[RFU] [1.7] Base-Files

2009-02-13 Thread John Morrison
I've updated this with the patch from Herb Maeder (thanks Herb, sorry it took me so long!). I propose leaving the 1.5 as is and just go forward with 1.7. Change Log -- 3.8-1 * Update to Cygwin 1.7 version - Herb Maeder

Re: [RFU] [1.7] Base-Files

2009-02-13 Thread Pierre A. Humblet
- Original Message - From: John Morrison j...@morrison.mine.nu To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 10:50 AM Subject: [RFU] [1.7] Base-Files | I've updated this with the patch from Herb Maeder (thanks Herb, sorry it | took me so long!). I propose leaving the 1.5

Re: [RFU] [1.7] Base-Files

2009-02-13 Thread John Morrison
| I've updated this with the patch from Herb Maeder (thanks Herb, sorry it | took me so long!). I propose leaving the 1.5 as is and just go forward | with 1.7. John, /etc/profile contains if [ ! -d ${HOME} ]; then mkdir -p ${HOME} echo Copying skeleton files. The

Re: [RFU] [1.7] Base-Files

2009-02-13 Thread Pierre A. Humblet
- Original Message - From: John Morrison To: Pierre A. Humblet Cc: cygwin-apps Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 1:09 PM Subject: Re: [RFU] [1.7] Base-Files | | Patch would be appreciated, thanks Pierre; I've not got an environment | which could test that. Here it is, --- profile.orig

Re: FAQ entries about emacs

2009-02-13 Thread Jari Aalto
Corinna Vinschen corinna-cyg...@cygwin.com writes: Hi Volker, can you do me a favor? Can you have a look into the FAQ entries Is there a Cygwin port of GNU Emacs? and the next one What about NT Emacs? and suggest a rewrite? The information given in these two FAQ entries is certainly

Re: [RFU] [1.7] Base-Files

2009-02-13 Thread Dave Korn
Pierre A. Humblet wrote: + else + OLDHOME=$HOME + { [ -d $TEMP ] HOME=$TMP; } || { [ -d /tmp ] HOME=/tmp; } || HOME=/ Looks like a typo to me. Perhaps you meant { [ -d $TEMP ] HOME=$TEMP; } || ( [ -d $TMP ] HOME=$TMP; }

Re: [RFU] [1.7] Base-Files

2009-02-13 Thread John Morrison
- Original Message - From: John Morrison To: Pierre A. Humblet Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 1:09 PM Subject: Re: [RFU] [1.7] Base-Files | | Patch would be appreciated, thanks Pierre; I've not got an environment | which could test that. Here it is, + { [ -d

Re: [RFU] [1.7] Base-Files

2009-02-13 Thread Pierre A. Humblet
- Original Message - From: Dave Korn To: cygwin-apps Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [RFU] [1.7] Base-Files | Pierre A. Humblet wrote: | | + else | + OLDHOME=$HOME | + { [ -d $TEMP ] HOME=$TMP; } || { [ -d /tmp ] HOME=/tmp;

Re: [RFU] [1.7] Base-Files

2009-02-13 Thread Pierre A. Humblet
- Original Message - From: Dave Korn To: cygwin-apps Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [RFU] [1.7] Base-Files | Pierre A. Humblet wrote: | | + else | + OLDHOME=$HOME | + { [ -d $TEMP ] HOME=$TMP; } || { [ -d /tmp ] HOME=/tmp; }

Re: [RFU] [1.7] Base-Files 3.8-2

2009-02-13 Thread John Morrison
Change Log -- 3.8-2 * The skeleton files are copied even if the the mkdir has failed. This happens to network users who install Cygwin while connected, with HOME on a network drive, and then later use their laptop while disconnected. In that case the skeleton files

Re: [RFC] GCC-4 new packaging.

