ITP: [NMU] naim 0.11.7.3.1-1 -- A console client for AOL Instant Messenger and IRC

2005-10-15 Thread Jari Aalto
NMU = Non Maintainer Upload I happened to see message http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-09/threads.html#00648: ...The current version available in cygwin of naim, the ncurses instant messenger client, is no longer working. This is because AOL has moved from TOC to TOC2. There is a

Re: ITP: [NMU] naim 0.11.7.3.1-1 -- A console client for AOL Instant Messenger and IRC

2005-10-15 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 01:02:08PM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote: I'm not particularly interested in being the maintainer because I don't use AIM or ICQ so I can't comment if the TOC2 fix works as advertised. So anyone out there, please feel free to grasp this one. I've CC'd the original maintainer and

Re: rxvt as replacement for windows terminal

2005-10-15 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Christoffer Gurell wrote: I want to use rxvt shipped with cygwin as a replacement for the windows crappy terminal which cygwin uses as default. The problem is that native windows binaries like edit.com Try vim! ;-) or python for windows Try Python for Cygwin! ;-) does not work in rxvt. The

Problem with GUI running SNNS

2005-10-15 Thread NOiDEA
Hi, I want to run SNNS (Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator), but there is some problem with GUI under all windows managers. When I click on 'Bignet' button in main window, pop-up menu is opened, but I am not able to select any item. So I can not use this program. What can I do? Thanks,

Re: boost, boost_unit_test_framework

2005-10-15 Thread Václav Haisman
Mattias Brändström wrote: Václav Haisman wrote: Have the test libraries worked in any previous version of boost for Cygwin? If so, is there any way that I can install that version instead? I don't know. The current Boost package is the only Boost Cygwin package so far. You could try to

shell problem after update/no skripts are executed [WinXP]

2005-10-15 Thread Ralf
Hi there, I've just updated my cygwin and after the installation the shell doesn't work properly. It seems that no Config-Skript (.bash_profile) is executed and the PATH doesn't work so I didn't even get a directory listing. I didn't change the calling Link and the past updates worked just

Re: shell problem after update/no skripts are executed [WinXP]

2005-10-15 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Ralf on 10/15/2005 6:30 AM: Hi there, I've just updated my cygwin and after the installation the shell doesn't work properly. It seems that no Config-Skript (.bash_profile) is executed and the PATH doesn't work so I didn't even get a

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2005-10-15 Thread Ralf
downgrading the Base-Files to 3.5-1 solved the problem. After reinstalling 3.6-1 everythings works now. thanks anyway for the great work. ---BeginMessage--- Hi there, I've just updated my cygwin and after the installation the shell doesn't work properly. It seems that no Config-Skript

Re: boost, boost_unit_test_framework

2005-10-15 Thread Mattias Brändström
Václav Haisman wrote: Mattias Brändström wrote: bjam -sTOOLS=gcc --with-test stage And that command produced the test libraries for me. The only difference from your libraries was that their extension was .lib instead of .a. How did you manage to get .a libraries? Is there any difference

Re: boost, boost_unit_test_framework

2005-10-15 Thread Václav Haisman
Well, it definitely doesn't work for me. I don't think I have in any way non-standard Cygwin installation. It would be helpful if you could download the -src package of Boost using setup.exe, extract it and run the build-boost.sh script. Don't forget to remove the --without-test line or make it

Where is documentation on bash wait?

2005-10-15 Thread Siegfried Heintze
I tried info and man and could not find any information on wait. I want to (using bash) (1) How do I wait for multiple children and wake up when the first one dies? (2) Examine the status code of the dead child and possibly spawn a new one? Where is the documentation on wait? Thanks, Siegfried

Re: problems with top using Cygwin ssh to Debian 31r0a

2005-10-15 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
David Christensen wrote: Cygwin: When I use Cygwin to ssh into a Debian 3.1 stable (Sarge) machine and run top, the newlines seem to be double-expanded -- e.g. there is a blank line between each line of information. This problem does not occur when I ssh into a Debian 3.0 stable (Woody)

Re: Where is documentation on bash wait?

2005-10-15 Thread Eric Blake
I tried info and man and could not find any information on wait. I want to (using bash) Did you try 'man wait'? That would have pointed you to 'man bash', where as a bash builtin, wait is properly documented. Also, 'info bash' will tell you about bash builtins, or you can try 'help wait' for

Re: Where is documentation on bash wait?

