Re: Is this OK with the GPL?

2003-03-05 Thread John Morrison
On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 08:48:02PM -, John Morrison wrote: > > > > > > > > > >New Windows Installers > >* Safely install Cygwin with its environment automatically > > configured for

Cygin GCC errors with multiple users

2003-03-05 Thread Gavin Cormack
Hi, I have been having problems with a Cygwin install in Multiple user environments. I have installed the latest package from the mirror.aarnet.edu.au The package is installed as an Administrator and it runs fine. I am able to complile without any errors. However when I try it with any ot

inetd, xinetd

2003-03-05 Thread Eduardo Osorio Armenta
Hi, i'm trying to configure the telnetd server if someone could giveme a link to a better information. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#un

Re: Cygin GCC errors with multiple users

2003-03-05 Thread Carlo Florendo
You most probably selected "Just for me" only. Try reinstalling and when prompted for those who could use the program, select "All users" or "For all" or something like that. - Original Message - From: "Gavin Cormack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 05

Re: 1.3.20-1 CYGWIN ; csh,bash and ./config

2003-03-05 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 03:20:52PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > Konstantinos, > > First off, the script is written for csh. Why would you expect sh or bash > to be able to interpret it? These shells use different syntax. > > The original script failed because you don't have csh installed.

Re: Problem compiling Perl Tk800.024

2003-03-05 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
> "Gerrit" == Gerrit P Haase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Gerrit> Hallo Dr. Zell, >> By the way I'm using perl-5.8.0. (Does anyone know why >> all the man pages and perl scripts in /bin have CRLF's ?) Gerrit> You're the first to report this, I'll take a look ASAP, if Gerrit

Re: Cygwin setup crashes

2003-03-05 Thread Pavel Tsekov
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Max Bowsher wrote: > Manu wrote: > >>> I've patched and rebuilt. > >>> I have now: "Can't open (null) for reading: No such file" > >>> This occurs in install.cc, line 173: > >> > Max wrote: > >> Umm. This bug is known to exist, but we don't know how to reproduce > >> it. http

GCC-3.2 problem: undefined ___gxx_personality_v0

2003-03-05 Thread Martin Wolters
I recently installed cygwin and while compiling a C-program I do get the following error: undefined reference to `___gxx_personality_v0' A google search listed hints that this is a gcc-3.x problem. But I couldn't find any specifics. Do people on this list know about such a problem? -M More

Why is gcc 3.2 prerelease?

2003-03-05 Thread Bruce Adams [TEPG Sunbury]
Hi, The answer to this question ought to be in the documentation somewhere but I couldn't find it. The version of gcc installed by setup is: gcc version 3.2 20020818 (prerelease) Ignoring the 2.9x version. Why are we still using a prerelease version? According to gcc.gnu.org the versions

RE: ssh-keygen Please help!!!

2003-03-05 Thread Vince Hoffman
try ssh-user-config (as mentioned in the README) > -Original Message- > From: Joshua S. Abbott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 March 2003 02:24 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: ssh-keygen Please help!!! > > > hello i have cygwin and need to create and install ssh keysI am in >

Re: Exception: STATUS_PRIVILEGED_INSTRUCTION occurs before main is executed.

2003-03-05 Thread Steven O'Brien
Bruce Adams wrote: > I have lately been having real problems with vanilla gcc 3.2 > generating executables that crash. > The simplest way to reproduce the problem is to have a main function > in a file with a .h of the same name as below. Bruce I have tried your example code and it works fine fo

Re: GCC-3.2 problem: undefined ___gxx_personality_v0

2003-03-05 Thread Max Bowsher
Martin Wolters wrote: > I recently installed cygwin and while compiling a C-program I do get > the following error: > > undefined reference to `___gxx_personality_v0' Compile C code with gcc, C++ code with g++. If the error still persists, post the *exact* gcc command line. Max. -- Unsubscri

tcsh does not recognize LC_CTYPE / LANG

2003-03-05 Thread mailspam1
Hi Cygwinners, tcsh in latest cygwin is compiled with 8bit support, but I cannot get it to recognize the environment variables LC_CTYPE or LANG in order to type 8bit characters. Also its internal "ls" command just shows escape sequences for those files. With bash it works just fine out of the

Re: Is this OK with the GPL?

