote: > > Oh no I meant I removed the cygwin's make, the nokia's make is still > present, never removed it in the end. The makefile is in perfect condition, > even I tried it on a empty dir and the result is the same. If you're not using the Cygwin tools including make then we cannot help you with the problem. The only resolution is to install the Cygwin make to overcome the issue. But this also means that the Makefile must conform to POSIX paths. -- Earnie -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: GCC fatal error: can't open /tmp/ccc6IHTT.s for writing
Robert Miles bellsouth.net> writes: Hello , I had same problem . The reason was older cygwin1.dll . Try to delete all of them (also in c:\Windows\System32\ directory) , and reinstall cygwin package with setup.exe (cygwin : The Linux emulation engine) -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors
On 25/07/2012 15:34, Thrall, Bryan wrote: guide for more details about POSIX paths: http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames Can't find C:\Program on PATH. Could this be a problem with the Makefile? It looks like you're using Cygwin make now, but the Makefile might be calling out Windows paths directly... -- Oh no I meant I removed the cygwin's make, the nokia's make is still present, never removed it in the end. The makefile is in perfect condition, even I tried it on a empty dir and the result is the same. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
RE: Cygwin fresh install imports Windows PATH which includes spaces causing errors
Aaron Schneider wrote on 2012-07-24: > So anyway, the problem is caused when calling a binary present on > windows path that can match a cygwin one, for example running a > ./configure script. > After removing make the issue is happening again: > $ make > cygwin warning: >MS-DOS style path detected: /usr/local/bin/C:\Program Preferred POSIX >equivalent is: /usr/local/bin/C:/Program CYGWIN environment variable >option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this warning. Consult the user's >guide for more details about POSIX paths: > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames > Can't find C:\Program on PATH. Could this be a problem with the Makefile? It looks like you're using Cygwin make now, but the Makefile might be calling out Windows paths directly... -- Bryan Thrall Principal Software Engineer FlightSafety International bryan.thr...@flightsafety.com -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
[ANNOUNCEMENT] New Cygwin Package: python-3.2.3-1
New News: === I have released Cygwin Python 3.2.3-1. The tarballs should be available on a Cygwin mirror near you shortly. This is the first, official Python 3 release in the Cygwin standard distribution and consists of the following packages: o idle3-3.2.3-1 o python3-3.2.3-1 o python3-debuginfo-3.2.3-1 o python3-doc-3.2.3-1 o python3-test-3.2.3-1 o python3-tkinter-3.2.3-1 Old News: === Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. If interested, see the Python web site for more details: http://www.python.org/ Please read the README file: /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/python.README since it covers requirements, installation, known issues, etc. Standard News: 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. Then, run setup and answer all of the questions. If you have questions or comments, please send them to the Cygwin mailing list. *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-announce mailing list, please use the automated form at: http://cygwin.com/lists.html#subscribe-unsubscribe If you need more information on unsubscribing, start reading here: http://sourceware.org/lists.html#unsubscribe-simple Please read *all* of the information on unsubscribing that is available starting at this URL. Jason -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Confusing, but not fatal bug....rmdir removed network dir (rename to .____00000hexnum/)
On Jul 24 18:24, Linda Walsh wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >The only problem is that: Even though I see how I could potentially > >enforce the situation, I fail to reproduce it. Can you explicitely show > >an ls of the dir and an strace of an rmdir which succeeded to rename the > >dir? > > > >I'll might send you a test DLL via PM at one point, if that's ok with > >you. > --- > Sigh... > [...] > 150 67361 [main] rmdir 945084 unlink_nt: Trying to delete > \??\C:\Users\law\Pictures\Avatars, isdir = 1 > 3470 70831 [main] rmdir 945084 unlink_nt: Sharing violation when > opening \??\C:\Users\law\Pictures\Avatars > 12291 83122 [main] rmdir 945084 try_to_bin: > \??\C:\Users\law\Pictures\Avatars, return status 2 > 339 83461 [main] rmdir 945084 unlink_nt: > \??\C:\Users\law\Pictures\Avatars, > return status = 0x0 > 9604 93065 [main] rmdir 945084 rmdir: 0 = rmdir(Pictures/Avatars) Thanks, that was the interesting part. This is exactly the situation I failed to reproduce, but now I found out why. Apparently newer Samba versions perform a few parameter checks in certain file-related calls, not performed by older Samba, nor by NTFS or FAT drivers. Anyway, I have a fix for that. You didn't explicitely allow to send a test DLL, so I just applied the patch to CVS. Please test the next developer snapshot. Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: VB script error in Cygwin
Hi Eric, On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Eric Padriquez wrote: > Hi, we have a VB script that is working fine when run in command prompt. > However we encounter when we run the VB script in Cygwin by using shell > script to invoke VB. We've tried to use cscript and cygstart but also > encounter error. Thanks! > Error: attach_sendmail.vbs(52, 1) CDO.Configuration.1: The specified > module could not be found. > Code: 8007007E As a first idea, check the differences in the path between the command prompt and the Cygwin shell. ( %PATH% vs $PATH ) Csaba -- GCS a+ e++ d- C++ ULS$ L+$ !E- W++ P+++$ w++$ tv+ b++ DI D++ 5++ The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers. Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts. "Ok, it boots. Which means it must be bug-free and perfect. " -- Linus Torvalds "People disagree with me. I just ignore them." -- Linus Torvalds -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
VB script error in Cygwin
Hi, we have a VB script that is working fine when run in command prompt.
However we encounter when we run the VB script in Cygwin by using shell
script to invoke VB. We've tried to use cscript and cygstart but also
encounter error. Thanks!
Error: attach_sendmail.vbs(52, 1) CDO.Configuration.1: The specified
module could not be found.
Code: 8007007E
Commands tried:
cscript.exe /attach_sendmail.vbs "${EMAIL_SUBJECT}" "${EMAIL_TO}"
"/email_msg.3592.mail" ""
cygstart /attach_sendmail.vbs "${EMAIL_SUBJECT}" "${EMAIL_TO}"
"/email_msg.3592.mail" ""
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