RFE: enhance setup.exe to used cached mirrors file (was Re: sourceware.org downtime)

[linda w]

I 2nd this request -- wanted to install some other packages but was
blocked by the mirrors.txt download -- maybe it could use a cached
copy of mirrors.txt to look at other mirror files -- i.e. cache mirrors.txt
on the existing mirrors so if cygwin server is down, setup would use
existing mirrors to avoid a single point of failure -- but still
check mirrors.txt on cygwin.com if it was up. 

??
-linda

Alexey N. Solofnenko wrote:
Would not it be great if Cygwin's setup did not just fail if 
mirrors.lst is unavailable and continued with just last server in the 
list? I tried to install Cygwin KDE, but setup was failing on a 
completely unrelated to what I was doing problem.

- Alexey.

Re: sourceware.org downtime

[linda w]

Didn't receive any down message here -- just noticed no server nor
email-list activity.  Dang -- I hate it when disks get screwed up!  The
bane of developers and users everywhere.
Christopher Faylor wrote:
If you were subscribed to this list you should have received email
telling you that sourceware.org (aka cygwin.com/gcc.gnu.org) was down.

Problem with X headers on cygwin-xfree?

[linda w]

I downloaded the Tk perl module via cpan and run make.  After quite a 
long run, I
get a fatal error that looks like it is from one or more missing headers 
in the X library.

Builds fine on my linux system.

Error text:
/bin/perl.exe /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.2/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap 
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.
2/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap 
//ishtar/share/CPAN/build-win/Tk-804.025_beta14/Tk/t
ypemap  Xlib.xs  Xlib.xsc  mv Xlib.xsc Xlib.c
gcc -c  -I.. -I../pTk/mTk/xlib -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV 
-fno-strict-aliasing -DUSE
IMPORTLIB -O2   -DVERSION=\804.025\ -DXS_VERSION=\804.025\  
-I/usr/lib/perl
5/5.8.2/cygwin-thread-multi-64int/CORE  -D__WIN32__ -D_WIN32 -Wall 
-Wno-implici
t-int -Wno-comment -Wno-unused -D__USE_FIXED_PROTOTYPES__ Xlib.c
Xlib.xs:13: error: syntax error before '*' token
Xlib.xs:13: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
Xlib.xs: In function `boot_Tk__Xlib':
Xlib.xs:378: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
Xlib.xs:378: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
Xlib.xs:378: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
Xlib.xs:378: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
Xlib.xs:378: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
Xlib.xs:378: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
Xlib.xs:378: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
Xlib.xs:378: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
Xlib.xs:378: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
Xlib.xs:378: error: `XlibVtab' undeclared (first use in this function)
Xlib.xs:378: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
Xlib.xs:378: error: for each function it appears in.)
Xlib.xs:378: error: syntax error before ')' token
make[1]: *** [Xlib.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory 
`//ishtar/share/CPAN/build-win/Tk-804.025_beta14/Xlib
'
make: *** [subdirs] Error 2
/usr/bin/make  -- NOT OK
-

I asked on main list if anyone had successfully built Tk under
Cygwin...no responses.
I also ran it by the perl-modules list, but since it builds ok
on non-cygwin platforms, that wasn't helpful either.
If someone else has perl/cpan configed under cygwin, could you
try dnloading Tk and doing a make and see if it works?
Thanks much for any help...
Linda
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Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

[linda w]

I don't know, but can't you remap it rather than changing the default 
X-server behavior?  Certainly
seems like something that should be user-remapable for kiosk type 
installationscan't have just
everyone going around killing off your kiosk, ya know.

Jack Tanner wrote:

Er, so Ctrl-Alt-Backspace kills the X-server (quite efficiently, and 
with no confirmation). This is bad (for example, when 
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace happens to match an Emacs incantation).

Since Xwin plays nicely with the system tray icon for exiting, is 
there any reason to listen for Ctrl-Alt-Backspace? I can think of two 
reasons -- compatibility with XFree86 convention across platforms, and 
preserving keyboard accessibility. I'm not sure that either one is 
very important here.

The least disruptive fix is probably to make Ctrl-Alt-Backspace invoke 
the same confirmation dialog that the system tray icon invokes.

Thanks,
JT