2003-03-05 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc.)
John Morrison wrote: On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 08:48:02PM -, John Morrison wrote: New Windows Installers * Safely install Cygwin with its environment automatically configured for Wind

Re: Malloc array size limit (3)

2003-03-05 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc.)
Fabrizio Impagnatiello wrote: Thanks again, but even with heap_chunk the very simple code does not run. I would to emphatise that the same EXE (gcc 3.2) correctly allocates memory if run-time linked to cygwin1.dll v1.3.12 but run fails if I use DLL versions between 1.3.17 and 1.3.20. uname -a: CYG

setup.exe: something besides C++?

2003-03-05 Thread Joe Buehler
I don't want to start a huge flamewar, but have any of the setup.exe developers thought about changing setup.exe so that it is written in something a little easier to work on, like perl/tk? People have been asking for various enhancements for quite a while now, so obviously it is not easy to chang

Re: Answer File for Setup.exe

2003-03-05 Thread Joe Buehler
Kyrytow, Stefan wrote: Is there a way to create an answer file for cygwin setup? I need to install cygwin on several workstations and would like to script the install so I don't manually have to install on each workstation. You could try AutoIt to automate the task until setup is enhanced... -- Jo

troubles in Pine

2003-03-05 Thread cronopio
Hi. (and sorry for my spanglish) I've CYGWIN_ME-4.90 in my PC. I'm trying to use Pine following the documentation, making a ".pinerc" in home directory and using fetchmail. But Pine can't open the mail folder, displaying next message on screen: /var/spool/mail/cronopio/: no

Re: setup.exe: something besides C++?

2003-03-05 Thread Pavel Tsekov
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Joe Buehler wrote: > I don't want to start a huge flamewar, but have any of the setup.exe > developers thought about changing setup.exe so that it is written > in something a little easier to work on, like perl/tk? People have > been asking for various enhancements for quite a

Re: 1.3.20-1 CYGWIN ; csh,bash and ./config

2003-03-05 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Tue, Mar 04, [EMAIL PROTECTED]:20:52PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > Konstantinos, > > > > First off, the script is written for csh. Why would you expect sh or bash > > to be able to interpret it? These shells use different syntax. > > > > T

Re: GCC-3.2 problem: undefined ___gxx_personality_v0

2003-03-05 Thread Martin Wolters
The gcc command line I use: gcc myCFile.c -M On Wednesday 05 March 2003 14:40, Max Bowsher wrote: > Martin Wolters wrote: > > I recently installed cygwin and while compiling a C-program I do get > > the following error: > > > > undefined reference to `___gxx_personality_v0' > > Compile C code wi

Re: troubles in Pine

2003-03-05 Thread Ajay Simha
On Wed Mar 05 11:48:09 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Content-Description: Mail message body > Hi. (and sorry for my spanglish) > > I've CYGWIN_ME-4.90 in my PC. I'm trying to use Pine > following the documentation, making a ".pinerc" in home directory > and using fetchmail. But Pine can

COM

2003-03-05 Thread Manu Anand
Hi Gang How do I link my COM pgms? TIA -Manu There are things known and things Unknown. In between are the doors - Jim Morrison DISCLAIMER: Information contained and transmitted by this E-MAIL is proprietary to Mascot Systems Limited and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to wh

Re: GCC-3.2 problem: undefined ___gxx_personality_v0

2003-03-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OK. And that file contains only C code? If so, perhaps it's best if you create a small test file with the steps you use to produce this problem and send it along with the output of 'cygcheck -s -r -v' *as an attachment* to this list. Then we can at least see the details of what you're doing, w

Re: Why is gcc 3.2 prerelease?

2003-03-05 Thread mailspam1
On Wednesday, March 5, 2003 at 10:24:55, Bruce Adams wrote: [...] > The reason I ask is that I need to use gcc 3.0 for its > better ISO C++ compliance and STL but I'm having a lot of > problems with programs compiling (and linting) perfectly > but crashing when run. I am compiling a project with ~

Re: setup.exe: something besides C++?

2003-03-05 Thread Steve Coleman
Pavel Tsekov wrote: On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Joe Buehler wrote: but have any of the setup.exe developers thought about changing setup.exe so that it is written in something a little easier to work on, like perl/tk? But then, it would become _huge_. You'd have to download a bunch of other softwar

Re: setup.exe: something besides C++?

