Re: Cygwin.dll crash, alloca and custom stack

2005-08-14 Thread Bitmead, Chris
>Yes, I know. Unless I implement this *crucial* bit of functionality it >is possible that the space time continuum will implode. I see, so any API that you personally have no use for should be mocked. >However, since it is not currently implemented, since there is no sign >of an implementation

RE: FW: Installation Problems with Cygwin on Windows XP

2005-08-14 Thread Vittal Krishnamurthy \(vitkrish\)
One more question.. Wondering where is the default bashrc located (or rc file which is executed when bash is executed). I need to modify to point to my .profile. Thanks -V On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 10:27:20PM -0700, Vittal Krishnamurthy (vitkrish) wrote: >I added /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin to my p

RE: Another (differently) broken man on CygWin 1.5.8

2005-08-14 Thread Herb Martin
> > cygcheck can show a version when the program is not > > even there (either not installed or missing) > > Why do you say that the Cygwin man was not installed? From > everything you've posted it was installed just fine, but your > other version of man was found first

Re: FW: Installation Problems with Cygwin on Windows XP

2005-08-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 10:27:20PM -0700, Vittal Krishnamurthy (vitkrish) wrote: >I added /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin to my path and it worked. It is strange >that I never faced this problem now that I am using Cygwin for more >than 4 yrs now.. It's just '/bin', not /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin. The extra

RE: FW: Installation Problems with Cygwin on Windows XP

2005-08-14 Thread Vittal Krishnamurthy \(vitkrish\)
Thanks Christopher, I added /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin to my path and it worked. It is strange that I never faced this problem now that I am using Cygwin for more than 4 yrs now.. Rgds -Vittal On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 09:45:59PM -0700, Vittal Krishnamurthy (vitkrish) wrote: >Thank you Christopher,

Re: Cygwin.dll crash, alloca and custom stack

2005-08-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 02:56:44PM +1000, Bitmead, Chris wrote: >>I've heard of sigstack and sigalstack but cygwin hasn't. > >Well that's a shame since sigaltstack is part of the base specification >for X/Open UNIX. If cygwin wants to become UNIX compatible it needs to >implement it. Yes, I know.

Re: g++ defines for win32

2005-08-14 Thread Angel Tsankov
- Original Message - From: "Pavel Tsekov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Angel Tsankov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "cygwin mailing list" Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 4:50 PM Subject: Re: g++ defines for win32 Hello, On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, Angel Tsankov wrote: It seems I've come upon an inter

Re: Cygwin.dll crash, alloca and custom stack

2005-08-14 Thread Bitmead, Chris
>As I mentioned previously, cygwin uses the stack for thread local >storage so you can't just create a new stack and expect things to work. >You've worked around that by wrapping cygwin function calls with >save/restore operations. It's not clear to me why cygwin threads should care where their s

Re: FW: Installation Problems with Cygwin on Windows XP

2005-08-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 09:45:59PM -0700, Vittal Krishnamurthy (vitkrish) wrote: >Thank you Christopher, >Clicking on the cygwin icon does not help, coz I get the windows >message, "searching for cygwin.bat" I tried >installing/re-installing atleast 5 times now but the same problem. I >even t

Re: info fails in upgrade to cygwin 1.5.18

2005-08-14 Thread Brian Dessent
Rolf Maier wrote: > I upgraded to Cygwin 1.5.18, now info finds virtually > nothing any longer. Here is what I see: There was a packaging error in the fftw3 packages. Remove /usr/share/info/dir and re-run /etc/postinstall/update-info-dir.sh.done to recreate it properly. Brian -- Unsubscrib

RE: FW: Installation Problems with Cygwin on Windows XP

2005-08-14 Thread Vittal Krishnamurthy \(vitkrish\)
Thank you Christopher, Clicking on the cygwin icon does not help, coz I get the windows message, "searching for cygwin.bat" I tried installing/re-installing atleast 5 times now but the same problem. I even tried to create my own cygwin.bat where I have C:\cygwin\bin Bash --login -i Still it

Re: Another (differently) broken man on CygWin 1.5.8

2005-08-14 Thread Brian Dessent
Herb Martin wrote: > cygcheck can show a version when the program is not > even there (either not installed or missing) Why do you say that the Cygwin man was not installed? From everything you've posted it was installed just fine, but your other version of man was found

