Re: make is not install

bohm s wrote: Hi, I just installed cygwin and 'make' was not installed. It's most probable that make was not installed even if you thought it was. Could you post the output the command `cygcheck -svr' so your problem can be diagnosed better. Check out http://cygwin.com/problems.html for det

make is not install

Hi, I just installed cygwin and 'make' was not installed. I chose All - "default", then uninstalled everything, following the uninstall instructions on the cygwin site, then tried All - "install". Niether configuration resullted in make.exe being found in my cygwin\bin folder. What am I doing w

Re: Error while running a .exe file in bash

Kishen Bahudhanam wrote: > > Thanks to everyone who contributed to this issue. The > problem is resolved if I use: ./tx.exe. > I still don't understand the error message though. > If bash is not able to find the program, then filename > completion shouldn't work, isn't it? For example if I > just

Re: Error while running a .exe file in bash

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this issue. The problem is resolved if I use: ./tx.exe. I still don't understand the error message though. If bash is not able to find the program, then filename completion shouldn't work, isn't it? For example if I just type: >. t bash completes the file n

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: flex-2.5.4a-3 (flex-2.5.31-1 withdrawn)

I've rebuilt an older version of flex and replaced a newer version on sources.redhat.com. There were too many incompatibilities between the standard "lex/flex" and the previously offered 2.5.31 version. Since 2.5.31 was not a strict replacement for 2.5.4, it has been removed. 2.5.4a contains som

Re: G77 -mno-cygwin

CGF Many thanks for the new gcc-mingw update! Everything works (as far as I tested) now. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwi

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: gcc-mingw-20030911-3

I've made a new version of gcc-mingw available for download. This version restores symlinks to the executables in the cygwin gcc directory which should allow -mno-cygwin to work with the fortran compiler. I repeat my plea for someone else to take ownership of the gcc packages. I would be forever

Re: setup doesn't work with DNS down

Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >> I have a problem with setup - it can't connect to the server to download >> list of mirrors. My Internet connection is ok, but DNS that I'm connected >> to is down and temporary I'm resolving domain names manually. I can't >> change DNS entry in TCP/IP settings because

Re: setup doesn't work with DNS down

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Krzysztof Duleba wrote: > I have a problem with setup - it can't connect to the server to download > list of mirrors. My Internet connection is ok, but DNS that I'm connected > to is down and temporary I'm resolving domain names manually. I can't > change DNS entry in TCP/IP s

setup doesn't work with DNS down

I have a problem with setup - it can't connect to the server to download list of mirrors. My Internet connection is ok, but DNS that I'm connected to is down and temporary I'm resolving domain names manually. I can't change DNS entry in TCP/IP settings because it requires reboot, which will not hap

possible munmap bug

Hi, This was causing my build of gcc to fail. File winsup/cygwin/mmap.cc version 1.86 (and earlier) function munmap when unmapping a 64K record, passes the wrong parameters to fhandler_base::munmap, passing the function parameter address/length instead of a block local version. This patch exp

Out of Memory

Dear All, My System Environment as below: Windows 2000 Professional Cygwin version 2.78.2.9 Phyical Memory: 256M Virtual Memory: 1.5G Perl v5.6.1 built for cygwin-multi When I run my perl program which needs about 1G memory, the following happened: "Out of memory during request for 1016 bytes,

Re: disabling all forms of autoindentation in cygwin's vim

Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 11:49:07AM +0800, Carlo Florendo wrote: Hello, The cygwin version of vim, when installed, works well. However, autoindentation is forced on the user by default. I've mailed the vim mailing list and asked about this. Vim's creator answered an

Re: Future of OpenGL package

Andre Bleau wrote: >Brian Ford wrote: > >>I am glad that the ambiguity in gcc include search paths has been >>resolved. However, the OpenGL includes in w32api/GL are from Mesa, and >>are thus more complete and up-to-date. > >Well, I hope that Earnie Boyd, maintainer for the w32api package, will >

Re: Installed, Admin can run, other account can't...