2003-03-05 Thread Joe Buehler
Pavel Tsekov wrote: But then, it would become _huge_. You'd have to download a bunch of other software just to install Cygwin. You would use a self-extracting executable. It's easy enough to do with the info-zip software. -- Joe Buehler -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscrib

Re: Is this OK with the GPL?

2003-03-05 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 08:36:30AM +, John Morrison wrote: >On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 08:48:02PM -, John Morrison wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >New Windows Installers >> >* Safely in

Re: 1.3.20-1 CYGWIN ; csh,bash and ./config

2003-03-05 Thread Randall R Schulz
At 01:47 2003-03-05, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 03:20:52PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > Konstantinos, > > First off, the script is written for csh. Why would you expect sh or bash > to be able to interpret it? These shells use different syntax. > > The original script fa

RE: setup.exe: something besides C++?

2003-03-05 Thread Vince Hoffman
I think here the answer is the traditional open source one, if you need/want it that much then go for it and code away, and if other people want like it then they'll join you. All the info to code something like this is available if you feel the need :) > -Original Message- > From: Steve

Re: setup.exe: something besides C++?

2003-03-05 Thread Joe Buehler
Steve Coleman wrote: But then with all the recent requests for new Cygwin setup.exe features I do think there might be a use for something like the CPAN.pm package that would allow these people to script their own automatic updates or to add new custom features as required for their specific ne

Terminal output from ssh much slower than putty

2003-03-05 Thread Erik Vigmostad
Is there some way to speedup the output to my terminal? I would like to use cygwin for ssh'g to various servers, but it is so much slower that using putty that I can't. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documen

Re: 1.3.20-1 CYGWIN ; csh,bash and ./config

2003-03-05 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 07:38:17AM -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote: > At 01:47 2003-03-05, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >P.S.: No, it doesn't. Create your own symlink or change the first > >script line to `#!/bin/tcsh' > > Corinna, Igor, > > I wonder what this means: > > % ll /bin/{t,}csh.exe > -rwx

apt-get (was Re: setup.exe: ... )

2003-03-05 Thread Robert Citek
At 10:26 AM 3/5/2003 -0500, Steve Coleman wrote: >It wouldn't replace setup.exe since the initial install would still have >to be done but it might be a good idea to have something that could >check if there are updates to designated packages that are deemed >important to the specific Cygwin us

Re: Terminal output from ssh much slower than putty

2003-03-05 Thread Randall R Schulz
Erik, Cygwin's "terminal" I/O speed varies considerably depending on two primary and independent choices: Console (Windows character subsystem) vs. RXVT and CYGWIN with vs. without "tty". In my home directory: % find |wc -l 4681 % find -type d |wc -l 180 % find -type f |wc -l 4457 Co

Re: troubles in Pine

2003-03-05 Thread Eduardo Chappa
*** [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote today: :) Hi. (and sorry for my spanglish) No es problema, yo también soy Chileno, así que si quieres hablamos en Español. En todo caso tu Inglés está muy bien. :) I've CYGWIN_ME-4.90 in my PC. I'm trying to use Pine following the :) documentation, making a ".pi

Re: 1.3.20-1 CYGWIN ; csh,bash and ./config

2003-03-05 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > At 01:47 2003-03-05, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > >P.S.: No, it doesn't. Create your own symlink or change the first > > >script line to `#!/bin/tcsh' > > Would you think it makes sense to create a csh symlink to tcsh.exe in > the package? Seems to

Re: GCC-3.2 problem: undefined ___gxx_personality_v0

2003-03-05 Thread Martin Wolters
On Wednesday 05 March 2003 16:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > OK. And that file contains only C code? That's a good question. I thought so and I still think so. However, I just tried "g++ myCFile.c" and it compiles like a charm!! Well, maybe I can find the code that breaks the gcc-build. And i

Re: 1.3.20-1 CYGWIN ; csh,bash and ./config

2003-03-05 Thread Randall R Schulz
Corinna, At 08:04 2003-03-05, Corinna Vinschen wrote: ... Would you think it makes sense to create a csh symlink to tcsh.exe in the package? Seems to be common on Linux at least. If you're asking me, I'd say it's probably a good idea. It would probably help keep lunkheads like me from doing stu

Re: COM

2003-03-05 Thread Robert Praetorius
> Hi Gang > How do I link my COM pgms? For half a second I was ready to fling http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html. at you - then I realized that grepping the web (or even the cygwin.com corner of it) for COM is a nontrivial proposition. I don't know from COM, b

RE: setup.exe: something besides C++?