Re: FW: Installation Problems with Cygwin on Windows XP

2005-08-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 09:33:18PM -0700, Vittal Krishnamurthy (vitkrish) wrote: >From: Vittal Krishnamurthy (vitkrish > Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 1:50 PM >To: 'cygwin Subject: Installation Problems with Cygwin on Windows XP There is no reason to include the header from a previous email messag

RE: Another (differently) broken man on CygWin 1.5.8

2005-08-14 Thread Herb Martin
> Herb Martin wrote: > > > Arggh! That's 90% of the answer -- the one that was > running was from > > my NT native "unix" tools because the "real" one is missing. > > For future reference, no package that you install with > setup.exe should ever put anything under /usr/local. If you > find

Re: Cygwin.dll crash, alloca and custom stack

2005-08-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 11:28:04PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 12:58:10PM +1000, Bitmead, Chris wrote: >>cgf wrote: >>>It is really not nonsensible for an OS to assume that it has control of >>>the stack. >> >>Lots of claims flying around, but no justification. An OS

Re: $OS vs `uname -s`

2005-08-14 Thread Brian Dessent
Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: > > If you're trying to tell us something, it might help to add some text. > > Same for your previous mail. > > There was text there. You didn't see it because: > > [-- Error: Inconsistent multipart/signed structure! --] Yes, the message does not appear to be val

Re: Cygwin.dll crash, alloca and custom stack

2005-08-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 12:58:10PM +1000, Bitmead, Chris wrote: >cgf wrote: >>It is really not nonsensible for an OS to assume that it has control of >>the stack. > >Lots of claims flying around, but no justification. An OS specified >stack can provide automatic extension to applications that are

Re: Cygwin.dll crash, alloca and custom stack

2005-08-14 Thread Bitmead, Chris
>Your demonstration code didn't use any Windows system calls. You were >calling cygwin functions. And printf doesn't use a Windows system call to write its output?? I fully admit to being in the dark about whether it is Windows or cygwin that is being annoying here. >I notice that you save yo

Re: Another (differently) broken man on CygWin 1.5.8

2005-08-14 Thread Brian Dessent
Herb Martin wrote: > Arggh! That's 90% of the answer -- the one that was > running was from my NT native "unix" tools because the > "real" one is missing. For future reference, no package that you install with setup.exe should ever put anything under /usr/local. If you find a configuration file

Re: man, info fail me in cygwin 1.5.18. Thanks, it works

2005-08-14 Thread Rolf Maier
Eric Blake wrote: Hello, I upgraded cygwin to 1.5.18(0.132/4/2) 2005-07-02 20:30 i686. If I type 'man man' I get Error executing formatting or display command. System command (cd "/usr/share/man" && (echo ".ll 7.2i"; echo ".nr LL 7.2i"; echo ".pl 1100i"; /usr/bin/cat '/usr/share/man/man1/ma

Re: Cygwin.dll crash, alloca and custom stack

2005-08-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:11:47AM +1000, Bitmead, Chris wrote: >>I suggest you investigate those alternatives instead of trying to >>do something that cannot work, and then getting all pissy when people try to >>dissuade you from wasting your time. > >That's strange. Now that I know that on Windo

RE: Cygwin.dll crash, alloca and custom stack

2005-08-14 Thread Bitmead, Chris
From: "Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: >In the post you're replying to, I listed the legitimate reasons for wanting >to do it. Here they are again: > >- If you're writing a task switcher. And what's the difference between a task switcher and switching between co-routines? Basically nothing at all exc

Re: rlogin to xp home edition

2005-08-14 Thread Eric Blake
> Hallo, > > (i hope this is the correct forum to this question) Yep > > I have a XP home edition running using cygwin and the inetd package. I have > created /etc/passwd and /etc/group as described. The only user (and there is > only one at an XP home edition with usable privileges) is calle

RE: Cygwin.dll crash, alloca and custom stack

2005-08-14 Thread Bitmead, Chris
>All major languages in use today have a runtime - C is no different. On UNIX/Linux, its mostly (if not always) >called libc (glibc being the GNU variant used on most Linux systems). Well I don't think of libc as part of the C language proper because I spent a number of years programming in a

