script command exits immediately

Hi, When running 'script' command it exits immediately. It does work if I specify one command but I cant work interactively. Any suggestions ? Thanks Cheers, -- Nothing is true, everything is permitted. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cy

Re: cygwin qt port- do I have to apply patches or something?

On 3/31/2010 9:54 PM, mike marchywka wrote: On 3/31/10, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: . No reason to feed the spammers. Thanks. On 3/31/2010 7:48 PM, mike marchywka wrote: I w

Re: Autoconf 2.1 / 2.5

On 2010-03-29 23:28, NightStrike wrote: Autoconf is listed twice in the list of installable packages from cygwin, and described thusly: autoconf2.1 - Stable version, latest = 2.13-10 autoconf2.5 - Development version, latest =2.65-1 Think it's about time that these are labeled differently? 2.6

Re: cygwin qt port- do I have to apply patches or something?

On 3/31/10, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 3/31/2010 7:48 PM, mike marchywka wrote: >> I went ahead and applied the patches and configure at least >> seems to run. I just assumed the patch files were for reference, >> shouldn't the source be patched when downloaded or is there >> a reason for thi

Re: git on cygwin 1.7.2

On 03/31/2010 12:25 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 08:08:37PM -0400, Mark Levedahl wrote: All of the above connections and i/o processing are done using bog-standard fork, pipe, open, read, write, and associated file commands. Git has no trouble opening all of the proc

Re: cygwin qt port- do I have to apply patches or something?

On 3/31/2010 7:48 PM, mike marchywka wrote: I went ahead and applied the patches and configure at least seems to run. I just assumed the patch files were for reference, shouldn't the source be patched when downloaded or is there a reason for this ( or do I have a larger fundamental problem and ap

Re: cygwin qt port- do I have to apply patches or something?

On 3/31/10, mike marchywka wrote: > sorry, I gve up on the other build and downloaded the cygwin source. > But, now I'm getting the same errors I got earlier on the other build, > for example, > it looks like problems with "W" and "A" signatures on windoze calls etc. > But, it looks like the first

Re: FW: special font characters in rxvt

On 3/31/2010 4:50 PM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: > If rxvt use is to be discouraged, maybe it should be deemphasized > in the User's Guide under Console Programs: > > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-effectively.html#using-console Good idea. How about this (followup to cygwin-patches): -- Chu

cygwin qt port- do I have to apply patches or something?

sorry, I gve up on the other build and downloaded the cygwin source. But, now I'm getting the same errors I got earlier on the other build, for example, it looks like problems with "W" and "A" signatures on windoze calls etc. But, it looks like the first error is missing qt_windows.h. What am I sup

RE: FW: special font characters in rxvt

> From: Jeremy Bopp > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 14:40 > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: FW: special font characters in rxvt > > > While you could change your LANG setting to specify a character > encoding > which is compatible with rxvt, a better option IMO is to switch to > mintty, wh

RE: ATTN: perl-Tk maintainer RE: perl-Tk is broken

Thrall, Bryan wrote on 2010-01-21: > Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote on 2010-01-20: >> On 20/01/2010 15:39, Reini Urban wrote: >>> Do you need Win32 native Tk or just x Tk? My patch was just to support >>> Win32 Tk. I have no time for this in the next month. >> >> Nor should you need to. I maintain the

Re: Installing mintty in a restricted environment

Rance Hall wrote: > I had to check the box on setup that said I was installing for just me > so that setup wouldnt try to install shortcuts in ALL USERS which it > does not have the right to do. > > mintty did not self-setup correctly under this scenario. > > I did not get a mintty icon on my deskt

Re: scp no longer reports incremental progress

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 06:14:39PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 06:12:53PM -0400, Charles Wilson wrote: >>On 3/29/2010 6:09 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: >>> I am running the latest Cygwin (1.7.2) and ssh. >>> >>> I notice that scp (from local to remote host) no longer s

Re: Need help on terminal emulation in Cygwin console

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 06:15:19PM +0200, Tomasz Pona wrote: >Off topic... Right you are. If you really feel the need to discuss this further please use the cygwin-talk mailing list. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Docu

Re: bug: df -l considers no filesystems local

On 03/31/2010 11:59 AM, Erik Inge Bolsø wrote: > On a fresh cygwin install, df -l returns: > > df: no file systems processed Thanks for the reminder. This has been previously reported, but I still haven't had time to look into it. I'm not sure whether it is a bug in cygwin itself, or a porting

bug: df -l considers no filesystems local

Cygwin 1.7.2-2, coreutils 8.4-2 On a fresh cygwin install, df -l returns: df: no file systems processed while plain df returns $ df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on C:/cygwin/bin 28675048 12848260 15826788 45% /usr/bin C:/cygwin/lib 28675048

Re: Need help on terminal emulation in Cygwin console

On 3/31/2010 12:15 PM, Tomasz Pona wrote: No, I meant the big bold text in the middle of that page about sending > cygcheck output as an attachment. I'm not dumb man - I'd certainly include it if this could help a thing or on request. As I said I have the latest packages installed and this also

Re: Installing mintty in a restricted environment

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Jeremy Bopp wrote: > While waiting for a fix, create your own shortcut for Mintty.  Assuming > C:\cygwin is where you installed Cygwin, set the Target: field to > "C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -" without the quotes and the Start in: field > to C:\cygwin\bin.  Adjus

Re: Installing mintty in a restricted environment

On 3/31/2010 12:13 PM, Rance Hall wrote: > Today I tried to install cygwin on a work machine that I do not have > permission to admin. > > I'm a Math Prof here so I just get to use the machine on my desk. > > on my laptop I am the admin so I installed cygwin for all users. No > biggie, only user