2003-03-05 Thread Rick Rankin
I have a question. Do contributions to setup require the same copyright assignment as contributions to the dll? I've looked at the contributions page, the FAQ, and the assignment form itself, and the answer doesn't appear obvious to me. I have some 250+ boxes I deal with, and an unattended setup/

Re: GCC-3.2 problem: undefined ___gxx_personality_v0

2003-03-05 Thread Max Bowsher
Martin Wolters wrote: > On Wednesday 05 March 2003 16:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> OK. And that file contains only C code? > > That's a good question. I thought so and I still think so. However, I > just tried "g++ myCFile.c" and it compiles like a charm!! > > Well, maybe I can find the code

Re: COM

2003-03-05 Thread Randall R Schulz
Robert, At 08:13 2003-03-05, Robert Praetorius wrote: > Hi Gang > How do I link my COM pgms? For half a second I was ready to fling http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html. Fling away! Is it COM, Component Object Model (with it's cousin DCOM, Distributed COM) or is it CO

Re: GCC-3.2 problem: undefined ___gxx_personality_v0

2003-03-05 Thread Martin Wolters
On Wednesday 05 March 2003 17:19, Max Bowsher wrote: > Martin Wolters wrote: > > On Wednesday 05 March 2003 16:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> OK. And that file contains only C code? > > > > That's a good question. I thought so and I still think so. However, I > > just tried "g++ myCFile.c" and

Re: Terminal output from ssh much slower than putty

2003-03-05 Thread Robert Citek
Hello Erik, At 07:55 AM 3/5/2003 -0600, Erik Vigmostad wrote: >Is there some way to speedup the output to my terminal? I would like >to use cygwin for ssh'g to various servers, but it is so much >slower that using putty that I can't. What exactly are you using ssh/putty for? On-line editting

Re: GCC-3.2 problem: undefined ___gxx_personality_v0

2003-03-05 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Martin Wolters wrote: > On Wednesday 05 March 2003 17:19, Max Bowsher wrote: > > Martin Wolters wrote: > > > On Wednesday 05 March 2003 16:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> OK. And that file contains only C code? > > > > > > That's a good question. I thought so and I still t

RE: COM

2003-03-05 Thread Manu Anand
Hi Sorry for not being clear enough. > COM , in this case, will be Component Object Model. > I 'll know I have to link with ole32.dll but how do you link to > dynamic library? > > -Manu > There are things known and things Unknown. In between are the doors - Jim Morrison > -- > Fro

Re: GCC-3.2 problem: undefined ___gxx_personality_v0

2003-03-05 Thread Max Bowsher
Martin Wolters wrote: > On Wednesday 05 March 2003 17:19, Max Bowsher wrote: >> Martin Wolters wrote: >>> On Wednesday 05 March 2003 16:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK. And that file contains only C code? >>> >>> That's a good question. I thought so and I still think so. However, >>> I just

RE: COM

2003-03-05 Thread Manu Anand
Thanks There are things known and things Unknown. In between are the doors - Jim Morrison > -- > From: Robert Praetorius[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 10:00 PM > To: Manu Anand > Subject: RE: COM > > > I

changing the beep

2003-03-05 Thread Scott W Brim
How do I change the default beep (\C-g) for cygwin windows? I thought this was in the archives but I can't find it. I believe this is a Windows thing (registry?). -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation

Re: changing the beep

2003-03-05 Thread Max Bowsher
Scott W Brim wrote: > How do I change the default beep (\C-g) for cygwin windows? I thought > this was in the archives but I can't find it. I believe this is a > Windows thing (registry?). Wait for 1.3.21, which uses the Windows default beep, instead of the PC Speaker. Then you can change it in

1.3.20 and 1.3.19, can't compile || can't find /bin/sh

2003-03-05 Thread Hari Nair
I am on a Win2K machine and did a basic install of cygwin + make + gcc. When I attempt to compile a simple hello world program, I get the following: $ make hello gcc hello.c -o hello gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1': No such file or directory make: *** [hello] Error 1 This was w