2009-02-13 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Dave Korn wrote: Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: I'm tempted to suggest a libstdc++6-devel (yes, versioned, because the includes and link libs are in versioned directories), for C++ libtool libraries that provide a C interface (and hence may be built

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-13 Thread John Emmas
- Original Message - From: Jon TURNEY jon.tur...@dronecode.org.uk Subject: Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH] Bah! Now I've noticed the flickering again, so I have to fix it. Your cunning plan worked. :-) Thanks very much for that, Jon. I'll apply your patch at

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-13 Thread John Emmas
Oh BTW, I should have added:- One particular problem is that the xserver will only support twin monitors if they both have the same settings (resolution etc). Hmm... I thought this worked. The only restriction should be that the colour-depth of the monitors is the same... Sorry, I stand

Re: Font problem with remote emacs session

2009-02-13 Thread Joe Java
Thank you! Everything works and looks great! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/

Re: I Cannot Start the X Server

2009-02-13 Thread Todd Sankey
Thanks for the pointer to the FAQ. I am aware of it. Unfortunately I seem to be one of those cases where the procedure of recreating the /tmp directory and running with administrator privileges doesn't work. I read the technical note in the FAQ and thought the results with ProcMon might be helpful

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-13 Thread John Emmas
Jon - I just realised that I don't seem to have the source for X11 (which is presumably what I need before applying your patch). I've looked on my usual Cygwin mirror (ftp://mirrors.xmission.com) as well as looking in Cygwin-Ports (ftp://sourceware.org) but I couldn't see what I needed to

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-13 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
John Emmas wrote: Jon - I just realised that I don't seem to have the source for X11 (which is presumably what I need before applying your patch). I've looked on my usual Cygwin mirror (ftp://mirrors.xmission.com) as well as looking in Cygwin-Ports (ftp://sourceware.org) but I couldn't see

Re: I Cannot Start the X Server

2009-02-13 Thread Jon TURNEY
Todd Sankey wrote: I recently upgraded and ran into this problem as well. I watched the XWin.exe process using ProcMon from sysinternals.com and it doesn't look like a problem of directory / file / user permissions as the FAQ would suggest. I've updated the FAQ entry a bit. From ProcMon it

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-13 Thread John Emmas
Thanks Jon Larry, I can see a package called libX11 : X.OrgX11 core library (source). Will that bring in all the source files I need or is there a bit more to it than that? John -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports:

Re: X / gtk-x11 / flicker and other problems [+PATCH]

2009-02-13 Thread Jon TURNEY
John Emmas wrote: I can see a package called libX11 : X.OrgX11 core library (source). Will that bring in all the source files I need or is there a bit more to it than that? The package containing the X server is 'xorg-server'. That is the package for which you need ask setup to install the

Re: Bug in startXwin.bat

2009-02-13 Thread neomjp
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: Linda Walsh wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: Linda Walsh wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: Linda Walsh wrote: The startxwin.sh script works, but startxwin.bat does not work if your Cygwin installation isn't in the default location. As Larry and others have

-query not working on cygwin/windows

2009-02-13 Thread km4hr
I can't get -query to do anything. I only get a grey screen. Do you have disable firewalling, or open some ports, or whatever on the Windows box? I completely disabled my Windows firewall (I think) but still no joy. I'm completely illiterate on Windows. I don't care to know anything about

src/winsup/cygwin ChangeLog cygwin.din include ...

2009-02-13 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: cori...@sourceware.org 2009-02-13 08:33:11 Modified files: winsup/cygwin : ChangeLog cygwin.din winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin: version.h Log message: * cygwin.din: Export wcstod and wcstof. *

src/winsup/doc ChangeLog pathnames.sgml

2009-02-13 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: cori...@sourceware.org 2009-02-13 09:04:51 Modified files: winsup/doc : ChangeLog pathnames.sgml Log message: * pathnames.sgml: Replace binmode with new binary output of mount. Patches:

src/winsup/cygwin ChangeLog mount.cc

2009-02-13 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: cori...@sourceware.org 2009-02-13 09:05:42 Modified files: winsup/cygwin : ChangeLog mount.cc Log message: * mount.cc (mount_info::from_fstab_line): Make cygdrive posix=0 by default as documented. Patches:

