[PATCH] fix broken tty command on cygwin

2002-12-31 Thread Steven O'Brien
Hi The gdb tty option and command is broken on cygwin. After setting a tty for the inferior, the first run seems OK, but the second sometimes fails and the third may cause gdb to hang or enter an infinite loop. The fix is to close the (redundant) tty fd *before* launching the inferior process inste

guile-1.5.6-5 mentioned in setup.ini

2002-12-31 Thread fergus
In the current setup.ini (timestamp 1041225613) guile-1.5.6-5 is marked as [prev] for all three of @guile, @guile-devel and @guile-doc. But it is presumed [curr] as the source for @libguile14. (I found this while fiddling around trying to reduce [curr] + [prev] + [test] to fit on one CD.) It seem

Re: Req Help: sshd error: Read from socket failed: Connection aborted

2002-12-31 Thread Max Bowsher
Min Kim wrote: > Max, > > You're a genius. I did have Viruscan 7 installed but not the firewall. > Everything works perfectly now with it uninstalled. I guess I'll have > to go with Norton Antivirus. There isn't by chance a workaround for > the McAfee Viruscan problem, is there? I'm afraid not. As

Re: Curses library and Python

2002-12-31 Thread Jason Tishler
John, On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 07:26:51PM -0700, John Purser wrote: > Is anyone out there using the Python curses library or do you know of > a good tutorial for it? > [snip] > Any resources for me out there? I recommend posting to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I think that you will have better luck there.

Re: guile-1.5.6-5 mentioned in setup.ini

2002-12-31 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In the current setup.ini (timestamp 1041225613) guile-1.5.6-5 is marked as > [prev] for all three of @guile, @guile-devel and @guile-doc. But it is > presumed [curr] as the source for @libguile14. *guile*-1.6.0-1 (is curr and) should be used for all purposes. > It s

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: expect-20021218-1, gdb-20021218-1,tcltk-20021218-1

2002-12-31 Thread Jason Tishler
Chris, On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 06:02:02PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: > How have you managed to build cygwin in the past? By leveraging off of the following patch: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=5470&atid=305470&func=detail&aid=443669 and installing the required headers. BTW

Re: Heads up: *possible* bug in cygwin

2002-12-31 Thread Charles Wilson
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 11:18:55PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote: If somebody with a debuggable cygwin kernel could look into this, I'd appreciate it. I'll try to follow up on my own, but it takes FOREVER to do a 'cvs update' on the cygwin source tree over a 28.8k mode

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: expect-20021218-1, gdb-20021218-1, tcltk-20021218-1

2002-12-31 Thread Charles Wilson
Jason Tishler wrote: I should have been more clear. I was reacting to the "cyg" not the lack of a period. For example, in 8.0 we had libtcl80.a, in 8.3 now we have libcygtk83.a. This name change is another reason why the above patch needs to be reworked. I'm not really willing to arbitrar

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: exim-4.12-1

2002-12-31 Thread Pierre A. Humblet
I've updated the version of exim to 4.12 (exim is a Mail Transfer Agent, like sendmail). 4.12 is the first stable release since the current 4.10. It contains 54 backward compatible changes to exim proper, see ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/email/exim/ChangeLogs/NewStuff-4.11 There are al

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: expect-20021218-1, gdb-20021218-1, tcltk-20021218-1

2002-12-31 Thread Norman Vine
- Original Message - From: "Jason Tishler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 9:25 AM Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: expect-20021218-1, gdb-20021218-1, tcltk-20021218-1 > Chris, > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 06:02:02PM -0500, Christopher F

RE: symbols in Microsoft DLL's and Linking w/ them

2002-12-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Since this is a general inquiry without any specifics, I assume you're looking for a general confirmation that linking against MS DLLs is possible. I can attest to that. Generally speaking, when you run into unresolved symbols, you need to find the DLLs/import libraries or static libraries which

Re: symbols in Microsoft DLL's and Linking w/ them

2002-12-31 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 07:50:59AM -0800, Robert Bercik wrote: >I'm trying to create a cygwin dll that links to a microsoft DLL. >However, when I try and link to the DLL, the linkerl complains that the >symbols contained in the microsoft DLL are still unresolved. I used >the nm command on the DLL

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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: expect-20021218-1, gdb-20021218-1, tcltk-20021218-1

2002-12-31 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 11:00:37AM -0500, Norman Vine wrote: >I will gladly help with any Cygwin TCL / TK issues in any way I can >short of becoming the 'official' maintainer for which I do not feel >qualified given their critical role with respect to 'Insight' and 'gdb' And I am? All it requires