Re: changing the beep

2003-03-05 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 05:02:46PM -, Max Bowsher wrote: >Scott W Brim wrote: >> How do I change the default beep (\C-g) for cygwin windows? I thought >> this was in the archives but I can't find it. I believe this is a >> Windows thing (registry?). > >Wait for 1.3.21, which uses the Windows

Re: inetd, xinetd

2003-03-05 Thread Ronald Landheer-Cieslak
Take a look here http://www.adamswann.com/library/2001/Cygwin-Inetd.html and read the man pages for inetd and/or xinetd. If you can't figure it out with that, provide more info on what your problem is. I.e. read this: http://www.cygwin.com/bugs.html and this http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC2

Re: changing the beep

2003-03-05 Thread Randall R Schulz
At 09:41 2003-03-05, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 05:02:46PM -, Max Bowsher wrote: >Scott W Brim wrote: >> How do I change the default beep (\C-g) for cygwin windows? I thought >> this was in the archives but I can't find it. I believe this is a >> Windows thing (registry

Re: changing the beep

2003-03-05 Thread Brian Gallew
Randall R Schulz said: > Is this an unconditional change, or is there a way (a CYGWIN option, > perhaps) to continue to use the built-in enunciator beep? Better yet, is there a way to register and use a different event for Cygwin's beeping? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubs

Re: changing the beep

2003-03-05 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Brian Gallew wrote: > Randall R Schulz said: > > Is this an unconditional change, or is there a way (a CYGWIN option, > > perhaps) to continue to use the built-in enunciator beep? > > Better yet, is there a way to register and use a different event for > Cygwin's beeping? "No"

Re: inetd, xinetd

2003-03-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Original Message: >- >From: Ronald Landheer-Cieslak [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 18:51:49 +0100 (CET) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: inetd, xinetd > > >Take a look here >http://www.adamswann.com/library/2001/Cygwin-Inetd.html While this may w

Re: changing the beep

2003-03-05 Thread Max Bowsher
Randall R Schulz wrote: > At 09:41 2003-03-05, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 05:02:46PM -, Max Bowsher wrote: >>> Scott W Brim wrote: How do I change the default beep (\C-g) for cygwin windows? I thought this was in the archives but I can't find it. I believe

Re: changing the beep

2003-03-05 Thread Max Bowsher
Brian Gallew wrote: > Randall R Schulz said: >> Is this an unconditional change, or is there a way (a CYGWIN option, >> perhaps) to continue to use the built-in enunciator beep? > > Better yet, is there a way to register and use a different event for > Cygwin's beeping? You can change the Windows

Re: Is this OK with the GPL?

2003-03-05 Thread Peter D. Stout
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 08:36:30AM +, John Morrison wrote: On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 08:48:02PM -, John Morrison wrote: New Windows Installers * Safely inst

Re: inetd, xinetd

2003-03-05 Thread Eduardo Osorio Armenta
I'm trying to clear the process of implementation. We need to run 5-15 Portable Data Terminals (PDT Symbol 6846) with an vt100 emulator. and they need to access an MSSQL for warehousing information. so i'm trying with C# console programs. my question is it is a viable solution or i need a LI

unique ssh user environments

2003-03-05 Thread James D Below
Hi Everyone. I have configured sshd on my server and it appears to work well. The problem I am having is that if multiple users login via ssh, they both are running in the same "user space". Sshd is running under a privileged user account instead of SYSTEM. Here is an example: user "A" logs in

RE: Why is gcc 3.2 prerelease?

2003-03-05 Thread Bruce Adams [TEPG Sunbury]
> >On Wednesday, March 5, 2003 at 10:24:55, Bruce Adams wrote: [...] >> The reason I ask is that I need to use gcc 3.0 for its >> better ISO C++ compliance and STL but I'm having a lot of problems >> with programs compiling (and linting) perfectly but crashing >when run. > >I am compiling a proj

RE: Why is gcc 3.2 prerelease?