src/winsup/doc ChangeLog pathnames.sgml

2009-02-13 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: cori...@sourceware.org 2009-02-13 10:13:29 Modified files: winsup/doc : ChangeLog pathnames.sgml Log message: * pathnames.sgml: Add a cygdrive section. Patches:

src/winsup/cygwin ChangeLog posix.sgml

2009-02-13 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: cori...@sourceware.org 2009-02-13 11:33:32 Modified files: winsup/cygwin : ChangeLog posix.sgml Log message: * posix.sgml: Merge SUSv3 and SUSv4 section into a single SUSv4 section. Move Solaris calls now in

src/winsup/cygwin ChangeLog posix.sgml

2009-02-13 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: cori...@sourceware.org 2009-02-13 12:19:25 Modified files: winsup/cygwin : ChangeLog posix.sgml Log message: * posix.sgml: Move interfaces deprecated in SUSv4 to deprecated interfaces section. Move

src/winsup/doc ChangeLog cygwin-api.in.sgml

2009-02-13 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: cori...@sourceware.org 2009-02-13 12:23:21 Modified files: winsup/doc : ChangeLog cygwin-api.in.sgml Log message: * cygwin-api.in.sgml: Fix API section layout. Patches:

src/winsup/cygwin ChangeLog posix.sgml

2009-02-13 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: cori...@sourceware.org 2009-02-13 12:45:02 Modified files: winsup/cygwin : ChangeLog posix.sgml Log message: * posix.sgml: Move dirfd to SUSv4 section. Patches:

src/winsup/cygwin ChangeLog environ.cc

2009-02-13 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: cori...@sourceware.org 2009-02-13 17:49:37 Modified files: winsup/cygwin : ChangeLog environ.cc Log message: * environ.cc (_getenv_r): New function. Patches:

src/winsup/cygwin ChangeLog cygwin.din posix.s ...

2009-02-13 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: cori...@sourceware.org 2009-02-13 18:39:37 Modified files: winsup/cygwin : ChangeLog cygwin.din posix.sgml winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin: version.h Log message: * cygwin.din: Export wcsnlen. *

src/winsup/doc ChangeLog legal.sgml overview.sgml

2009-02-13 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: cori...@sourceware.org 2009-02-13 18:41:32 Modified files: winsup/doc : ChangeLog legal.sgml overview.sgml Log message: * overview.sgml: Fix 1.7 release date. Patches:

help compiling openssh

2009-02-13 Thread Jody Burnett
When i run configure openssh 5.1p1-10 (source from cygwin setup) with the following command $ ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir='${sbindir}' --localstatedir=/var --datadir='${prefix}/share' --mandir='${datadir}/man' --infodir='${datadir}/info' --with-tcp_wrappers i get

Re: 1.7.0 /cygdrive text/binary behavior

2009-02-13 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 12 14:34, Garber, Dave (GE Infra, Energy, Non-GE) wrote: Hi, I've been testing out the 1.7.0-40 release and noticed an odd behavior with /cygdrive. Without any modifications, when I try to run a script from /cygdrive/v, I get errors due to the trail '\r' characters. This is

Re: help compiling openssh

2009-02-13 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 13 02:05, Jody Burnett wrote: When i run configure openssh 5.1p1-10 (source from cygwin setup) with the following command $ ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir='${sbindir}' --localstatedir=/var --datadir='${prefix}/share' --mandir='${datadir}/man'

[ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] New documentation available

2009-02-13 Thread Corinna Vinschen
I made all of the latest version of the Cygwin 1.7 documentation available on cygwin.com. It consists of three parts: - The User's Guide. It should be fairly complete now. For online reading: http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html To fetch a local copy as one single,

bash fails on Windows 2008 (x86 architecture only)

2009-02-13 Thread Martine Carannante
Hi I have installed CYGWIN version CYGWIN_NT-5.2 1.5.25 on a Windows 2008 x86 and x64 architectures The command bash works very well on Windows 2008 x64 architecture but fails on x86. When I launch bash on Windows 2008 *(*x86) , I have the following errors: ..bash 2 [main] bash

Re: [1.7] New documentation available

2009-02-13 Thread Tim McDaniel
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, Corinna Vinschen corinna-cyg...@cygwin.com wrote: - The User's Guide. It should be fairly complete now. http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html - The API reference. ... http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-api/cygwin-api.html - The new FAQ. ...

