Re: Learning zsh

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 04:18:41PM -0800, Peter A. Castro wrote: >I was going to simply let this thread die, until you started this bit >about supermarkets, which conveys, to me, that in general people aren't >welcome to ask non-topic questions See: http://cygwin.com/lists.html >on this list. Le

Re: Learning zsh

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 02:27:57PM -0800, Peter A. Castro wrote: > >On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 09:39:18PM +, zzapper wrote: > >> >A previous poster, indicated that this group is probably not t

Re: Installer question

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Andre Bleau wrote: > >On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 07:59:43PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > >On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Anon Mouse wrote: > > > > > >> Hello, > > >> > > >> Couple of comments on the installer: > > >> > > >> - Does it have to be non-resizable? It's REALLY a pain

Re: Tiff error : unknown field with tag 317

zze-BDE balg011 VAUCHER Laurent DvSI/SIReS/GRE wrote: TIFFReadDirectory: Warning, /usr/X11R6/GNUstep/Apps/WPrefs.app/ tiff/expert.tiff: unknown field with tag 317 (0x13d) encountered. According to the Tiff specs, tag 317 is for Predictor, and that seems to be used mainly by LZW compression. Migh

Re: Include Problem

On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Martin Bündgens wrote: > i started using cygwin today and i got a small problem with some C progs. > How does Cygwin compensate file includes like linux/ip.h or linux/tcp.h. > Thanks for your help. > It doesn't. Cygwin != Linux. Also, AFAIK, if a Linux application is directl

Re: Learning zsh

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 02:27:57PM -0800, Peter A. Castro wrote: >On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 09:39:18PM +, zzapper wrote: >> >A previous poster, indicated that this group is probably not the best >> >place for such discussions, which is of course

Re: Learning zsh

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 09:39:18PM +, zzapper wrote: > >A previous poster, indicated that this group is probably not the best > >place for such discussions, which is of course correct, but that said > >there must be a lot of Unix Newbies here. (

Re: Whiny CYGWIN user needs help

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Re: Installer question

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 05:16:17PM -0500, Andre Bleau wrote: >You could outsmart cgf by buying a larger monitor. What appears as a 3-inch >window on a 15-inch monitor would be 4.5-inch on a 22-inch screen. By 2010, >45-inch monitors will be common place, and setup's chooser will thus be >(wow!)

Include Problem

Hallo, i started using cygwin today and i got a small problem with some C progs. How does Cygwin compensate file includes like linux/ip.h or linux/tcp.h. Thanks for your help. Regards, Martin Bündgens. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: h

Re: Installer question

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 07:59:43PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Anon Mouse wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Couple of comments on the installer: >> >> - Does it have to be non-resizable? It's REALLY a pain to keep >> scrolling left-right-left-right in a 3-inch window > >Yes,

Re: Learning zsh

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 09:39:18PM +, zzapper wrote: >A previous poster, indicated that this group is probably not the best >place for such discussions, which is of course correct, but that said >there must be a lot of Unix Newbies here. (I'm a Unix oldbie, but that >means I know old Unix, rath

Re: Learning zsh

? > >While somethings are distinctly different between bash and zsh, and lot >of bash scripts will run under zsh. But, why not use both? I am an >advocate for zsh, being the Cygwin maintainer and all, but I've always >felt that you should use the right tool for the right job. Choice of >shell is

Re: Trouble in Compiling OpenGL-1.1.0-6 with Cygwin!

Brian Ford wrote: On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Alex MANTION wrote: > I am experiencing a trouble while I am trying to > compile OpenGl-1.1.0-6 from its sources available on > cygwin web site. I need this one to make Ghemical 1.5 > working (for its glut component part [glutinit and so > on]). > The binary

Whiny CYGWIN user needs help

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Re: Will next cygwin1.dll release have the select() fix?