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Marco Mason wrote: > Hey, gang-- > > I've installed cygwin on a new box. After I set it up, I could run it > as administrator. > However, when I logged into a test account, I can't successfully start > it. > > Trying to run it under the test account in a DOS shell: > > D:\cyg

Installed, Admin can run, other account can't...

Hey, gang-- I've installed cygwin on a new box. After I set it up, I could run it as administrator. However, when I logged into a test account, I can't successfully start it. Trying to run it under the test account in a DOS shell: D:\cygwin\bin>bash --login -i D:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe: *** Create

Future of OpenGL package (Was: OpenGL ? Re: gcc 3.3.1: include problem solved)

Brian Ford wrote: These questions are mainly directed at Andre Bleau (Cygwin's OpenGL maintainer). I am glad that the ambiguity in gcc include search paths has been resolved. However, the OpenGL includes in w32api/GL are from Mesa, and are thus more complete and up-to-date. Well, I hope that Earn

Re: Setup cant open package database error?

On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 02:53, Tim Gunter wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 05:20:25PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > Well, you could right-click on the directory in Explorer and select > > Properties -> Security -> Advanced... I'm really not familiar with FAT32 > > filesystems - I think neither

RE: __CYGWIN__ ++ FAQ change? ( faq.txt DIFF )

Hannu, faq.txt is generated. See for the location of the "real" faq. Igor On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) wrote: > This is a quickly scribbled update of the FAQ. Contents is bare essentials > as I see it. Pleas

RE: __CYGWIN__ ++ FAQ change? ( faq.txt DIFF )

This is a quickly scribbled update of the FAQ. Contents is bare essentials as I see it. Please do relevant "PTC"-actions. $ diff -up /usr/share/doc/cygwin-doc-1.3/txt/faq.txt \ /usr/share/doc/cygwin-doc-1.3/txt/faq.txt.new --- /usr/share/doc/cygwin-doc-1.3/txt/faq.txt 2003-09-04 19:46:02.00

RE: __cygwin__ ++ (RE: getuid() and root)

> From: Igor Pechtchanski > On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail) wrote: > > > > From: Christopher Faylor > > > > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 09:21:38PM +0200, Hannu E K Nevalainen > > > (garbage mail) wrote: > > > > > >I've been thinking that there is a need for a __NOCYGWIN__ >

NT-Emacs, bash and ^C still not working?

After digging through the archives and finding a thread that died on May 8, 2001, http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2001-05/msg00319.html, I was wondering what the conclusion, if any, was on getting ctrl-c working in an NT Emacs shell window running bash? As of Cygwin 5.5.1, bash 2.05b, emacs 21

RE: bugreport: packaging error in gcc-mingw-3.3.1-20030911-2.tar.bz2

Larry Hall wrote: > At 01:31 PM 9/25/2003, Shankar Unni you wrote: > >Teun Burgers wrote: > >> gcc-mingw-3.3.1-20030911-2.tar.bz2 package. > > ^^ > > > >What the heck is this package? > I'm not sure what you're looking at to get the package names > you m

OpenGL ? Re: gcc 3.3.1: include problem solved

These questions are mainly directed at Andre Bleau (Cygwin's OpenGL maintainer). I am glad that the ambiguity in gcc include search paths has been resolved. However, the OpenGL includes in w32api/GL are from Mesa, and are thus more complete and up-to-date. What are the long term plans, if any, f

Re: bugreport: packaging error in gcc-mingw-3.3.1-20030911-2.tar.bz2

At 01:43 PM 9/25/2003, Larry Hall you wrote >At 01:31 PM 9/25/2003, Shankar Unni you wrote: >>Teun Burgers wrote: >> >>> As recorded in the thread "gcc -mno-cygwin fails", there is I think >>> a packaging error in gcc-mingw-3.3.1-20030804-1.tar, component >>> of the gcc-mingw-3.3.1-20030911-2.tar.b