Installing mintty in a restricted environment

Today I tried to install cygwin on a work machine that I do not have permission to admin. I'm a Math Prof here so I just get to use the machine on my desk. on my laptop I am the admin so I installed cygwin for all users. No biggie, only user is me. I use mintty on the advice of some folks on th

Re: Need help on terminal emulation in Cygwin console

Tomasz Pona: >> No, I meant the big bold text in the middle of that page about sending >> cygcheck output as an attachment. > > I'm not dumb man >> I did see Chuck's followon mail and obviously he knows much more about >> the subject than I do. So, I withdraw my attempt to help. > > ...are you to

Re: Need help on terminal emulation in Cygwin console

Off topic... > No, I meant the big bold text in the middle of that page about sending > cygcheck output as an attachment. I'm not dumb man - I'd certainly include it if this could help a thing or on request. As I said I have the latest packages installed and this also means I checked them too. Is

Re: 1.7.2: cp fails - skipping file as it was replaced while being copied

On 03/31/2010 09:46 AM, Shailo Sanyal wrote: > When I try to copy a file from a drive which maps a CIFS share from a > NetApp filer I get the following error: We need more details about that drive. Please include the output of /usr/lib/scih/getVolInfo /cygdrive/h. > According to the 1.7.2 doc -

1.7.2: cp fails - skipping file as it was replaced while being copied

Hi, I have installed Cygwin 1.7.2 on Windows 7 (64-bit): --- ssan...@i4846-vm ~ $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64 I4846-vm 1.7.2(0.225/5/3) 2010-03-24 21:12 i686 Cygwin --- When I try to copy a file from a drive which m

Re: Need help on terminal emulation in Cygwin console

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:54:23PM +0200, Tomasz Pona wrote: >> Please follow the reporting guidelines at http://cygwin.com/problems.html > >Do you mean the subject? No, I meant the big bold text in the middle of that page about sending cygcheck output as an attachment. >Well, I actually noticed

ssh ControlMaster=yes

Am I right in thinking it still* doesn't work? Or rather, I can't get it to work, and found http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-06/msg00324.html (for example) suggesting it "shouldn't" (or should I say "should, but doesn't yet, when yet is some time in 2008"? Well, whatever). Anyway, point is - sh

R: Backward compatibility

--- Mer 31/3/10, Csaba Raduly ha scritto: > Hi all, > I have a program which was compiled under Cygwin 1.5; I ran > it > accidentally under 1.7 and it appeared to work. Is this by > design or > am I just exceptionally lucky ? > > -- By design. A lot of packages were built for 1.5 and not yet

Backward compatibility

Hi all, I have a program which was compiled under Cygwin 1.5; I ran it accidentally under 1.7 and it appeared to work. Is this by design or am I just exceptionally lucky ? -- Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

Re: Changing the home directory ($HOME)

Markus Hoenicka wrote: > Phil Couling was heard to say: > >> I have cygwin pre installed on a pc I'm using. I'd like to change the >> home directory ($HOME) but I'm having some trouble finding where it's >> been set. Currently it points to a drive letter q: . I'd much prefer >> to point it at /

Re: Emacs info files

Ken Brown writes: > On 3/31/2010 4:54 AM, Oleksandr Gavenko wrote: >> On 2010.03.31 10:21, Gary . wrote: >>> I have a new cygwin installation on which I have also installed >>> emacs. I have an older installation in which I also have emacs >>> installed. On the newer install I don't appear to hav

Re: Changing the home directory ($HOME)

Phil Couling was heard to say: I have cygwin pre installed on a pc I'm using. I'd like to change the home directory ($HOME) but I'm having some trouble finding where it's been set. Currently it points to a drive letter q: . I'd much prefer to point it at /home/username. /etc/profile says:

Re: Emacs info files

On 3/31/2010 4:54 AM, Oleksandr Gavenko wrote: On 2010.03.31 10:21, Gary . wrote: I have a new cygwin installation on which I have also installed emacs. I have an older installation in which I also have emacs installed. On the newer install I don't appear to have any info pages for emacs, but do

Changing the home directory ($HOME)

Hi I have cygwin pre installed on a pc I'm using. I'd like to change the home directory ($HOME) but I'm having some trouble finding where it's been set. Currently it points to a drive letter q: . I'd much prefer to point it at /home/username. When looking into previous messages i note that /etc

Re: Emacs info files

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Oleksandr Gavenko wrote: > On 2010.03.31 10:21, Gary . wrote: >> I don't appear to have any info >> pages for emacs ... >> Oh. C-h i in emacs shows the info page *confuzzed* >> > Tip from my NOTE file for native Emacs under Windows: > > ** Setup INFOPATH. > > To br

Re: Need help on terminal emulation in Cygwin console

> Please follow the reporting guidelines at http://cygwin.com/problems.html Do you mean the subject? Well, I actually noticed that "Need help..." isn't very good beginning, but only just after I pressed "send" - sorry. Anyway I tried to be as objective as possible and not to presuppose any cause.

Re: Emacs info files

On 2010.03.31 10:21, Gary . wrote: I have a new cygwin installation on which I have also installed emacs. I have an older installation in which I also have emacs installed. On the newer install I don't appear to have any info pages for emacs, but do on the older one (I think, I can't actually che

Re: often does not successfully exit rxvt and close it down

>> fails to close down an rxvt terminal window >> and I am left with the terminal window showing >> $ exit >> and not shutting down. > The incidence of failures is today about 80%. > Anybody else? 1 Now indistinguishably close to 100% but not actually guaranteed. 2 Still unable to identify an

Emacs info files

I have a new cygwin installation on which I have also installed emacs. I have an older installation in which I also have emacs installed. On the newer install I don't appear to have any info pages for emacs, but do on the older one (I think, I can't actually check right now). Why would I not have t