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 02:18:36PM -0600, Brian Ford wrote: >On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 02:10:53PM -0600, Brian Ford wrote: >> >On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Gold star for Brian! >> >Thanks! But, be carefull. We're both Brian :

Re: insight debugger locks up

lol, Weird. It appears it is a kbhit problem. For some reason even on that line way up top, if I just press a key on the console screen from the debugger, the program continues. But stepping through appears to be messed up. I have to put breakpoints everywhere. Is there some incompatibility w

insight debugger locks up

Hi all, i'm using the insight debugger from the lastest cygwin package. It seems to be locking up when trying to step through code. The following program isolates the issue on my system ** #include #include #include #include #include

Re: Will next cygwin1.dll release have the select() fix?

> Gold star for Brian! Please - even thankless ungrateful lamprey-eel me knows you're not really serious about giving your tag team coat-tailer a *real* gold star for this! (I'll believe it when I see it on the website). -bk "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@cygwin.com on 11/14/2003

Re: Learning zsh

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, zzapper wrote: > Hi > If one chooses to use zsh rather than bash, do you have to rewrite all > your scripts?. How steep is the learning curve?? While somethings are distinctly different between bash and zsh, and lot of bash scripts will run under zsh. But, why not use both?

Re: Will next cygwin1.dll release have the select() fix?

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 02:10:53PM -0600, Brian Ford wrote: > >On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Gold star for Brian! > Thanks! But, be carefull. We're both Brian :D. -- Brian Ford Senior Realtime Software Engineer VITAL - Visual

Re: Will next cygwin1.dll release have the select() fix?

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 02:10:53PM -0600, Brian Ford wrote: >On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>I'm wondering what you think the term "snapshot" means. >> >>cvs - as opposed to setup.exe > >What do you think the cvs repository is for? > >>So I take it I'm wrong and can get the select()

Re: Will next cygwin1.dll release have the select() fix?

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm wondering what you think the term "snapshot" means. > > cvs - as opposed to setup.exe > What do you think the cvs repository is for? > So I take it I'm wrong and can get the select() fix via default setup.exe? > Not now, but the next release wi

Re: Will next cygwin1.dll release have the select() fix?

> I'm wondering what you think the term "snapshot" means. cvs - as opposed to setup.exe So I take it I'm wrong and can get the select() fix via default setup.exe? > Standard flip answer: Definitely by December 2004. Is there such a thing as a standard "non-flip" answer? BK "Christopher F

Re: Trouble in Compiling OpenGL-1.1.0-6 with Cygwin!

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Alex MANTION wrote: > I am experiencing a trouble while I am trying to > compile OpenGl-1.1.0-6 from its sources available on > cygwin web site. I need this one to make Ghemical 1.5 > working (for its glut component part [glutinit and so > on]). > The binary opengl package con

Re: 1.5.5-1 command substitution hangs (0% cpu) on XP

> -Original Message- > From: Geoffrey Ruscoe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 2:03 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: 1.5.5-1 command substitution hangs (0% cpu) on XP > > > I'm sorry I posted this problem a second time (under this new > name) ...

Re: Maildir Support broken with Mutt 1.4.1?

> Unfortunately the mutt version 1.4-1 doesn't find the cygcrypto.dll > and cygssl.dll while there are only cygcrypto-0.9.7.dll and > cygssl-0-9-7.dll. If I rename these dlls mutt dumps and I didn't test > any further. But I would like to use a cygwin-supported mutt with > maildir support to. > >

Re: Will next cygwin1.dll release have the select() fix?

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 12:52:03PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Will the next cygwin1.dll release have cgf's select() fix? I'm wondering what you think the term "snapshot" means. >And when is the next version planned for release? Standard flip answer: Definitely by December 2004. -- Please u

Re: .exe handling change in fileutils-4.1-2

Doru Carastan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In reply to: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-11/msg00478.html > -- > > It is normal to see "touch foo.exe; cp foo bar" fail. You just created > foo.exe, which is definitely not foo. Check with

.exe handling change in fileutils-4.1-2

In reply to: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-11/msg00478.html -- It is normal to see "touch foo.exe; cp foo bar" fail. You just created foo.exe, which is definitely not foo. Check with "ls -l". The current versions of autoconf and autom

Will next cygwin1.dll release have the select() fix?