Re: Heads up: *possible* bug in cygwin

2002-12-31 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 09:43:50AM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote: >Did gcc (pre 3.2) automatically initialize data to 0, while gcc-3.2 does >not? Hmmm...waitaminute, I do have gcc2 installed... If gcc/ld is not initializing static data to zero then there are some pretty serious problems. Neither

RE: tar wildcard problem

2002-12-31 Thread Wai-Yip Tung \(wtung\)
Thanks for the clarification. I'm a seasoned programmer but have not worked on GNU. If you can give me some pointer perhaps I can help. (Better than trial-and-error all day :). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor Sent: Monda

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: expect-20021218-1, gdb-20021218-1,tcltk-20021218-1

2002-12-31 Thread Jason Tishler
Chuck, On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 09:48:07AM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote: > Jason Tishler wrote: > >OK. I just wanted to check before I submitted my patch to the Python > >patch collector. > > Since the config scripts (/usr/lib/tclConfig.sh, /usr/lib/tkConfig.sh) > seem to be accurate now, is there

Prioprietary DLL link problem - Can't export...

2002-12-31 Thread Robert Bercik
Hi, I am trying to link to a proprietary dll and I'm so damn close I can almost taste the sweet sweet linkage. But i got a little error. It's says it cannot find some symbols and therefore the export fails? Maybe you guys can help clarify, heres' what gcc says: make files.dll make[1]: Ent

prob with Tcl glob command under Cygwin

2002-12-31 Thread Joseph
I have downloaded the Tcl/Tk 8.3.4 package which was released with patches to compile under the cygwin C compiler for Windows OS, available from http://cygwin.com/ported.html For the most part this works except it seems to work better using the init.tcl file that comes with the Scriptics Tk 8.3.4

Re: prob with Tcl glob command under cygwin

2002-12-31 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 04:05:17PM -0500, Joseph wrote: >I have downloaded the Tcl/Tk 8.3.4 package which was released with >patches to compile under the cygwin C compiler for Windows OS, >available from http://cygwin.com/ported.html > >For the most part this works except it seems to work better us

Quirky Emacs behavior -- any ideas?

2002-12-31 Thread Dr. Andrew Mayer
Hi Folks, Does this jog anyone's memory? New XP SP1 install, new cygwin install (full) Quirk #1: When I launch Emacs, I get this scratch buffer popping up which reads: ** ad-Orig-documentation called with 5 arguments, but accepts only 1-2 Then, I notice that apropos is broken. For example, i

Re: Heads up: *possible* bug in cygwin

2002-12-31 Thread Charles Wilson
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 09:43:50AM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote: Did gcc (pre 3.2) automatically initialize data to 0, while gcc-3.2 does not? Hmmm...waitaminute, I do have gcc2 installed... If gcc/ld is not initializing static data to zero then there are some pretty

Re: Heads up: *possible* bug in cygwin

2002-12-31 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 11:45, Charles Wilson wrote: > [...but I can't reproduce the fault on linux. Even if I link in > dlmalloc. Bleah. ElectricFence on linux couldn't find anything > suspicious either.] You might try valgrind. valgrind is *good*. Happy New Year. Rob -- --- GPG key availa

convert utility

2002-12-31 Thread Wes Szumera
Is there a convert utility for graphics conversion in cygwin? I tried looking on website and came up empty. Thanks, Wes -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

RE: convert utility

2002-12-31 Thread Robert McNulty Junior
try http://www.google.com It's a search engine. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Wes Szumera Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 8:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: convert utility Is there a convert utility for graphics conversion in cygw

RE: convert utility

2002-12-31 Thread Wes Szumera
Robert, Yes, I know what google is. Between www.google.com and groups.google.com, I tend to find most of what I want to get a line on. What caused me a problem in searching, is that convert is a rather common word. From what I was told by an acquainance on a non computer list, imagine that

gnu tar opens tgz's with file times in the future

2002-12-31 Thread Shing-Fat Fred Ma
Hello, I'm gnu-tarring files with tar version 1.13.25 on solaris, then untarring with the same version on cygwin. The files are dated 2002-12-31 18:09:xx in the tgz on solaris. When I sftp them to cygwin, the tar programs shows the files to be dated 2003-01-01 03:09.xx. But typing "date" at the

SOLVED: gnu tar opens tgz's with file times in the future

2002-12-31 Thread Shing-Fat Fred Ma
Shing-Fat Fred Ma wrote: Hello, I'm gnu-tarring files with tar version 1.13.25 on solaris, then untarring with the same version on cygwin. The files are dated 2002-12-31 18:09:xx in the tgz on solaris. When I sftp them to cygwin, the tar programs shows the files to be dated 2003-01-01 03:09.xx