Re: bugreport: packaging error in gcc-mingw-3.3.1-20030911-2.tar.bz2

At 01:31 PM 9/25/2003, Shankar Unni you wrote: >Teun Burgers wrote: > >> As recorded in the thread "gcc -mno-cygwin fails", there is I think >> a packaging error in gcc-mingw-3.3.1-20030804-1.tar, component >> of the gcc-mingw-3.3.1-20030911-2.tar.bz2 package. >

Re: bugreport: packaging error in gcc-mingw-3.3.1-20030911-2.tar.bz2

Teun Burgers wrote: > As recorded in the thread "gcc -mno-cygwin fails", there is I think > a packaging error in gcc-mingw-3.3.1-20030804-1.tar, component > of the gcc-mingw-3.3.1-20030911-2.tar.bz2 package. ^^ What the heck is this package? I see a "gcc-

bugreport: packaging error in gcc-mingw-3.3.1-20030911-2.tar.bz2

As recorded in the thread "gcc -mno-cygwin fails", there is I think a packaging error in gcc-mingw-3.3.1-20030804-1.tar, component of the gcc-mingw-3.3.1-20030911-2.tar.bz2 package. viewing the contents of the .tar file and looking for the symlinks I get: tar tvf gcc-mingw-3.3.1-20030804-1.tar |

Re: Setup cant open package database error?

On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 05:20:25PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > Well, you could right-click on the directory in Explorer and select > Properties -> Security -> Advanced... I'm really not familiar with FAT32 > filesystems - I think neither ntsec nor ntea work on them. Is there a > possibility

Re: Don't seem to be able to use CPAN after recent Cygwin updates (maybe)

[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wardman_Michael wrote: > I used to be able to use CPAN (only a week or so ago) but now it seems > to time out. I thought it might be a network / firewall type thing but > I can use ncftp ok. See below ... Does your environment have FTP_PASSIVE set? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat

Re: open () and /dev/ttyS0

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 10:34:01AM -0600, Craig Gullixson wrote: > > (me: bashing head agains wall) > Bash is by no means intentded to hurt the heads of developers! Please don't > abuse the shell in such a way! Oh, yes, it is. Haven't you tak

Re: open () and /dev/ttyS0

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 10:34:01AM -0600, Craig Gullixson wrote: > (me: bashing head agains wall) Bash is by no means intentded to hurt the heads of developers! Please don't abuse the shell in such a way! (Sorry, couldn't resist ;) rlc -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe

Re: /etc/profile not being executed by cron job

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Al Goodniss wrote: > Hi, > > Please point me to what I missed. I have a simple cron job doing backups > using tar and find. Works flawlessly in an interactive shell. Cron also > works fine for fetching mail, etc. The combination doesn't work. > > When I run my bash (tcsh also

Re: open () and /dev/ttyS0

It turns out that the permission denied error was due to a typeo causing an attempt to open the serial port a second time (me: bashing head against wall). After that was corrected, tty port works fine with my POSIX tty library. ---Craig > >I have an application where I need to communicate with s

Re: gcc -mno-cygwin fails

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 05:09:40PM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: >Gregory schrieb: > > >> Following up with recent problems noted about g77 -mno-cygwin, >> the same problem occurs for gcc. > >> I am using the newest packages: gcc-3.3.1-2, gcc-mingw-20030911-2 > >> $ gcc foo.c >> $ gcc -mno-cygwin

/etc/profile not being executed by cron job

Hi, Please point me to what I missed. I have a simple cron job doing backups using tar and find. Works flawlessly in an interactive shell. Cron also works fine for fetching mail, etc. The combination doesn't work. When I run my bash (tcsh also fails) script via Cron the wrong find is found. In

Re: gcc -mno-cygwin fails

Igor Pechtchanski wrote: I have gcc-mingw-20030911-2, which "setup" lists as the most recent. >> $ pwd /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32 $ ls 3.2 $ Doesn't look like you have gcc-mingw-20030911-2 installed. Hmmm, interesting comment. So I use "setup" to "reinstall" gcc-mingw-20030911-2, now I get

cuteftp pro 2.0 won't connect

We recently upgraded to OpenSSH version 3.7.1p2 and our CuteFTP Pro 2.0 users cannot connect. We're using SSH2, 3des encryption, no compression. Now users that attempt to connect using WinSCP, same settings can successfully connect no problem. Any ideas? Randy Connelly Vermont Public Radio -

RE: Strange make [Error 255] (cygwin bug?)