Will the next cygwin1.dll release have cgf's select() fix? And when is the next version planned for release? (I know a snap-shot is available). Brian Kelly "WellChoice, Inc." made the following annotations on 11/14/2003 12:52:23 PM --

RE: using rsync in a sceduled script

> > Rsync works perfectly everytime from the command line, but > sometimes after > > the rsync operation completes when it is run using a > script/scheduler, I > > get this error and rsync sits running (hung) till I > manually kill it. > > > > rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at /tmp

Re: "Cannot read: No space left on device" accessing DDS3 drive on W2K

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:40:25AM -0500, Sean Brown wrote: > Peter/Corinna, > > Well, it was an ID-10-T error. A reboot solved the problem. Evidently, > Cygwin requires a reboot on W2K before all functionality is available. Nope, wrong assumption. Your machine did require a reboot for some un

RE: a2ps header clipping problem

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Hughes, Bill wrote: > Sent: 14 November 2003 16:30 From: Igor Pechtchanski > ..snip.. > > > Should a2ps be configured to default to "Letter" instead of "A4"? > ..snip.. > >Yes, IMO - see . > > Why? It doesn't seem evident

Re: a2ps header clipping problem

Igor, On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:29:32AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Jason Tishler wrote: > > Should a2ps be configured to default to "Letter" instead of "A4"? > > Yes, IMO - Thanks for your concurrence. > see .

RE: a2ps header clipping problem

Sent: 14 November 2003 16:30 From: Igor Pechtchanski ..snip.. > > Should a2ps be configured to default to "Letter" instead of "A4"? ..snip.. >Yes, IMO - see . Why? It doesn't seem evident from the referenced posting. If it's a USA v Rest Of W

RE: "Cannot read: No space left on device" accessing DDS3 drive on W2K

Peter/Corinna, Well, it was an ID-10-T error. A reboot solved the problem. Evidently, Cygwin requires a reboot on W2K before all functionality is available. I assumed, since I was reading the drive and able to get status information, that a reboot was unneccesary. After rebooting the server, th

Re: a2ps header clipping problem

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Jason Tishler wrote: > Igor, > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 10:34:36AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Jason Tishler wrote: > > > Has anyone else noticed this problem too? Or, is it just me? > > > > Yep. See below. > > Doh! Thanks! > > All, > > Should

RE: Bug in gzip's stdout handling

I've removed from this discussion. So far this is Cygwin-related, and you can update them later on the results if it turns out to be a generic gzip issue. On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Thomas Hammer wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 14.

Problem wit Downloading Setup.exe

When I complete the download of the new setup from the cygwin site and other mirror sites for the new version 1.5.. the download stalls at 98% then it complete itself. When I try to run the application in Window XP, I get an error message "This is not a valid Win32 app". Could you tell me what

Re: a2ps header clipping problem

Igor, On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 10:34:36AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Jason Tishler wrote: > > Has anyone else noticed this problem too? Or, is it just me? > > Yep. See below. Doh! Thanks! All, Should a2ps be configured to default to "Letter" instead of "A4"? Jaso

Re: Learning zsh

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 03:31:51PM +, zzapper wrote: >If one chooses to use zsh rather than bash, do you have to rewrite all >your scripts?. How steep is the learning curve?? http://www.zsh.org/ should have a wealth of information on this. -- Please use the resources at cygwin.com rather than

Re: Perl CPAN module help

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 04:25:01PM +0100, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: >Hello Gary, > >Wednesday, November 12, 2003, 7:57:42 PM, you wrote: > >> I tried installing several perl modules today, but make test failed on >> several in the LWP package and for HTML::Parser etc. Couldn't find modules >> I'd alre

RE: FYI: bladeenc - fairly easy port.