Re: [1.7] New documentation available

2009-02-13 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 13 10:03, Tim McDaniel wrote: On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, Corinna Vinschen corinna-cyg...@cygwin.com wrote: - The User's Guide. It should be fairly complete now. http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html - The API reference. ...

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] New documentation available

2009-02-13 Thread Nahor
Corinna Vinschen wrote: Bugfixes and enhancements in the form of patches (diff -u) are welcome. Not a patch but easy enough to find: [A brief history of the Cygwin project] the 1.7 release in 2008 = 2009 Cheers, Nahor -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] New documentation available

2009-02-13 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 13 10:15, Nahor wrote: Corinna Vinschen wrote: Bugfixes and enhancements in the form of patches (diff -u) are welcome. Not a patch but easy enough to find: [A brief history of the Cygwin project] the 1.7 release in 2008 = 2009 Fixed. Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen

Re: help compiling openssh

2009-02-13 Thread Jody Burnett
That worked...installed the libwrap-devel and configure worked no problem...next i created the my-openssh.tar.bz2. How do you unpack this archive without overwriting the folder permissions of bin, var etc? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports:

replying to digest message?

2009-02-13 Thread Jody Burnett
How do you reply to the messages within the digest message so that it is linked to the original? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: How does one find where Cygwin was installed from Windows?

2009-02-13 Thread Lee D.Rothstein
It's not like in Windows where you can add something to the linux-registry, /etc, or path-specific part /etc/profile.d and have other apps pick up this information. It would make more sense to put it in a registry environment variable. What do you think? 'setx.exe' a CLI utility on

Re: replying to digest message?

2009-02-13 Thread Greg Chicares
On 2009-02-13 21:33Z, Jody Burnett wrote: How do you reply to the messages within the digest message so that it is linked to the original? Here's one technique: http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2009-01/msg00512.html -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem

Conjoining Setup CygWine Some Other Requirements. Was: Re: CygWine 1.0 Beta -- an new cygwin package manager

2009-02-13 Thread Lee D.Rothstein
I found Brant Warren Young and Dave Korn, et al's comments about a possible conjoined 'setup', and the unfortunately named ( soon to be renamed -- TYVM), 'cygwine', and the requirements thereto (;-)), to be right to the point. I would like to suggest two new features for the setup/command line.

ANNOUNCING allmydata.org Tahoe, the Least-Authority Filesystem, v1.3

2009-02-13 Thread zooko
Folks: We maintain a cygwin buildbot on http://allmydata.org/buildbot so that we're sure this p2p disk-sharing system always passes all tests on cygwin. Please try it out and let us know what you think. Regards, Zooko ANNOUNCING allmydata.org Tahoe, the Least-Authority Filesystem, v1.3

Re: RFE: CygWinDir in ENV

2009-02-13 Thread Linda Walsh
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Tim McDaniel wrote: You did mention ] HKLM/Software/Cygwin/setup, the rootdir value. But you noted that that is in version 1.7. This would work for 1.5 as well if someone back-ported the 1.7 change. --- Several shell scripts are called by setup, but I'm

Re: CygWine 1.0 Beta -- an new cygwin package manager

2009-02-13 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Warren Young wrote: Brant Young wrote: I have launched a opensource project -- CygWine ( a cygwin package management utility, project homepage: http://cygwine.googlecode.com ) My initial thought on seeing the name is that it was a port of Wine to Cygwin, which would be tres silly. It's got

[1.7] New documentation available

2009-02-13 Thread Corinna Vinschen
I made all of the latest version of the Cygwin 1.7 documentation available on cygwin.com. It consists of three parts: - The User's Guide. It should be fairly complete now. For online reading: http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html To fetch a local copy as one single,