2003-03-05 Thread Bruce Adams [TEPG Sunbury]
>-Original Message- >From: Andrew Markebo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 05 March 2003 16:15 >To: Bruce Adams [TEPG Sunbury] >Subject: Re: Why is gcc 3.2 prerelease? > > >Hi! > >I suppose you have heard this, but I vote for that GCC 3 burfs >on an error (runtime) that GCC 2.95 were t

enscript

2003-03-05 Thread Yoshimitsu, Stacy D.
Hello, I'm able to run enscript now, but there were no output from the printer. Here's the command that I've ran: $ enscript -PHPLaserJ myFile.txt [ 1 pages * 1 copy ] sent to HPLaserJ 14 lines were wrapped Does anyone know why? Thanks, Stacy -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#u

RE: Why is gcc 3.2 prerelease?

2003-03-05 Thread Stephan Mueller
Um, who is this M$ you refer to? If it's a company named Microsoft, there's no $ in the name. We all know how much damage a simple mistake can cause. Just imagine if someone were trying to do it deliberately. Seriously, the notion about a careless mistake is a good one. I am amused about the w

RE: Why is gcc3.2 prerelease?

2003-03-05 Thread Jim Drash
> Um, who is this M$ you refer to? ... We know there is no "$" in the name. M$ is a widely-held albeit slightly derogatory reference to Microsoft. Why be so thin-skinned? It is good to see that someone from Microsoft is lurking in this mailing list. (I guess). While the author makes some excelle

Re: setup.exe: something besides C++?

2003-03-05 Thread Robert Collins
On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 02:26, Steve Coleman wrote: > It wouldn't replace setup.exe since the initial install would still have > to be done but it might be a good idea to have something that could > check if there are updates to designated packages that are deemed > important to the specific Cyg

Re: setup.exe: something besides C++?

2003-03-05 Thread Robert Collins
On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 02:32, Joe Buehler wrote: > Pavel Tsekov wrote: > > > But then, it would become _huge_. You'd have to download a bunch of other > > software just to install Cygwin. > > You would use a self-extracting executable. It's easy enough to do with > the info-zip software. Riiight

RE: setup.exe: something besides C++?

2003-03-05 Thread Robert Collins
On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 02:37, Vince Hoffman wrote: > I think here the answer is the traditional open source one, if you need/want > it that much then go for it and code away, and if other people want like it > then they'll join you. All the info to code something like this is available > if you feel

Re: setup.exe: something besides C++?

2003-03-05 Thread Robert Collins
On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 02:34, Joe Buehler wrote: > I am one of the ones who would like to make install enhancements for > my own use -- unattended installs for example -- but the existing code > is not easy for me to figure out... Have you considered asking for pointers to the code areas to change

Re: apt-get (was Re: setup.exe: ... )

2003-03-05 Thread Robert Collins
On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 03:10, Robert Citek wrote: > On the linux side, that's what apt-get does. And does it very nicely. Ask > any Debian user. Apparently, some people are working on porting atp-get to > Cygwin: > http://debian-cygwin.sourceforge.net > The dates are about 18 months old. Are

RE: setup.exe: something besides C++?

2003-03-05 Thread Robert Collins
On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 03:18, Rick Rankin wrote: > I have a question. Do contributions to setup require the same copyright > assignment as contributions to the dll? I've looked at the contributions page, > the FAQ, and the assignment form itself, and the answer doesn't appear obvious > to me. > >

Re: Terminal output from ssh much slower than putty

2003-03-05 Thread Markus Schönhaber
Erik Vigmostad wrote: Is there some way to speedup the output to my terminal? I would like to use cygwin for ssh'g to various servers, but it is so much slower that using putty that I can't. I found that Windows XP's "Clear Type" font smoothing algorithm makes rxvt virtually unusable on my mac

RE: Terminal output from ssh much slower than putty

2003-03-05 Thread Erik Vigmostad
Mainly output for scripts, mysql queries, vi, etc. No screen captures. -Original Message- From: Robert Citek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 10:33 AM To: Erik Vigmostad Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Terminal output from ssh much slower than putty Hello E

Re: Is this OK with the GPL?

2003-03-05 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 10:45:21AM -0800, Peter D. Stout wrote: >Even if they consider demo customers as "registered" customers, which I >would guess they do not, $50 seems a bit of a stretch for a "nominal >fee" for distributing source. That's ok, though. As long as they supply source, I'm hap

Re: setup.exe: something besides C++?