> From: Hannu E K Nevalainen > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 12:26 AM MOTIVATION: Gerrit, about a Windows-native version: > > How fast is it compared with the Cygwin version? > Hannu: > Answer: Approximately 20-40% faster in "cmd native mode" > > IMO the better "compatibility" with the oth

RE: Bug in gzip's stdout handling

> -Original Message- > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14. november 2003 16:28 > To: Thomas Hammer > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Bug in gzip's stdout handling > Hi Igor. Thanks for responding so promptly :). <...> > > I bet you have

Re: a2ps header clipping problem

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Jason Tishler wrote: > After upgrading to the official a2ps package from my private 4.13 build, > I started to notice the a2ps header is clipped off from the top of the > page. If I revert back to my build, then all is well again. > > Has anyone else noticed this problem too?

Learning zsh

Hi If one chooses to use zsh rather than bash, do you have to rewrite all your scripts?. How steep is the learning curve?? zzapper -- vim -c ":%s/^/WhfgTNabgureRIvzSUnpxre/|:%s/[R-T]/ /Ig|:normal ggVGg?" http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=305 Best of Vim Tips -- Unsubscribe info: h

Re: Bug in gzip's stdout handling

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Thomas Hammer wrote: > Hi. > > I run the latest version of cygwin, with gzip, on WindowsXP SP1 and have a > problem with gzip. Please see for guidelines on how to report Cygwin problems. > The command > > $ cat binaryfile.bin | gzip -c > b

Re: Perl CPAN module help

Hello Gary, Wednesday, November 12, 2003, 7:57:42 PM, you wrote: > I tried installing several perl modules today, but make test failed on > several in the LWP package and for HTML::Parser etc. Couldn't find modules > I'd already installed in the INC path. With HTML::Parser it couldn't run gcc > b

a2ps header clipping problem

After upgrading to the official a2ps package from my private 4.13 build, I started to notice the a2ps header is clipped off from the top of the page. If I revert back to my build, then all is well again. Has anyone else noticed this problem too? Or, is it just me? Thanks, Jason -- PGP/GPG Key

Tiff error : unknown field with tag 317

Well. I reinstalled completely cygwin packages from scratch to be sure and it seems quite easy to reproduce. The current tiff libraries don't seem able to fully understand tiff images supplied by the WindowMaker package. It is particularly visible in the window maker configuration application (/u

RE: Perl CPAN module help

Patrick Eisenacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >man CPAN has this to offer: > ># list all modules on my disk that have newer versions on CPAN >for $mod (CPAN::Shell->expand("Module","/./")){ > next unless $mod->inst_file; > next if $mod->uptodate; > printf "Module %s is installed as %s, coul

RE: Perl CPAN module help

Doug VanLeuven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >#!/usr/bin/perl > >use CPAN; ># list all modules on my disk and note the newer versions >for $mod (CPAN::Shell->expand("Module","/./")){ > next unless $mod->inst_file; > # here only when installed > if ($mod->inst_version

MySQL in rxvt terminal

Hello, is it possible to use the standard MySQL client in a rxvt terminal window? While all is working fine in a cmd.exe-window (e.g. started with bash.bat), I got no prompt in the rxvt window. It seems, that no regular input reaches the MySQL client, but it is possible to cancel the operation,

bug: can't read com1 on windows 98

Hello cygwin users, can't read com1 on windows 98 a simple test case. redirect stdout to com1 ls > com1 it works fine. redirect stdin to com1 cat< com1 works fine on a windows XP system. Bug with Windows 98 nothing is ever received. Tested on de same PC, same cygwin and new installed windows.