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New Package: fftw3-3.0.1

2005-08-14 Thread James R. Phillips
INFO fftw3-3.0.1 has been packaged for cygwin. fftw3 is a library for computing fast fourier transforms in one or more dimensions. It is extremely fast. This package contains shared libraries and header files for double precision. Posix threads are supported. The upstream package has been

Re: Updated: w32api-3.3-1

2005-08-14 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 12:42:30PM -0400, Larry Hall wrote: > At 12:09 PM 8/11/2005, you wrote: > >Please unsubscribe > > > That's not how it works. Please read the URL included as a footer on every > message sent from this list: > > >Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-sim

Re: How to make a mirro fo cygwin.com

2005-08-14 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 03:07:42PM -0700, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: > On 8/11/05, Dave Korn wrote: > > Original Message > > >From: Taufik Suryawan Edyna > > >Sent: 11 August 2005 11:23 > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > We are from Gadjah Mada University Indonesia want to make a mirror > > >

Re: Programatically finding value of "cygdrive" prefix

2005-08-14 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 09:57:40AM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote: > while we are at it, how do non-cygwin programs supposed to handle this > /cygdrive stuff? They can use cygpath -w or cygpath -m to translate...I was just wishing yesterday that cygwin came with a (mingw) libcygpath. -- Unsubscribe i

Re: $OS vs `uname -s`

2005-08-14 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 10:36:47PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Aug 14 16:28, Michael Richardson wrote: > [apparently nothing] > > If you're trying to tell us something, it might help to add some text. > Same for your previous mail. There was text there. You didn't see it because: [-- Er

RE: Another (differently) broken man on CygWin 1.5.8

2005-08-14 Thread Herb Martin
> -Original Message- > From: Gerrit P. Haase [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 2:30 PM > To: Herb Martin > Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: Another (differently) broken man on CygWin 1.5.8 > > Herb Martin wrote: > > > 'info' works, 'man' fails with this error:

Re: $OS vs `uname -s`

2005-08-14 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Aug 14 16:28, Michael Richardson wrote: [apparently nothing] If you're trying to tell us something, it might help to add some text. Same for your previous mail. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:cygwi

Win64 users, please test snapshot (was Re: cygwin on win x64)

2005-08-14 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Aug 13 16:37, Frank Spies wrote: > i have the same problem with the cygwin install spawning 1000s of > processes on win x64 reported in a post on 28 july .. > > i did not see anybody responding with a fix or a workaround > does anybody have an idea how to get cygwin up and running on win x64 ?

$OS vs `uname -s`

2005-08-14 Thread Michael Richardson
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Re: RFE: removing symbolic link / windows shortcut duality

2005-08-14 Thread Michael Richardson
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Re: Another (differently) broken man on CygWin 1.5.8

2005-08-14 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Herb Martin wrote: 'info' works, 'man' fails with this error: $ man cat /usr/local/lib/man.config: No such file or directory Warning: cannot open configuration file /usr/local/lib/man.config No manual entry for cat `which man`? Gerrit -- =^..^= -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/m

Re: Cygwin.dll crash, alloca and custom stack

2005-08-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 03:47:45PM +1000, Chris wrote: >The world doesn't revolve around the C language's assumptions, but it >could well be that Windows does care. I already told you that Windows cares. There is no reason to speculate. >That's why I'm asking my question here. Not so that you c

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: flac-1.1.2-1, flac-devel-1.1.2-1, libFLAC7-1.1.2-1, ...

2005-08-14 Thread Corinna Vinschen
I have uploaded flac-1.1.2-1, consisting of six packages: - flac - Base package, containing executables, docs and stuff. - libFLAC7 - Runtime package, containing just the libFLAC DLL. - libFLAC++5- Runtime package, containing just the libFLAC++ DLL. - libOggFLAC3 - Runtime pack

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New package: libvorbis-1.1.0-1, libvorbis0-1.1.0-1, libvor... etc.