> In any event, this might help: > mount -f -X c:/cygwin/bin /bin This has solved the problem, thank you very much. Bert -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html F

Re: gcc -mno-cygwin fails

Greg, On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Greg Sharp wrote: > Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Gregory C. Sharp wrote: > >>Following up with recent problems noted about g77 -mno-cygwin, > >>the same problem occurs for gcc. > >> > >>I am using the newest packages: gcc-3.3.1-2, gcc-mingw-2003091

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: gcc-3.3.1-2

> I've made a new version of gcc available for download. This is a very > minor refresh from the 3.3.1-1. The only noticeable change from the > last release was an attempt to correctly define mbstate_t. Thanks for the quick fix Chris. This fixed the problem in my original report http://www.cygwi

Re: gcc -mno-cygwin fails

Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Gregory C. Sharp wrote: Following up with recent problems noted about g77 -mno-cygwin, the same problem occurs for gcc. I am using the newest packages: gcc-3.3.1-2, gcc-mingw-20030911-2 $ gcc foo.c $ gcc -mno-cygwin foo.c gcc: installation problem, ca

Re: g77 -mno-cygwin failed

Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > There is a softlink missing in /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1 and > > hence missing in gcc-mingw-3.3.1-20030804.tar > > Making this softlink from within this subdir fixes the problem: > > > > ln -s ../../i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.1/f771.exe f771.exe > > > > Teun > >

Re: g77 -mno-cygwin failed

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Teun Burgers wrote: > > > Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > > > > "g77 -mno-cygwin" will most likely call > > > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw/3.3.1/f771.exe, which should be part of the > > > "gcc-mingw" package. Unfortunately, "gcc

Re: g77 -mno-cygwin failed

Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >> There is a softlink missing in >> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw32/3.3.1 and >> hence missing in gcc-mingw-3.3.1-20030804.tar >> Making this softlink from within this subdir fixes the problem: >> ln -s ../../i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.1/f771.exe f771.exe > No, no, no! This wi

Re: gcc -mno-cygwin fails

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Gregory C. Sharp wrote: > Following up with recent problems noted about g77 -mno-cygwin, > the same problem occurs for gcc. > > I am using the newest packages: gcc-3.3.1-2, gcc-mingw-20030911-2 > > $ gcc foo.c > $ gcc -mno-cygwin foo.c > gcc: installation problem, cannot exec

Re: g77 -mno-cygwin failed

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Teun Burgers wrote: > Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > > "g77 -mno-cygwin" will most likely call > > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw/3.3.1/f771.exe, which should be part of the > > "gcc-mingw" package. Unfortunately, "gcc-mingw" uses a weird packaging > > scheme (a tarball inside

Re: g77 -mno-cygwin failed

Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > "g77 -mno-cygwin" will most likely call > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-mingw/3.3.1/f771.exe, which should be part of the > "gcc-mingw" package. Unfortunately, "gcc-mingw" uses a weird packaging > scheme (a tarball inside a tarball), so you couldn't have used the package > s

Re: g77 -mno-cygwin failed

Roman schrieb: > Teun Burgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> g77 -v -mno-cygwin -o hello hello.f >> >> calls f771.exe and can't find f771.exe along the path. >> A problem with the specs file? > f771 is not included in gcc-mingw package, so I guess it's a problem > with distribution. Make some