Re: Perl CPAN module help

Thanx, What the doctor ordered!! I took one of the suggested Perl Scripts and use thus:- listmod.pl | grep -i pod zzapper -- vim -c ":%s/^/WhfgTNabgureRIvzSUnpxre/|:%s/[R-T]/ /Ig|:normal ggVGg?" http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=305 Best of Vim Tips -- Unsubscribe info: http://cyg

Re: bash v2.05b.0 + nmake v7.10.3077 problem

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 06:21:33PM +0100, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote: > Not that I see this to be important; > > 1. I see CRLF line endings. That confirms that there is something wrong elsewhere (probably at my ISP or someplace between there and the Cygwin list) as where you see "cr nl", I see

Re: "Cannot read: No space left on device" accessing DDS3 drive on W2K

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:46:13PM -0500, Sean Brown wrote: > Peter, > > Thanks for the pointer. Both drives are DDS4 so both support density > 0x25 (DDS3) which is the density of the tapes. Still no luck but am > continuing in my search for a resolution. It could be a problem with the drive,

Bug in gzip's stdout handling

Hi. I run the latest version of cygwin, with gzip, on WindowsXP SP1 and have a problem with gzip. The command $ cat binaryfile.bin | gzip -c > bin.gz produces an invalid .gz file: $ gunzip bin.gz gunzip: bin.gz: invalid compressed data--crc error gunzip: bin.gz: invalid compressed dat

Re: cygwin 1.5.3: "/bin/mv dir dir" results in recursive-loop copy

Tony Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > in cygwin 1.5.3, I got the following error after a moment: > mv: cannot create directory `src/src/src/src/src/src/src [...] /src': > Invalid argument mv (from any recent coreutils package) works fine in that case on unix systems. > I think it is t

remote message logging from syslogd

Hi! I want to log remote messages from linux machines on my cygwin machine. There is a version of syslogd for cygwin available but the functionality to receive remote messages is missing. Does anyone have an idea for a different approach to achieve this functionality? Mario -- Unsubscribe i

Re: Perl CPAN module help

or quick and dirty: perl -e 'use CPAN; CPAN::Shell->r;' HTH, Patrick Brian Dessent schrieb: zzapper wrote: Peter, cpan cpan> How do you list modules already installed? There's no definitive way to do this. If you just want to see if you have the Foo::Bar module, you can use "perl -MFoo::B

Re: Perl CPAN module help

man CPAN has this to offer: # list all modules on my disk that have newer versions on CPAN for $mod (CPAN::Shell->expand("Module","/./")){ next unless $mod->inst_file; next if $mod->uptodate; printf "Module %s is installed as %s, could be updated to %s from C PAN\n", $mod->id, $mod->inst_ver

Trouble in Compiling OpenGL-1.1.0-6 with Cygwin!

Hi everybody, I am experiencing a trouble while I am trying to compile OpenGl-1.1.0-6 from its sources available on cygwin web site. I need this one to make Ghemical 1.5 working (for its glut component part [glutinit and so on]). When I do as indicating in the README.linux of this package nothing

Re: A little problem with gcc cvs HEAD for cygwin, help needed...

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 09:09:56AM +0100, Christian Joensson wrote: > I just wanted to ping the cygwin list for a little help... it's a > problem running the Ada testsuite in current gcc cvs HEAD under > cygwin... the problem relates to a shell script trying to use the > newly compiled gcc et al bu

A little problem with gcc cvs HEAD for cygwin, help needed...

I just wanted to ping the cygwin list for a little help... it's a problem running the Ada testsuite in current gcc cvs HEAD under cygwin... the problem relates to a shell script trying to use the newly compiled gcc et al but end up using the system installed gcc... maybe someone of you on this lis

Re: Problems using WIN32 api

Laurent, [...] > - are the /usr/lib/w32api/libXXX.a real static libs (with code) >or only interface to the system DLLs? [...] Most of them are "interface to the system DLLs" (or import libs as a previous post states). For a complete answer, one would "nm | grep __imp" on each of them to se