mkpasswd -l and mkgroup -l results: [1722]: The RPC server is unavailable

2012-01-30 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; mkpasswd -l /etc/passwd and mkgroup -l /etc/group results: [1722]: The RPC server is unavailable fresh install, first time, of ALL (non-source) packages of cygwin on 64-bit Windows 7 Got the usual: "Your group is mkgroup..." I'm not currently in a domain and do not wish to be in a domain so

Re: Perl system() function works sometimes.

2012-01-30 Thread Reini Urban
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Gary E Barnes wrote: > I'm confused about what you are talking about.  In particular the "perl > within perl" part.  I have a perl script.  It puts together shell commands > and tries to run them using the system() call.  There is no perl calling > perl so far as I

Re: "git clone" over ssh fails intermittently w/snapshot 20120123

2012-01-30 Thread Kevin Layer
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> On 1/30/2012 5:53 PM, Kevin Layer wrote: >> > Well over 200 clones with no error with the stock 1.7.9 cygwin1.dll, >> > changing nothing else on the machine. >> >> Can you check for the most recent snapshot that does work for you? It took a while, but it works in 11

Re: Perl system() function works sometimes.

2012-01-30 Thread Gary E Barnes
I'm confused about what you are talking about. In particular the "perl within perl" part. I have a perl script. It puts together shell commands and tries to run them using the system() call. There is no perl calling perl so far as I know. The script has worked fine for about two years on t

Re: "git clone" over ssh fails intermittently w/snapshot 20120123

2012-01-30 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 1/30/2012 5:53 PM, Kevin Layer wrote: Well over 200 clones with no error with the stock 1.7.9 cygwin1.dll, changing nothing else on the machine. Can you check for the most recent snapshot that does work for you? -- Larry _

Re: "git clone" over ssh fails intermittently w/snapshot 20120123

2012-01-30 Thread Kevin Layer
I swapped back in the 1/23 cygwin1.dll and ran the test. It failed on the first clone. I'm done with my testing. Let me know if there's something else you want done. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: ht

Re: Perl system() function works sometimes.

2012-01-30 Thread Reini Urban
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Gary E Barnes wrote: > I have tried perlrebase and also rebaseall.  I tried deleting cygwin from > the machine and reinstalling from scratch. > None of that fixes the problem.  If it is some sort of rebase problem then > the usual tools don't fix it. > > And from w

Re: "git clone" over ssh fails intermittently w/snapshot 20120123

2012-01-30 Thread Kevin Layer
Well over 200 clones with no error with the stock 1.7.9 cygwin1.dll, changing nothing else on the machine. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwi

Re: "git clone" over ssh fails intermittently w/snapshot 20120123

2012-01-30 Thread Kevin Layer
I already got through one iteration of cloning all 52 repos, and I wasn't able to do that with the 1/23 snapshot in place. I'll keep running it, in a loop, to see if I ever get a failure. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Docu

Re: "git clone" over ssh fails intermittently w/snapshot 20120123

2012-01-30 Thread Kevin Layer
I've reverted the cygwin1.dll to the released 1.7.9 version. I will do a bunch of testing to see if I get clone failures, and report back. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Un

Re: "git clone" over ssh fails intermittently w/snapshot 20120123

2012-01-30 Thread Kevin Layer
Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 08:05:46AM -0800, Kevin Layer wrote: >> >Christopher Faylor wrote: >> >>> Is this new behavior just seen with this snapshot or is it something you >> >>> noticed in 1.7.9? If you've just seen it in the latest snapshot it >> >>> would be useful

Re: W7 and rebase [was "YA call for snapshot testing"]

2012-01-30 Thread marco atzeri
On 1/26/2012 1:07 PM, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: marco atzeri sent the following at Friday, January 20, 2012 3:49 AM my 2c$ : As rebaseall is almost mandatory on W7/64 and we are always suggesting it to anyone with fork problem, My box was upgraded from XP Pro to W7 a couple of m

Re: update of source packages

2012-01-30 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 1/29/2012 5:09 AM, Franz Fehringer wrote: Hi, I routinely update my Cygwin installation by simple selecting install at the top level in the Cygwin installer. With this "give me all" approach there are some packages lying around i never use (lilypond, clamav ...) but thats not an issue for me

Re: "git clone" over ssh fails intermittently w/snapshot 20120123

2012-01-30 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 08:05:46AM -0800, Kevin Layer wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> Is this new behavior just seen with this snapshot or is it something you >>> noticed in 1.7.9? If you've just seen it in the latest snapshot it >>> would be useful (as I've previously pleaded) to know in wh

Re: "git clone" over ssh fails intermittently w/snapshot 20120123

2012-01-30 Thread Kevin Layer
Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 02:32:54PM -0800, Kevin Layer wrote: >> >I don't know what happened to the email in transit, but much >> >information at the head of the email was chopped off. From my outbox, >> >here's the missing bit: >> > >> >* >> > >> >This

Re: "git clone" over ssh fails intermittently w/snapshot 20120123

2012-01-30 Thread Kevin Layer
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> On 1/27/2012 5:32 PM, Kevin Layer wrote: >> > This is the failure mode: >> > >> > $ rm -fr test; git clone git:/repo/git/composer test >> > Cloning into test... >> > fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly >> > fatal: early EOF >> > fatal: index-pack failed >> >>

Re: src/winsup cygwin/release/1.7.10 doc/ChangeLog ...

2012-01-30 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jan 29 18:48, Denis Excoffier wrote: > > On 2012-01-29 10:41, corinna wrote: > > > CVSROOT:/cvs/src > > Module name:src > > Changes by: corinna at sourceware.org 2012-01-29 09:41:06 > > > > Modified files: > > winsup/cygwin/release: 1.7.10 > > winsup/doc : Chang

Re: Trying to mount /dev/sdb1

2012-01-30 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jan 29 23:31, 斟酌鵬兄 wrote: > $ fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/sda: 1000.0 GB, 99930368 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121576 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: dos2unix 5.3.2-1

2012-01-30 Thread waterlan
CHANGES SINCE LAST RELEASE: === New upstream release. * New homepage URL: http://waterlan.home.xs4all.nl/dos2unix.html * Compiles for native MSYS. * Compile with OpenWatcom for DOS32 and Win32. * Detect code page on OS/2. * Support wild cards on OS/2. DESCRIPTIO