Re: gcc -mno-cygwin fails

Gregory schrieb: > Following up with recent problems noted about g77 -mno-cygwin, > the same problem occurs for gcc. > I am using the newest packages: gcc-3.3.1-2, gcc-mingw-20030911-2 > $ gcc foo.c > $ gcc -mno-cygwin foo.c > gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1': No such file or dire

gcc -mno-cygwin fails

Following up with recent problems noted about g77 -mno-cygwin, the same problem occurs for gcc. I am using the newest packages: gcc-3.3.1-2, gcc-mingw-20030911-2 $ gcc foo.c $ gcc -mno-cygwin foo.c gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1': No such file or directory $ Any workaround is ap

Re: g77 -mno-cygwin failed

Teun Burgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > g77 -v -mno-cygwin -o hello hello.f > > calls f771.exe and can't find f771.exe along the path. > A problem with the specs file? f771 is not included in gcc-mingw package, so I guess it's a problem with distribution. --

Re: g77 -mno-cygwin failed

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Teun Burgers wrote: > TX wrote: > > > Hi All > > G77 in the latest GCC-3.3.3-1 doesn't work: > > > > >g77 -mno-cygwin foo.f > > >g77: installation problem, cannot exec 'f771': No such file or > > directory > > > > Can anyone help? > > Compiling a Hello world fortran program wi

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: gmp-4.1.2-1

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 gmp-4.1.2-1 has been uploaded to the Cygwin net distribution. GMP is a free library for arbitrary precision arithmetic, operating on signed integers, rational numbers, and floating point numbers. There is no practical limit to the precision except the

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: aspell-en version 0.51.0-1

New News: = Version 0.51.0-1 of the aspell-en package is now available for download. This corresponds to the latest official release (0.51-0). To update your installation: === Run the Setup utility from http://cygwin.com/setup.exe and pick up the proper packages.

RE: How about a TWIKI page?

The reason there is no link from the main Cygwin page is that tWiki is notoriously unfiltered, so there is no way to know whether the information is correct. The FAQ does pass through this filter (i.e., only the items approved or confirmed by actual developers usually get into the FAQ). With tWiki

Re: xfree86 cut/copy/paste

Redirecting to the correct list and replying. Please remove from further discussion on this topic. On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Bill McCormick wrote: > Hello, > > Is there cut/copy/paste functionality with xfree86 (using windows clipboard) > like there is with rxvt? > > I'm sure this has come up before

Re: No support for wchar_t in latest Cygwin?

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 06:54:43AM -0700, Joshua Kwan wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 11:53:19AM +0200, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: > > AFAIK, this is a PTC situation.. > > I take this as a 'no' then? What you've just said applies to everything > not done in Cygwin, but I was soliciting inform

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: aspell version 0.50.3-1

On behalf of the aspell maintainer, Gareth Pearce: New News: = Version 0.50.3-1 of the aspell package is now available for download. This corresponds to the latest official release (0.50-3). To update your installation: === Run the Setup utility from http://cygwin.

Re: g77 -mno-cygwin failed

TX wrote: > Hi All > G77 in the latest GCC-3.3.3-1 doesn't work: > > >g77 -mno-cygwin foo.f > >g77: installation problem, cannot exec 'f771': No such file or > directory > > Can anyone help? Compiling a Hello world fortran program with g77 -v reveals that g77 -v -o hello hello.f calls /usr/li

Re: No support for wchar_t in latest Cygwin?

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 11:53:19AM +0200, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: > AFAIK, this is a PTC situation.. I take this as a 'no' then? What you've just said applies to everything not done in Cygwin, but I was soliciting information on whether this *had* been done, or intelligently worked around.

Re: Strange make [Error 255] (cygwin bug?)

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 03:40:36PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 09:14:09AM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >> On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> > "make bug"? I'm getting this on Linux: >> > >> > make: execvp: /bin/sh: Argument list too long >> > make: *** [

RE: How about a TWIKI page?

