Octave and cyport

2008-01-30 Thread Marco Atzeri
Dear All, after playing a bit with Octave 3.0 and cygport, before offering myself as maintainer for Octave, I need some suggestion. The current octave is splitted in octave-2.1.73-1.tar.bz2 octave-headers-2.1.73-1.tar.bz2 octave-htmldoc-2.1.73-1.tar.bz2 octave-info-2.1.73-1.tar.bz2

Re: Problem with arrow keys in x-based applications on cygwin

2008-01-30 Thread Per Steffen
Here's a recap of my case: Im running the newest version of Cygwin on Win 2k Pro. In the Cygwin standard shell my left and right arrow (cursor) keys work fine. However, if I start an xterm or any other x-based application from the cygwin standard shell, the left and right arrow keys are not

src/winsup/w32api ChangeLog include/windef.h

2008-01-30 Thread nivenh
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008-01-30 09:18:22 Modified files: winsup/w32api : ChangeLog winsup/w32api/include: windef.h Log message: 2008-01-30 Brandon Sneed [EMAIL PROTECTED] *

src/winsup/w32api ChangeLog lib/bthprops.def

2008-01-30 Thread nivenh
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008-01-30 09:39:16 Modified files: winsup/w32api : ChangeLog Added files: winsup/w32api/lib: bthprops.def Log message: 2008-01-30 Brandon Sneed [EMAIL PROTECTED] *

Re: pdksh having problems starting native gvim on Vista x64

2008-01-30 Thread Chris J
Igor Peshansky wrote: Can you please post the output of ls -l /cygdrive/c/vim/vim71/gvim.exe, ls -ld /cygdrive/c/vim/vim71, and ls -ld /cygdrive/c/vim? Also of cygcheck /cygdrive/c/vim/vim71/gvim.exe? $ pwd /cygdrive/c/Vim $ ls -l vim71/gvim.exe --+ 1 chris None 3048448 Jun 22

About linker otions an rebasing

2008-01-30 Thread Angelo Graziosi
I remember an old discussion on cygwin-apps that suggested to add -Wl,--enable-auto-import -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base as linker options to avoid some problems with rebasing (adding the above should avoid to rebase, if I remember correctly). But suppose that for an application foo.exe we

About linker options an rebasing

2008-01-30 Thread Angelo Graziosi
I remember an old discussion on cygwin-apps that suggested to add -Wl,--enable-auto-import -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base as linker options to avoid some problems with rebasing (adding the above should avoid to rebase, if I remember correctly). But suppose that for an application foo.exe we

Re: About linker otions an rebasing

2008-01-30 Thread Brian Dessent
Angelo Graziosi wrote: I remember an old discussion on cygwin-apps that suggested to add -Wl,--enable-auto-import -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base auto-import has nothing to do with rebasing and is the default anyway. The only thing that specifying --enable-auto-import does is disable some

Running Cygwin in background.

2008-01-30 Thread jrtayloriv
I would like to run Cygwin as a background process in Windows, and access it via an SSH server (which will be running in Cygwin). What I mean is that I do not want to have an open window on the Windows box. I don't care if it shows up in the Task Manager or anything -- I don't need it to be

Re: About linker otions on rebasing

2008-01-30 Thread Angelo Graziosi
Brian Dessent wrote The image base is only relevant when creating a DLL. When creating an .exe the issue is irrelevant as all executables have an image base of 0x004. Brian, Do you remember the problems of Emacs after rebasing? It needs libncurses7 not-rebased. Only using

Re: Running Cygwin in background.

2008-01-30 Thread paul . hermeneutic
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-01/msg00527.html http://www.google.com/search?as_q=Cygwin+setup+sshd -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: About linker otions on rebasing

2008-01-30 Thread Brian Dessent
Angelo Graziosi wrote: Only using '-Wl,--enable-auto-image-base' in its build makes it work also after the rebasing and, if I remember correctly, no DLL are created in its build. You can look at the imagebase value in the .exe with and without being built with that option and I'm quite sure

Limitation in PathName

2008-01-30 Thread hkb83
Hi Is there any limitation in cygwin regarding the pathnames in opendir/readdir functions? Is the pathname limit = PATH_MAX being 260? I am using Win XP SP-2. Regards, Harmeet -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Limitation-in-PathName-tp15183422p15183422.html Sent from

Re: Limitation in PathName

2008-01-30 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to hkb83 on 1/30/2008 8:13 AM: | Hi | | Is there any limitation in cygwin regarding the pathnames in opendir/readdir | functions? Only what Windows imposes. Why do you ask? | | Is the pathname limit = PATH_MAX being 260? Yes (for now,

Re: Limitation in PathName

2008-01-30 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Please keep replies on the list: http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PPIOSPE According to [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 1/30/2008 8:35 AM: | Hi, | | Thanks for replying.. | | Actually,I am facing an issue where I am able to create a folder of | absolute length 250

bash's builtin test command kills bash on Windows Server 2003 R2

2008-01-30 Thread Brian J. Johnson
I've encountered an odd problem installing cygwin on Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 edition. This is a default installation of cygwin from yesterday on a fresh Windows installation on a Xen VM hosted by SLES10SP1. The installer runs normally, but most of the postinstall scripts fail.

