RE: problems in Perl process management

Thanks for raising 'ps -W' behavior Chris. It is interesting. > >From what I gather, the root problem is that for some processes (as > >demonstrated by my testcase script), the CW_GETPINFO_FULL query returns: > >1. Invalid PPIDs > > Only PPIDs for cygwin processes are returned. Everything else s

Re: Cygwin installing too much stuff

On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 02:31:45PM -0700, Brandon J. Van Every wrote: >- is Cygwin pushing new versions of stuff I previously downloaded? Yes. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http

Re: Cygwin installing too much stuff

"Brandon J. Van Every" wrote: > I have a reasonably healthy Cygwin installation that I typically use to > build various HLL compilers. One of these compilers needed the "zip" > tool in order to be built. So I fired up Cygwin and clicked to install > "zip." Well, instead of doing just that, it

Cygwin installing too much stuff

I have a reasonably healthy Cygwin installation that I typically use to build various HLL compilers. One of these compilers needed the "zip" tool in order to be built. So I fired up Cygwin and clicked to install "zip." Well, instead of doing just that, it also started installing Ruby, and TeTex

[patch] update documentation Was: cygwin-host-setup does not install sshd

admin wrote: > > Thanks so much that worked like a charm. > > >"umount -A" to remove all mounts, and then delete the cygwin install > >directory. Rummaging around in the registry is not recommended. > > > > http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC20 <--- when removing the two > registry value

Re: problems in Perl process management

On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 01:01:48PM +1000, Sonam Chauhan wrote: >Reini: > >[Note, I'm no Cygwin expert, so please correct any misunderstandings.] > >> >>or fix it in this module XS. It's really easy with the cygwin provided >> >>translation functions. >> >> See http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2005

RE: problems in Perl process management

Reini: [Note, I'm no Cygwin expert, so please correct any misunderstandings.] > >>or fix it in this module XS. It's really easy with the cygwin provided > >>translation functions. > >> See http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2005-02/msg00154.html ... > > After all, Proc::ProcessTable misreports the

Re: New call: Please test latest snapshot

On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 09:12:20AM +0800, Carlo Florendo wrote: >Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>We would like to release 1.5.17 soon. >> >>Please try the latest snapshot, 2005-May-17, from >>http://cygwin.com/snapshots/ >> >>This snapshot should solve two problems with cygcheck and strace. The >>previ

Re: Hiding xemacs console window when started from windows explorer

Maxime Beaudry wrote: > I installed xemacs along with cygwin. I try to start xemacs by directly by > double clicking on the xemacs-21.4.17.exe file in my windows explorer. This > starts a dos console window which in turns starts xemacs properly. > > My question is: is there a way to simply open

Hiding xemacs console window when started from windows explorer

Hi, I installed xemacs along with cygwin. I try to start xemacs by directly by double clicking on the xemacs-21.4.17.exe file in my windows explorer. This starts a dos console window which in turns starts xemacs properly. My question is: is there a way to simply open a xemacs window and not th

Re: locale and keychain

On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 03:20:45PM -0700, Karl M wrote: >The next upstream version of keychain uses the locale command to check on >the settings. I didn't see any function by that name. Can coreutils add a >stub for this? Why are you suggesting that coreutils should provide this? coreutils does

Re: More: Recent increase in size

Igor Pechtchanski schrieb: On Mon, 16 May 2005, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: This I do: Those are just mount table entries. Memory usage won't change regardless of the number or size of files in the directory a Cygwin mount table entry points to. So there's no consequence there. True for the actual

Re: Sort - locale: cygwin_nt-5.0

At 07:02 PM 5/17/2005, you wrote: >> >In other words, unless someone submits a patch to cygwin with a compliant >> strcoll, you are stuck with non-locale sorts on cygwin. >> >> >> Don't you mean that newlib is the one that requires the patch? > >Either place would work, but the philosophy of ne

Re: New call: Please test latest snapshot

Reini Urban wrote: > Just for the records: It should also fix the socket problem on > postgresql, loosing the socket file attributes on touch(). Well, it's been fixed since 2005-05-10 snapshot, thanks to Corinna. Regards Krzysztof Duleba -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubsc

Re: Sort - locale: cygwin_nt-5.0

> >In other words, unless someone submits a patch to cygwin with a compliant > strcoll, you are stuck with non-locale sorts on cygwin. > > > Don't you mean that newlib is the one that requires the patch? Either place would work, but the philosophy of newlib is that it is for embedded systems,