2005-08-14 Thread Corinna Vinschen
I have uploaded libvorbis-1.1.0-1, consisting of five packages: - libvorbis - Base package, containing docs and stuff. - libvorbis0 - Runtime package, containing just the libvorbis DLL. - libvorbisenc2 - Runtime package, containing just the libvorbisenc DLL. - libvorbisfile3 - Runtim

[ANNOUNCEMENT] New packages: libogg-1.1.2-1, libogg0-1.1.2-1, libogg-devel-1.1.2-1

2005-08-14 Thread Corinna Vinschen
I have uploaded libogg-1.1.2-1, consisting of three packages: - libogg - Base package, containing docs and stuff. - libogg0 - Runtime package, containing just the libogg DLL. - libogg-devel - Development package, containing libs and include files. Libogg is a library for manipulating o

Perl v5.8.7, CygWin DLL 1.5.18, script runs differently (hangs) on Cygwin while running open FH, "netsh ...|" or die "..."

2005-08-14 Thread Herb Martin
Is this Perl, Bash, CygWin, NetSh, or something that I have done wrong in the script? Summary: Two commands run fine from cygwin OR windows shell prompts but a specific "netsh" command hangs when used from Perl under CygWin: net share netsh ipsec static show all format=t

rlogin to xp home edition

2005-08-14 Thread Ulrich Güttich
Hallo, (i hope this is the correct forum to this question) I have a XP home edition running using cygwin and the inetd package. I have created /etc/passwd and /etc/group as described. The only user (and there is only one at an XP home edition with usable privileges) is called otto. I can rlogi

Another (differently) broken man on CygWin 1.5.8

2005-08-14 Thread Herb Martin
'info' works, 'man' fails with this error: $ man cat /usr/local/lib/man.config: No such file or directory Warning: cannot open configuration file /usr/local/lib/man.config No manual entry for cat I have tried figuring out man.config with no success (*see below). Cygwin DLL version info: DLL ver

Re: Cygwin.dll crash, alloca and custom stack

2005-08-14 Thread Brian Bruns
On Sunday, August 14, 2005 1:47 AM [EDT], Chris wrote: Yeah dude, you did. You pulled the rug out from under the C runtime, Cygwin, and apparently even the OS. It is not within the jurisdiction of a C program to do that. Uh, C doesn't have a "runtime". All major languages in use today have

Re: man, info fail me in cygwin 1.5.18

2005-08-14 Thread Eric Blake
> Hello, > I upgraded cygwin to 1.5.18(0.132/4/2) 2005-07-02 20:30 i686. > If I type 'man man' I get > > Error executing formatting or display command. > System command (cd "/usr/share/man" && (echo ".ll 7.2i"; echo ".nr LL > 7.2i"; echo ".pl 1100i"; /usr/bin/cat '/usr/share/man/man1/man.1';

Re: g++ defines for win32

2005-08-14 Thread Pavel Tsekov
Hello, On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, Angel Tsankov wrote: > It seems I've come upon an interesting issue, probably a bug. Here it > is: > I have a header file that defines __stdcall, __fastdecl and __cdecl. > If the preprocessor uses the CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH to find that header > file, then it does not issu

[octave] packaging bug! (was: Re: man, info fail me in cygwin 1.5.18)

2005-08-14 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Rolf Maier wrote: Hello, I upgraded cygwin to 1.5.18(0.132/4/2) 2005-07-02 20:30 i686. If I type 'man man' I get Error executing formatting or display command. System command (cd "/usr/share/man" && (echo ".ll 7.2i"; echo ".nr LL 7.2i"; echo ".pl 1100i"; /usr/bin/cat '/usr/share/man/man1/ma

RE: Cygwin.dll crash, alloca and custom stack

2005-08-14 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> >> Anyway, this similar code does work under Linux, or at least it > >> appears to: > >> > > > >It's a long walk from "at least appears to work" to "does work". > > Are you saying it doesn't work, or are you just generally in > a grumpy mood? > ...? I'm saying exactly what I said. I'm in

Re: RFE: removing symbolic link / windows shortcut duality

2005-08-14 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Aug 14 00:09, Joe Smith wrote: > Now for some reason it seems that cygwin will sometimes create shortcuts > with shellidlist, and othertimes without. (This may be system dependent, OS > dependent, or perhaps a change between cygwin.dll versions. It's version dependent. It creates shellidlists

Re: g++ defines for win32

2005-08-14 Thread Angel Tsankov
It seems I've come upon an interesting issue, probably a bug. Here it is: I have a header file that defines __stdcall, __fastdecl and __cdecl. If the preprocessor uses the CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH to find that header file, then it does not issue a warning saying that any of the above identifiers has