2003-03-05 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins wrote: > On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 02:34, Joe Buehler wrote: > >> I am one of the ones who would like to make install enhancements for >> my own use -- unattended installs for example -- but the existing >> code is not easy for me to figure out... > > Have you considered asking for point

Re: setup.exe: something besides C++?

2003-03-05 Thread Joe Buehler
Robert Collins wrote: So we: Write a perl/tk installer in using activestate perl to be installed using a self-extracting executable to allow the installation of cygwin. Perhaps I'm pessimistic, but I can just see huge issues with 'your installer downgraded my activestate install' and other similar

Re: Is this OK with the GPL?

2003-03-05 Thread Robert Praetorius
> That's ok, though. As long as they supply source, I'm happy. I'm not > going to quibble about how much they charge to do it. How much does the > FSF charge for a CD? Anyone know? Prices listed at http://gnu.sunsite.utk.edu/order/order.html run from $35 to $5000 (the latter inc

bash 'test -x' gives incorrect results with group permissions?

2003-03-05 Thread Eric Tiffany
I encountered a perplexing situation with file permissions. I am running cygwin 1.3.20 and bash 2.05b.0(8). I have an executable with the following permissions: $ ls -ln /c/j2sdk1.4.1_01/bin/java -rwxrwx---+ 1 544 18 24672 Sep 30 03:08 /c/j2sdk1.4.1_01/bin/java And here is my

Re: Exception: STATUS_PRIVILEGED_INSTRUCTION occurs before main isexecuted.

2003-03-05 Thread Brian Ford
A comment and a question. It is not legal to use gcc for compiling c++ code. You must use g++. Is this "vanilla" gcc 3.2 from the Cygwin package, or compiled from source by you? -- Brian Ford Senior Realtime Software Engineer VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems FlightSafety International Phone:

GPL Violation

2003-03-05 Thread Jason Tishler
John, AFAICT, you are violating the GPL by not providing the source for Cygwin's setup program that you appear to distribute in binary only: http://burks.brighton.ac.uk/burks/software/langs/install.sw?1.cygwin.exe#1.cygwin.exe If you are distributing the source, then make it more apparent (

OT: whining (was: RE: Why is gcc3.2 prerelease?)

2003-03-05 Thread Stephan Mueller
I'm not being thin-skinned -- I was using an example from Andrew's mail (the M$ reference) to have some fun with his 'careless mistake' comment. I used it because it was conveniently available, is all. (Note how my wording was virtually identical to Andrew's.) I think by 'the author' you're referr

Re: bash 'test -x' gives incorrect results with group permissions?

2003-03-05 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Eric Tiffany wrote: > I encountered a perplexing situation with file permissions. I am running > cygwin 1.3.20 and bash 2.05b.0(8). > > I have an executable with the following permissions: > > $ ls -ln /c/j2sdk1.4.1_01/bin/java > > -rwxrwx---+ 1 544 18 24672 S

RE: sudo and runas

2003-03-05 Thread Chris January
> Hello, > > Under XP (and maybe other Windows?) there's a command, runas, which when > used from cmd.exe or the Run dialog, can run applications as another > user: > > C:\Cygwin>runas /user:Administrator C:\Cygwin\setup.exe > Enter the password for Administrator: > > allows me to run Cygwin's s

Re: apt-get (was Re: setup.exe: ... )

2003-03-05 Thread Robert Citek
Hello Robert, At 07:16 AM 3/6/2003 +1100, Robert Collins wrote: >Not that I'm aware of. I really need to refresh the dpkg port in cygwin >at some point. > >I had foolishly hoped that porting it would encourage the debian folks >who had been so keen on getting apt etc going to contribute apt, debc

Re: bash 'test -x' gives incorrect results with group permissions?