Re: Windows Server 2003 inetd service keeps exiting

Krigare Warrior wrote: > I did as you suggested, and I did get an error message (in the event viewer) > stating: > starting service 'M' failed: redirect_fd: open(1, /var/log/inetd.log): 13, > Permission denied. > > After digging, I found that /var/log did not have write permissions. After > sett

Re: Sort - locale: cygwin_nt-5.0

At 06:13 PM 5/17/2005, you wrote: >Sort requires a working strcoll to do locale-dependent sorts. But newlib >(cygwin's library) provides only a strcoll that is HARD-CODED to the "POSIX" >("C") locale. >In other words, unless someone submits a patch to cygwin with a compliant >strcoll, you ar

Re: locale and keychain

> The next upstream version of keychain uses the locale command to check on > the settings. I didn't see any function by that name. Can coreutils add a > stub for this? I agree that a locale(1) stub (and localedef(1), too) would be useful, but they should belong to their own package (or else cyg

Re: Sort - locale: 1.5.16-1 (Attn: coreutils maintainer)

> > Thanks again. I am puzzled because I recall that an older version I > > tried a couple of years ago was sorting correctly. This most recent one > > seems to ignore anything related to LC_* I'm not sure how - newlib strcoll has never been locale-aware, and fileutils did not then (nor coreutils

locale and keychain

Hi All... The next upstream version of keychain uses the locale command to check on the settings. I didn't see any function by that name. Can coreutils add a stub for this? Thanks, ...Karl -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.co

Re: Sort - locale: cygwin_nt-5.0

> There's very little support for LOCALE settings in Cygwin. Some > applications will switch the language of the help messages, etc, to the > extent gettext() supports it. I don't believe sort has locale-specific > collate support -- the coreutils maintainer might be a better person to > answer t

Re: Sort - locale: 1.5.16-1 (Attn: coreutils maintainer)

On Tue, 17 May 2005, Guido Milanese wrote: > > From: Igor Pechtchanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Guido Milanese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Thanks. > > The "version" that you mention in the subject just says that you're > > runnin

Re: Sort - locale: cygwin_nt-5.0

> From: Igor Pechtchanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Guido Milanese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: cygwin@cygwin.com > The "version" that you mention in the subject just says that > you're > running Cygwin on Win2k. It doesn't say anything about the actual > version of Cygwin. Thanks,sorry: v.1.5.16-

Re: problems in Perl process management

Sonam Chauhan schrieb: Reini - Thanks for replying man. I didn't complain yet upstream at rt.cpan.org because I wanted to wait for our 5.8.7 release. But you can do it by yourself also, OK, I'm not that talented, so I didn't try fixing this bug, but I did report it with a better testcase here:

Re: New call: Please test latest snapshot

Corinna Vinschen schrieb: We would like to release 1.5.17 soon. Please try the latest snapshot, 2005-May-17, from http://cygwin.com/snapshots/ This snapshot should solve two problems with cygcheck and strace. The previous snapshots would not print anything on 9x and might end up reporting a broken

Re: Sort - locale: cygwin_nt-5.0

On Tue, 17 May 2005, Guido Milanese wrote: > I hope this is not a FAQ -- I duly checked FAQs and googled for a while. > From some messages, I found that LOCALE is not supported by cygwin. Is > this true also for the version I mention in the subject? The "version" that you mention in the subject j

Re: OpenSSH Windows 2003 Server and

On Tue, 17 May 2005, Ivans Chou wrote: > I have installed the latest cygwin with OpenSSH 4.0p1 OpenSSL > 0.9.7g. I managed to get inetd and sshd installed after bothering to > read the on-screen instructions. > > Here's what I have: after logging into the system, I have a set of > shell scripts th

New call: Please test latest snapshot

We would like to release 1.5.17 soon. Please try the latest snapshot, 2005-May-17, from http://cygwin.com/snapshots/ This snapshot should solve two problems with cygcheck and strace. The previous snapshots would not print anything on 9x and might end up reporting a broken installation on NT syst

Re: Cygwin internal error whilst using GnuPG

Urgh! Volker Quetschke wrote: gpg: key C0F2C580: "Max Bowsher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" not changed Sorry, sorry, sorrry Volker -- PGP/GPG key (ID: 0x9F8A785D) available from wwwkeys.de.pgp.net key-fingerprint 550D F17E B082 A3E9 F913 9E53 3D35 C9BA 9F8A 785D signature.asc Description: OpenPG