That could very well be the page I want(ed). But, I think it should have a link off of the Cygwin Home Page, If it were there, then maybe others would more willing to contribute to it. For Example, I do believe that Mark J. de Jong's instructions on how to set up an SSHD server would be good for

Make error 255 bug

So it looks like a bug either in cygwin or in cygwin make. * Test command: $ perl -e 'print "all:;[EMAIL PROTECTED] && \\\n"; foreach $i (..) { print "\techo -n $i && \\\n"; } print "\ttrue\n";' | make -f - * Cygwin 1.5 Make 3.80 Works only if number is not larger than 1989, otherwise ma

xfree86 cut/copy/paste

Hello, Is there cut/copy/paste functionality with xfree86 (using windows clipboard) like there is with rxvt? I'm sure this has come up before but I can't seem to find it. Thanks, Bill --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version:

Re: Strange make [Error 255] (cygwin bug?)

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 09:14:09AM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > "make bug"? I'm getting this on Linux: > > > > make: execvp: /bin/sh: Argument list too long > > make: *** [all] Error 127 > > > > Doesn't look like a bug at all to me. > > > > Cor

Re: Strange make [Error 255] (cygwin bug?)

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 08:34:25AM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Fodor Bertalan wrote: > > > > > > $ perl -e 'print "all:;[EMAIL PROTECTED] && \\\n"; foreach $i > > > > (..) { print "\techo -n $i && \\\n"; } print >

RE: How about a TWIKI page?

Just wondering, but Is the current "home of TWiki.Cygwin." at <> what you are looking for? Or are you looking for something different? -David. - David Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 703-367-3885 -Original

Re: Strange make [Error 255] (cygwin bug?)

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 08:34:25AM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Fodor Bertalan wrote: > > > > $ perl -e 'print "all:;[EMAIL PROTECTED] && \\\n"; foreach $i > > > (..) { print "\techo -n $i && \\\n"; } print > > > "\ttrue\n";' | make -f - > > > make: *** [all] Erro

Re: Don't seem to be able to use CPAN after recent Cygwin updates (maybe)

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all > > I used to be able to use CPAN (only a week or so ago) but now it seems to > time out. I thought it might be a network / firewall type thing but I can > use ncftp ok. See below ... > > $ cpan Perl::Tokenizer > CPAN: Storable loaded ok > G

RE: Strange make [Error 255] (cygwin bug?)

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Fodor Bertalan wrote: > > $ perl -e 'print "all:;[EMAIL PROTECTED] && \\\n"; foreach $i > > (..) { print "\techo -n $i && \\\n"; } print > > "\ttrue\n";' | make -f - > > make: *** [all] Error 255 > > Yes, that fails from 1990. > > Is that a good bug report? Where shoul

Re: cp /dev/zero filename creates large files

Thanks to everyone that replied pointing out that it was /dev/null that I needed NOT /dev/zero. Thanks again Don Sharp "Peter J. Acklam" wrote: > > Don Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I carried out the following sequence of commands > > > >$ for i in `cat /tmp/d`; do if [ -f $i.idx ]; t

RE: cp /dev/zero filename creates large files

Don Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I carried out the following sequence of commands > >$ for i in `cat /tmp/d`; do if [ -f $i.idx ]; then ls -l ${i}*; fi; done >-rw-r--r--1 don None0 Jun 17 1998 dtaq >-rw-r--r--1 don None 3072 Jun 17 1998 dtaq.idx >$ cp /

new release of setup.exe.

I've updated setup.exe to the current snapshot... The critical fix here is the terrible performance problem on new installs. Thanks as usual to the net contributors. Enjoy. Rob -- GPG key available at: . signature.asc Description: This is a

Re: Fatal Flex Bug

Hi, I only just joined this list so please excuse aberrant behaviour. I am also in the same situation as Matt, but I have more information about it. First, you can easily work around it by telling devstudio to invoke flex through bash: c:\cygwin\bin\bash

Re: No support for wchar_t in latest Cygwin?