2003-03-05 Thread Pierre A. Humblet
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 04:10:35PM -0500, Eric Tiffany wrote: > > I encountered a perplexing situation with file permissions. I am running > cygwin 1.3.20 and bash 2.05b.0(8). > > I have an executable with the following permissions: > > $ ls -ln /c/j2sdk1.4.1_01/bin/java > > -rwxrwx---+ 1 5

Re: unique ssh user environments

2003-03-05 Thread Vince Hoffman
why not run sshd as local system and have each person log on using password authentication, that way each user will be using their own environment (the downside being that you have to use a password as passwordless logins (pubkey etc) cannot get network access using the cd //server/path method, how

RE: sudo and runas

2003-03-05 Thread Randall R Schulz
To Whom It May Concern, Beware programmers named after Roman gods with eyes (and faces) on both sides of their head bearing pre-compiled software. He sees the outside _and_ inside! Get it? He's trying to see inside your system even while he seems to be looking the other way. Pretty slick, Chri

Re:Cygin GCC errors with multiple users

2003-03-05 Thread Gavin Cormack
Hi,   After browsing the archives again today for a solution I found the following:   http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-02/msg02352.html   This seems to have fixed the problem that I was experiencing.   Thanks Gavin Cormack Student IT Support Officer Information Technology Services,

Re: apt-get (was Re: setup.exe: ... )

2003-03-05 Thread Robert Collins
On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 11:24, Robert Citek wrote: > Hello Robert, > > At 07:16 AM 3/6/2003 +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > >Not that I'm aware of. I really need to refresh the dpkg port in cygwin > >at some point. > > > >I had foolishly hoped that porting it would encourage the debian folks > >who h

[Improved PATCH] corrects search order of directories for include files for gcc 3.2

2003-03-05 Thread Andre Bleau
This is a follow up to: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-03/msg00271.html I improved my patch so that /usr/include/w32api is not searched at all if -mno-win32 is specified. Search list would now be: gcc -mno-cygwin : (same as now) /usr/i686-pc-mingw32/lib/../../include/w32api /usr/lib/gcc-lib/

1.3.20: bug: UID over 65536: "I have no name!"

2003-03-05 Thread Keith Hopkins
Hi! 1.3.20-1 on Win2k, downloaded 20030306. I saw this when a friend of mine, and myself were trying to install 1.3.20 yesterday (dl, then install from dl). The install would go fine, but when you started the shell, $UID would have dropped the high bits from the NT-DOMAIN UID. For example,

Re: 1.3.20: bug: UID over 65536: "I have no name!"

2003-03-05 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc.)
Keith Hopkins wrote: Hi! 1.3.20-1 on Win2k, downloaded 20030306. I saw this when a friend of mine, and myself were trying to install 1.3.20 yesterday (dl, then install from dl). The install would go fine, but when you started the shell, $UID would have dropped the high bits from the NT-DOMA

RE: 1.3.20: bug: UID over 65536: "I have no name!"

2003-03-05 Thread fred_ulmer
Hello, (B (BEven after changing my UID in /etc/passwd from 65558 to 22, I still get the following (Bpermission errors when I open a shell: (B (B/usr/share/texmf/ls-R: Permission denied (B/usr/share/texmf/aliases: Permission denied (B (BAlso, my .bashrc file in my home directory is not bein

Re: 1.3.20: bug: UID over 65536: "I have no name!"

2003-03-05 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc.)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > Even after changing my UID in /etc/passwd from 65558 to 22, I still get the > following permission errors when I open a shell: > > /usr/share/texmf/ls-R: Permission denied > /usr/share/texmf/aliases: Permission denied > > Also, my .bashrc file in my home di

1.3.20 gcc cannot exec cc1

2003-03-05 Thread Michael Graff Andersen
Hello All Here lastest steps I took trying to get gcc-3.2-3 to work under cygwin on Windows NT SP6 Removed all cygwin installed via ftp from sunsite dot dk under c:\cygwin gcc seems to be working under : /lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.2 and /lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.2 all other places I

Re: Strange bash behaviour

2003-03-05 Thread Christopher Faylor
Wrong mailing list. Redirected. On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 11:13:10AM +0100, Malcolm Agnew wrote: >Consider the program: > >int main( int argc, char **argv ) >{ > printf( "Hello\n" ) ; > printf( ">> " ) ; > getchar() ; >} >On compiling this with gcc the behaviour is as expected. i.

Re: /bin/mv question

2003-03-05 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Wrong list, redirected. Please remove from replies. Igor On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Leon KUKOVEC wrote: > Hi all, > > Since I'm not on the list, I would kindly ask you to CC me when replying. > > I am trying to move(rename) certain directory using /bin/mv command. > > Is there any way that I c

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