Re: Cygwin internal error whilst using GnuPG

Hi Max, I haven't used "gpg --recv-key" for a couple of Cygwin DLL versions, but when I tried recently, it failed in a rather odd way: $ gpg --recv-key 0xc0f2c580 (error snipped) I tried to reproduce your problem, but I couldn't. $ uname -r 1.5.16(0.128/4/2) $ gpg --recv-key 0xc0f2c580 gpg: request

Re: Windows Server 2003 inetd service keeps exiting

Thanks for the reply Brian. I did as you suggested, and I did get an error message (in the event viewer) stating: starting service 'M' failed: redirect_fd: open(1, /var/log/inetd.log): 13, Permission denied. After digging, I found that /var/log did not have write permissions. After setting wri

Re: Serial programming - Writing bytes in a blocking mode - Problem with tcdrain() ?

On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 10:22:00AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I'm trying to use the serial port with Cygwin, and here is my problem: > >I can successfully write on the line, but I need to switch the RTS and DTR >lines just AFTER the last byte is written in the line. I put the bytes that >I wa

OpenSSH Windows 2003 Server and

I have installed the latest cygwin with OpenSSH 4.0p1 OpenSSL 0.9.7g. I managed to get inetd and sshd installed after bothering to read the on-screen instructions. Here's what I have: after logging into the system, I have a set of shell scripts that call the Windows "net use" command to automatica

Sort - locale: cygwin_nt-5.0

I hope this is not a FAQ -- I duly checked FAQs and googled for a while. From some messages, I found that LOCALE is not supported by cygwin. Is this true also for the version I mention in the subject? My problem is basically related to "sort": I tried to export LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE and LANG for F

Cygwin internal error whilst using GnuPG

I haven't used "gpg --recv-key" for a couple of Cygwin DLL versions, but when I tried recently, it failed in a rather odd way: $ gpg --recv-key 0xc0f2c580 2 [main] gpg 1328 fixup_mmaps_after_fork: WARNING: VirtualProtectEx to return to previous state in parent failed for MAP_PRIVATE address

Re: screen: fhandler_socket::close() fails w/ Cygwin >= 1.5.15

> On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 01:50:06PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>_The socket is no longer a socket._ > > Try a snapshot. Hm, and after all that detailed reporting... The problem is fixed with the 20050516 snapshot. I'll continue testing screen. Thanks, A. -- Unsubscribe info: ht

Re: screen: fhandler_socket::close() fails w/ Cygwin >= 1.5.15

On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 01:50:06PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >_The socket is no longer a socket._ Try a snapshot. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.htm

screen: fhandler_socket::close() fails w/ Cygwin >= 1.5.15

I have a working build of screen for Cygwin; see http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2005-04/msg00182.html. This version runs, but it won't reattach detached sessions (on either of my XP hosts) using Cygwin 1.5.15 or greater. It will reattach sessions using Cygwin 1.5.14 or earlier. Here are th

Re: Vim problem

Trevor Osatchuk wrote: Most likely not a problem with VIM, but more a user configerable option. I just got through setting up vim on cygwin. In your ~/.vimrc file you need to format your ruler. That is the bar at the bottom that shows you which file, which line, which column, etc. that you are o

Re: Vim problem

Most likely not a problem with VIM, but more a user configerable option. I just got through setting up vim on cygwin. In your ~/.vimrc file you need to format your ruler. That is the bar at the bottom that shows you which file, which line, which column, etc. that you are on in VIM. This file is

Re: cygwin-host-setup does not install sshd

Thanks so much that worked like a charm. >"umount -A" to remove all mounts, and then delete the cygwin install >directory. Rummaging around in the registry is not recommended. > http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC20 <--- when removing the two registry values suggested there didnt work, i

Re: Vim problem

Martin Mrazek wrote: Hello, I'm trying to use VIM editor under cygwin (no X-server running) and the behavior of VIM is strange. No last line showing " -- INSERT --" when switched to insert mode, no row/col position indicators, no syntax highlighting (tried to write perl script) I tryed to use v

Vim problem

Hello, I'm trying to use VIM editor under cygwin (no X-server running) and the behavior of VIM is strange. No last line showing " -- INSERT --" when switched to insert mode, no row/col position indicators, no syntax highlighting (tried to write perl script) I tryed to use vim 6.2 instead of c

Re: Windows Server 2003 inetd service keeps exiting

Krigare Warrior wrote: > However I am unable to run inetd as a service. It will run for a few > seconds (say 30) then it simply exits (according to the event log in > windows). I have tried to install it as a service using: cygrunsrv -I > inetd -n -p /usr/sbin/inetd.exe . It shows up in the S