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 11:28:41AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 11:53:19AM +0200, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: > > AFAIK, this is a PTC situation.. > Well, I don't see any problem with wchat_t in the below error messages. Ah, yes. I should've taken a closer look at the

Re: cp /dev/zero filename creates large files

Don, The functionality you need is "/dev/null". Indeed, the function of /dev/zero is to provide a file which you can read indefinitely. You should use it like this : dd if=/dev/zero of= bs=1024 count=number_of_blocks Regards, Jurgen Don Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PRO

Re: No support for wchar_t in latest Cygwin?

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 11:53:19AM +0200, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: > AFAIK, this is a PTC situation.. Well, I don't see any problem with wchat_t in the below error messages. > http://cygwin.com/contrib.html > > rlc > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 09:59:14PM -0700, Joshua Kwan wrote: > > Hi, i

cp /dev/zero filename creates large files

Hi I carried out the following sequence of commands $ for i in `cat /tmp/d`; do if [ -f $i.idx ]; then ls -l ${i}*; fi; done -rw-r--r--1 don None0 Jun 17 1998 dtaq -rw-r--r--1 don None 3072 Jun 17 1998 dtaq.idx $ cp /dev/zero dtaq.idx The cp appeared to be

Re: No support for wchar_t in latest Cygwin?

AFAIK, this is a PTC situation.. http://cygwin.com/contrib.html rlc On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 09:59:14PM -0700, Joshua Kwan wrote: > Hi, it's me again :) > > I've been developing some software in C++ and have tested it on Linux > and FreeBSD, so I decided yesterday to test it on my Cygwin > insta

Re: Error while running a .exe file in bash

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 12:17:59AM -0700, Kishen Bahudhanam wrote: > I see a couple of messages on this topic, but couldn't > figure out what to do. So sending the question again: > > I compiled my code using gcc, and created a .exe file. > However, when I try to execute it, I get the following >

Re: how to decide the system config

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 02:05:47PM +0800, Jiang zhou wrote: > I want to compile a software "bird" under cygwin. When I configure it said: > > $ ./configure > loading cache ./config.cache > checking host system type... i686-pc-cygwin32 > checking for gcc... gcc > [...] > checking for m4... m4 > con

Fw: Failure to make grap 1.30 under cygwin 1.5.5

Sorry, sent first to cygwin-xfree list in error A configure / make /make install that has been working successfully oob for a long time recently failed. the relevant .tgz is unaltered, only Cygwin has changed. Does the following output from make, throw any light on this? The configure worked fine.

Re: disabling all forms of autoindentation in cygwin's vim

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 11:49:07AM +0800, Carlo Florendo wrote: > Hello, > > The cygwin version of vim, when installed, works well. However, > autoindentation is forced on the user by default. I've mailed the vim > mailing list and asked about this. Vim's creator answered and said that > aut

Re: Don't seem to be able to use CPAN after recent Cygwin updates (ma ybe)

Hallo Michael, you wrote: > I used to be able to use CPAN (only a week or so ago) but now it seems to > time out. I thought it might be a network / firewall type thing but I can > use ncftp ok. See below ... > $ cpan Perl::Tokenizer > CPAN: Storable loaded ok > Going to read /home/wardmm/.cpan/M

RE: Strange make [Error 255] (cygwin bug?)

> $ perl -e 'print "all:;[EMAIL PROTECTED] && \\\n"; foreach $i > (..) { print "\techo -n $i && \\\n"; } print > "\ttrue\n";' | make -f - > make: *** [all] Error 255 Yes, that fails from 1990. Is that a good bug report? Where should it be posted? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwi

Re: Poor network performance with cygwin utilities

On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 06:19:00PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > $ scp build/ams.war [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > ams.war 100% 22MB 155.2KB/s 02:21 > Neither machine showed significant CPU load during either test. (both machines < > 10%) > > Has anyone seen similar problems? scp somefile linuxbox: so

Error while running a .exe file in bash

I see a couple of messages on this topic, but couldn't figure out what to do. So sending the question again: I compiled my code using gcc, and created a .exe file. However, when I try to execute it, I get the following error: MZ?: command not found. However, I can open a 'cmd' window, and run the