[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: automake1.9-1.9.6-3

2008-10-27 Thread cygwin
Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards. This package contains the latest version of the automake system in the automake-1.9.x series, automake-1.9.6. This cygwin package, automake1.9, can be installed without conflict alongside

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: automake1.8-1.8.5-4

2008-10-27 Thread cygwin
Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards. This package contains the latest version of the automake system in the automake-1.8.x series, automake-1.8.5. This cygwin package, automake1.8, can be installed without conflict alongside

Trying to use pexpect under cygwin

2008-10-27 Thread Tony Cappellini
I had installed pexpect on my Windows XP system, only to find out it won't work on Windows. I found a message from Noah stating that it is supposed to run under Cygwin. I didn't know if it was already installed in the base python release, so after launching Cygwin, import pexpect import: unable

rsync Vista Client to Linux Server - readlink_stat - file name too long

2008-10-27 Thread Matthias Meyer
Hi, I've installed cygwin and rsync/ssh on a vista client and want backup it to backuppc 3.1.0-2 on my Linux server: On client side (vista) I use rsync 3.0.4 (protocol version 30) Capabilities: 64-bit files, 64-bit inums, 32-bit timestamps, 64-bit long ints, socketpairs, hardlinks, symli

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {subversion,subversion-apache2,subversion-devel,subversion-perl,subversion-python,subversion-ruby}-1.5.4-1

2008-10-27 Thread David Rothenberger
A new version of subversion is now available for download. NEWS: = This is a new upstream release. 1.5.3 was discovered to contain a regression in 'svn merge'; see CHANGES (URL below) for more information. IMPORTANT: This release will silently upgrade your Subversion working copies to the 1.

pipe(2) in Cygwin

2008-10-27 Thread Michael Wiedmann
Hi, can more than one child process write into the same pipe created by a parent process using 'pipe(pipefds)' (only the parent process will read from this pipe)? Cheers Michael -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems

RE: User name problem

2008-10-27 Thread Dave Korn
John Emmas wrote on 27 October 2008 13:09: > Hmmm. to say I'm confused is an understatement. Not only has the > unsubscribe page failed to unsubscribe me - it's now also allowing me to > post to the list from a totally different email address which (AFAIK) I've > never subscribed under..! >

Re: User name problem

2008-10-27 Thread John Emmas
- Original Message - From: "John Emmas" Sent: 27 October 2008 13:15 Subject: Re: User name problem Thanks Dave, It looks like I've somehow managed to get subscribed under 2 different names. I can't think how that happened. Oops, no - I was being stupid. Where it says "mailing list

Re: User name problem

2008-10-27 Thread John Emmas
Thanks Dave, It looks like I've somehow managed to get subscribed under 2 different names. I can't think how that happened. John -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.c

Re: User name problem

2008-10-27 Thread John Emmas
- Original Message - From: "John Emmas" Sent: 27 October 2008 12:58 Subject: User name problem What else can I do to unsubscribe (or how can I find out my user name)? Hmmm. to say I'm confused is an understatement. Not only has the unsubscribe page failed to unsubscribe me - it'

RE: User name problem

2008-10-27 Thread Dave Korn
John Emmas wrote on 27 October 2008 12:58: > http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > This suggests sending a blank email of the following form:- I also noticed that the list-unsubscribe addresses are broken; I dropped a note to the overseers' list on Friday. However, at least for me, the

User name problem

2008-10-27 Thread John Emmas
I'm trying to unsubscribe. First I tried the automated service that's found in the FAQ's:- http://cygwin.com/ml/#faq but it keeps telling me I've supplied an invalid user name. I've tried every user name that I normally tend to use for mailing lists but it won't accept any of them. Next I tri

User name problem.

2008-10-27 Thread John Emmas
I'm trying to unsubscribe. First I tried the automated service that's found in the FAQ's:- http://cygwin.com/ml/#faq but it keeps telling me I've supplied an invalid user name. I've tried every user name that I normally tend to use for mailing lists but it won't accept any of them. Next I tri

Re: Rsync on two Windows machines: way one clear

2008-10-27 Thread Mirko Vukovic
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Richard Ivarson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wrote: > [..] >> >> Do I have to configure "modules" on the remote PC? I hoped not because it >> means the local PC's rsync scripts are not flexible anymore, but testwise I >> did so: Remote PC's rsyncd.conf reads for