2005-10-15 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Siegfried Heintze wrote: I tried info and man and could not find any information on wait. I want to (using bash) (1) How do I wait for multiple children and wake up when the first one dies? (2) Examine the status code of the dead child and possibly spawn a new one? Where is the

intercepting serial comms

2005-10-15 Thread tns1
Is is possible to redirect the serial comms of a program after it has already launched and opened /dev/com1? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

please test: coreutils-5.90-3

2005-10-15 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've uploaded a test version of coreutils, 5.90-1. This is a new, unstable upstream release, with a number of changes from 5.3.0. In particular, quite a few changes have been made upstream in regards to text vs. binary mode, so some feedback on

RE: problems with top using Cygwin ssh to Debian 31r0a

2005-10-15 Thread David Christensen
Larry Hall wrote: Perhaps you've implied something you didn't intend I try to run all my machines and applications -- Windows, Cygwin, Debian, etc. -- with official packages and out of the box configurations as much as possible. I don't believe I've messed with anything related to terminals

Re: problems with top using Cygwin ssh to Debian 31r0a

2005-10-15 Thread René Berber
David Christensen wrote: [snip] Do both understand your terminal setting? I don't see any complaints when I log into a Debian machine. How can I troubleshoot this? Use echo $TERM on both machines and see if there is any difference. Next, if there is no difference, try setting TERM to xterm

Re: problems with top using Cygwin ssh to Debian 31r0a

2005-10-15 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 10/15/2005, David Christensen wrote: Do both understand your terminal setting? I don't see any complaints when I log into a Debian machine. How can I troubleshoot this? Check what your terminal type is ('echo $TERM'). It's probably 'cygwin' for Cygwin if you're running from a command

Re: Where is documentation on bash wait?

2005-10-15 Thread Bas van Gompel
Op Sat, 15 Oct 2005 17:45:06 + schreef Eric Blake in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [What the...] : I tried info and man and could not find any information on wait. I want to : (using bash) : : Did you try 'man wait'? That would have pointed you to 'man bash', where Did /you/ try it? It complains

RE: Where is documentation on bash wait?

2005-10-15 Thread Stephan Mueller
Perhaps the problem is specific to your configuration -- man wait does indeed point me to man bash, and the bash manpage does indeed cover wait (I searched for SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS based on early text in the page, and then searched from the top of that section for wait -- worked like a charm.

Re: Where is documentation on bash wait?

2005-10-15 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Bas van Gompel on 10/15/2005 2:46 PM: Did /you/ try it? Yes, as bash maintainer, I /did/ try it. However, I didn't realize that there was a typo in the upstream bash_builtins.1 manpage; I just supposed that the text that was there

Cygwin, ssh, and top

2005-10-15 Thread David Christensen
debian-user: I've been chasing a problem with Cygwin ssh and Debian 3.1 top. Here's my original posting to debian-user: -Original Message- From: David Christensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 9:13 PM To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' Subject: Cygwin, ssh, and

Re: Cygwin, ssh, and top

2005-10-15 Thread Brian Dessent
David Christensen wrote: 3. Setting Cygwin TERM to xterm and logging in to either Debian machine has no effect on top, and now the cursor keys are broken. You're setting TERM before connecting? Have you verified that the setting is indeed changed once you are logged on to the remote? You

RE: Cygwin, ssh, and top

2005-10-15 Thread David Christensen
Brian Dessent wrote on cygwin: You're setting TERM before connecting? Yes. Have you verified that the setting is indeed changed once you are logged on to the remote? Yes. You might try vt102 as well. Also, consider using rxvt with Cygwin I prefer that the machines I log into work

Re: Problem with GUI running SNNS

2005-10-15 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 11:01:19AM +0200, NOiDEA wrote: I want to run SNNS (Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator), but there is some problem with GUI under all windows managers. When I click on 'Bignet' button in main window, pop-up menu is opened, but I am not able to select any item. So I can

Re: struct msghdr in socket.h is wrong

2005-10-15 Thread Sam Steingold
* Corinna Vinschen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-10-12 22:42:34 +0200]: On Oct 12 15:17, Sam Steingold wrote: cyswin/socket.h: struct msghdr { void* msg_name; /* Socket name */ int msg_namelen;/* Length of name */

Re: Where is documentation on bash wait?

2005-10-15 Thread Buzz
Op Sat, 15 Oct 2005 15:11:53 -0600 schreef Eric Blake in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [Ahhh] : : According to Bas van Gompel on 10/15/2005 2:46 PM: : : Did /you/ try it? : : Yes, as bash maintainer, I /did/ try it. However, I didn't realize that : there was a typo in the upstream bash_builtins.1

Re: Where is documentation on bash wait?

2005-10-15 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Buzz on 10/15/2005 9:46 PM: : Do you have a copy of bash.1 lying around somewhere? : : cygwin man pages are purposefully compressed, so it should be bash.1.gz. I'm aware of that. I was WAGging you didn't get the error, having a

Re: Cygwin, ssh, and top

2005-10-15 Thread René Berber
David Christensen wrote: [snip] if you are using the stock CMD.EXE window. I use Cygwin Bash. Using rxvt has the advantage that one of its parameters enables changing TERM. I suspect it has something to do with the lines/columns settings. Try resizing the window before running top to make it

RE: Cygwin, ssh, and top

2005-10-15 Thread David Christensen
René Berber wrote: Yes but... the problem is caused by the terminfo data you showed: columns is not defined. Try echo $COLUMNS... now export COLUMNS=80; top; does it work? COLUMNS is getting set someplace: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $COLUMNS 80 Any other ideas? David --