Windows Server 2003 inetd service keeps exiting

Windows .NET Server Ver 5.2 Build 3790 DLL version: 1.5.16 inetutils1.3.2-29 I can get inetd to run and stay runing (as long as I have a bash session active) by running: /usr/sbin/inetd -d (bash session closes, I then open new bash session, inetd is active). However I am unable to r

RE: 1.5.16 tetex 3.0.0-3 format file problem

"Jan Nieuwenhuizen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jan Nieuwenhuizen [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 2:40 AM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: 1.5.16 tetex 3.0.0-3 format file problem > Robert A. Mcdougall writes: > The format was generated

Base files (/etc/profile)

Hi All... With the latest version of base files (/etc/profile), a permission error (for /tmp) is displayed every time /etc/profile is run without administrators permissions. The following patch prevents this by checking the permissions before trying to set them. So then run once as administrator

Re: DEADBEEF in strace

"Shaffer, Kenneth" wrote: > > Is this DEADBEEF from windows something to worry about? Take a look at the code. The variable is initialized to that value, probably to serve as a marker that it's never used. It's not a return value of any windows call. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cyg

Re: dd and binary mode

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Paul Eggert on 5/16/2005 6:14 PM: > This isn't just dd; it's cat, md5sum, split, etc. And I don't really > understand how it works, or why some programs use binary modes and not > others. For example, POSIX says that the input to "head"

Re: DEADBEEF in strace

On Tue, 17 May 2005, Shaffer, Kenneth might have said: > Is this DEADBEEF from windows something to worry about? > > Program name: C:\cygwin\bin\basename.exe (pid 1204, ppid 1596) > App version: 1005.16, api: 0.128 > DLL version: 1005.16, api: 0.128 > DLL build:2005-04-25 20:26 > OS version

DEADBEEF in strace

Is this DEADBEEF from windows something to worry about? Program name: C:\cygwin\bin\basename.exe (pid 1204, ppid 1596) App version: 1005.16, api: 0.128 DLL version: 1005.16, api: 0.128 DLL build:2005-04-25 20:26 OS version: Windows NT-5.0 Heap size:402653184 Date/Time:2005-05-13 08

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: stow

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The stow package is now available in the Cygwin distribution. Stow is an installation manager for local software packages. It creates sets of symlinks from the installed location (e.g. /usr/local) to a stow directory (e.g. /usr/local/stow/emacs) where the real files li

Re: sshd and cygwin1.dll

Thank you, for the info --- Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 16 17:47, B Aswin wrote: > > What I did: > > Setup cygwin > > setup ssh using this guide: > > http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html > > And then i have the error mentioned. > > Nuke the installation. The

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: stow

The stow package is now available in the Cygwin distribution. Stow is an installation manager for local software packages. It creates sets of symlinks from the installed location (e.g. /usr/local) to a stow directory (e.g. /usr/local/stow/emacs) where the real files live. This allows you to k

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: unison2.10.2, unison2.12.0

Updated versions of the unison2.10.2 and unison2.12.0 packages are now available in the Cygwin distribution. These are bugfix releases. They fix a longstanding problem whereby the 'diff' function failed to show any differences if one replica was at the other end of an ssh session (http://grou

Re: sshd and cygwin1.dll

B Aswin wrote: > as Bruno had. From the above thread, Larry Hall > pointed out that there is old cygwin1.dll in the > system. This is not applicable in my case since it's a > brand new machine with no previous cygwin > installation. Even if you've never installed Cygwin before on the machine, tha

Re: sshd and cygwin1.dll

On May 16 17:47, B Aswin wrote: > What I did: > Setup cygwin > setup ssh using this guide: > http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html > And then i have the error mentioned. Nuke the installation. The above instructions are old stuff and not supported by this list anyway. Use the instruct

Re: cygwin-host-setup does not install sshd

admin wrote: > >The ssh-host-config script should normally offer to install the service, > >but if there is an existing service called sshd (possibly a remnant from > >an old install that was not completely removed) it will not try to > >overwrite it. > > > > that sounds possible. i tried removi

Re: 1.5.16 tetex 3.0.0-3 format file problem

Robert A. Mcdougall writes: > With the latest tetex build, I can't get *tex to use its > format files: That's because they are not its files. > 516$ latex aleph.tex > This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) > ---! /cygdrive/c/home/mcdougar/.texmf/var/web2c/latex.fmt was writte