Acronym submission

2008-01-30 Thread paul . hermeneutic
Submission for http://cygwin.com/acronyms/ BDFL - Benevolent Dictator For Life. The title appropriate for Guido van Rossum, author of the Python language included in Cygwin. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html

RE: Acronym submission

2008-01-30 Thread Dave Korn
On 30 January 2008 18:12, paul.hermeneutic wrote: Submission for http://cygwin.com/acronyms/ BDFL - Benevolent Dictator For Life. The title appropriate for Guido van Rossum, author of the Python language included in Cygwin. Well, yeh, but http://cygwin.com/acronyms#OSCA :) cheers,

Re: bash's builtin test command kills bash on Windows Server 2003 R2

2008-01-30 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Brian J. Johnson wrote: I've encountered an odd problem installing cygwin on Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 edition. This is a default installation of cygwin from yesterday on a fresh Windows installation on a Xen VM hosted by SLES10SP1. The installer runs normally, but most of the

Re: bash's builtin test command kills bash on Windows Server 2003 R2

2008-01-30 Thread Brian J. Johnson
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Brian J. Johnson wrote: I've encountered an odd problem installing cygwin on Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 edition. This is a default installation of cygwin from yesterday on a fresh Windows installation on a Xen VM hosted by SLES10SP1. The installer

RE: bash's builtin test command kills bash on Windows Server 2003 R2

2008-01-30 Thread Mr Webber
That was my thought. I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ type -a test test is a shell builtin test is /usr/bin/test -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Hall (Cygwin) Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:15 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re:

Re: bash's builtin test command kills bash on Windows Server 2003 R2

2008-01-30 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Brian J. Johnson wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Brian J. Johnson wrote: snip Cygcheck output is below. Strace output available on request. (Note that cygcheck shows Microsoft's SUA is installed. It failed the same way before and after I installed SUA.) Thanks, What does 'type -a

Re: cygwin not working well with vista 64

2008-01-30 Thread Ashutosh Singh
Hi, I downloaded the lates cygwin and I still see problems with createProcess. fork() fails in many cases. Editing files is also an issue. Has the issue been punted, should I forget about making cygwin work reliably on windows. I need XWindows badly and would have to

Re: Graphicks Magic on Vista?

2008-01-30 Thread Lee D. Rothstein
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: On 01/12/2008, Lee D. Rothstein wrote: gm.exe on vista doesn't work Sorry, can't provide any other feedback about your message ATM. :-( Larry are you working the problem of gm not even being able to generate help much less image transformation on Cygwin on

Re: Graphicks Magic on Vista?

2008-01-30 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Lee D. Rothstein wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: On 01/12/2008, Lee D. Rothstein wrote: gm.exe on vista doesn't work Sorry, can't provide any other feedback about your message ATM. :-( Larry are you working the problem of gm not even being able to generate help much less image

Re: Running Cygwin in background.

2008-01-30 Thread jrtayloriv
paul.hermeneutic wrote: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-01/msg00527.html http://www.google.com/search?as_q=Cygwin+setup+sshd -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation:

Re: Running Cygwin in background.

2008-01-30 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
jrtayloriv wrote: paul.hermeneutic wrote: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-01/msg00527.html http://www.google.com/search?as_q=Cygwin+setup+sshd -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation:

Re: Running Cygwin in background.

2008-01-30 Thread DePriest, Jason R.
On Jan 30, 2008 6:57 PM, jrtayloriv wrote: paul.hermeneutic wrote: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-01/msg00527.html http://www.google.com/search?as_q=Cygwin+setup+sshd I appreciate the links, but I already know how to set up an SSH server. I was actually interested in finding out

Re: Running Cygwin in background.

2008-01-30 Thread jrtayloriv
Sorry, I am not used to Windows at all -- I've only been using Linux for the past several years and I've forgotten about a lot of things. Because of this, it seems that I am having trouble asking the right question... I am talking about how to get Cygwin itself to run in the background. Once I

Re: Running Cygwin in background.

2008-01-30 Thread DePriest, Jason R.
On Jan 30, 2008 11:35 PM, jrtayloriv wrote: Sorry, I am not used to Windows at all -- I've only been using Linux for the past several years and I've forgotten about a lot of things. Because of this, it seems that I am having trouble asking the right question... I am talking about how to