Re: CYGWIN variable: impact of options under Win9x
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 11:44:22 +0100, "Corinna Vinschen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 07:22:28AM +, Soren Andersen wrote: > > Now I am looking at setting CYGWIN thus: > > SET CYGWIN=export noenvcache glob:ignorecase title nostrip_title > > winsymlinks tty > > What sort of surprises or changes in behavior (that I might not have > > realized were changeable behavior, i.e. things that I'd not taken heed > > of until now) might I experience? > The only dangerous one AFAICS is 'tty' which changes > the way the console is handled. Impact is that native Win32 console > apps could show some surprising effects. Can you give an example? That's precisely what I am not clear on. WHICH native console apps? > > I am also keen on assuring myself that not mentioning "ntea" or "ntsec" > > is fine; that those options would do nothing under Win98 anyway, and > > These are NT options. Forget them on 9x/Me. Thank you Corinna, that's what I wanted to be sure of more than anything. Best, Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: CYGWIN variable: impact of options under Win9x
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 07:22:28AM +, Soren Andersen wrote: > Hello, > > I am hoping that I'll get some helpful hints by posting this. I've been > running Cygwin under Win98SE for months now without the CYGWIN env > variable set in Windows at all. I have FAT and FAT32 partitions. My > mounts are all binmode. Now I am looking at setting CYGWIN thus: > > SET CYGWIN=export noenvcache glob:ignorecase title nostrip_title > winsymlinks tty > > What sort of surprises or changes in behavior (that I might not have > realized were changeable behavior, i.e. things that I'd not taken heed > of until now) might I experience? > > Since this is the Cygwin List rather than another and its character is > what it is, I'll type out explicitly that: I am posting this because I > have a feeling of less than perfect comprehension of the uses and > ramifications of the parameters to CYGWIN, even after reading > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html. A refinement of your question would be nice. I can't believe that you don't understand *all* of the above options. Which one are you unsure about? The only dangerous one AFAICS is 'tty' which changes the way the console is handled. Impact is that native Win32 console apps could show some surprising effects. > I am also keen on assuring myself that not mentioning "ntea" or "ntsec" > is fine; that those options would do nothing under Win98 anyway, and These are NT options. Forget them on 9x/Me. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
CYGWIN variable: impact of options under Win9x
Hello, I am hoping that I'll get some helpful hints by posting this. I've been running Cygwin under Win98SE for months now without the CYGWIN env variable set in Windows at all. I have FAT and FAT32 partitions. My mounts are all binmode. Now I am looking at setting CYGWIN thus: SET CYGWIN=export noenvcache glob:ignorecase title nostrip_title winsymlinks tty What sort of surprises or changes in behavior (that I might not have realized were changeable behavior, i.e. things that I'd not taken heed of until now) might I experience? Since this is the Cygwin List rather than another and its character is what it is, I'll type out explicitly that: I am posting this because I have a feeling of less than perfect comprehension of the uses and ramifications of the parameters to CYGWIN, even after reading http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html. I am particularly keen on knowing what might not work in just the same way as before (under a default condition on Win98SE, that is in which there is no setting for CYGWIN at all) due to the last parameter "tty". The document at the url given above indicates that "[it is] not compatible with some Windows applications." I find that quite vague and am most unsure how concerned to be about it. I am also keen on assuring myself that not mentioning "ntea" or "ntsec" is fine; that those options would do nothing under Win98 anyway, and that Cygwin applications will run fine with them not set (i.e., *sshd*)?? My Cygwin installation at this moment: Cygwin DLL version info: DLL version: 1.3.10 DLL epoch: 19 [...] Build date: Mon Feb 25 11:14:34 EST 2002 Shared id: cygwin1S3 Thanks, Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
