pristine-tar fails on postinstall for x86: unknown package

2013-09-12 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; FYI. pristine-tar fails on postinstall for x86: unknown package uname -r reports 1.7.25(0.270/5/3) obtained fresh setup-86.exe prior to updating. Thanks, Ken -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http

Re: sqlite3 not readline-enabled any more?

2013-09-12 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 12/09/2013 5:27 PM, Warren Young wrote: On 9/12/2013 13:14, Ryan Johnson wrote: $ ldd $(which sqlite3) ntdll.dll => /cygdrive/c/Windows/SYSTEM32/ntdll.dll (0x7772) kernel32.dll => /cygdrive/c/Windows/system32/kernel32.dll (0x7760) KERNELBASE.dll => /cygdr

Re: cannot run setup64.exe without admin privileges (even if renamed foo.exe)

2013-09-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 11:42:28AM -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: >On 2013-09-12 04:07, Fr?d?ric Bron wrote: >> I would like to run setup64.exe on Windows 7 without asking for admin >> rights but the computer asks me for admin credentials. >> I read this: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-06/msg002

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygport-0.14.0-1

2013-09-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 03:10:55PM -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: >On 2013-09-12 13:47, Warren Young wrote: >> On 9/11/2013 18:26, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: >>> the Fedora Cygwin repository. >> >> That's the first I've heard of its existence. (It was apparently first >> announced on Cygwin/X, whic

Re: How to read ntfs_reparse_data

2013-09-12 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Matthias Meyer! >>> I've installed cygwin 1.7.20 on my Windows7 and try to get reparse data >>> of a junction point: >>> getfattr -h -e hex -n system.ntfs_reparse_data /cygdrive/C/Users/Default\ >>> User but I get an error: >>> /cygdrive/C/Users/Default User: system.ntfs_reparse_data: N

Re: sqlite3 not readline-enabled any more?

2013-09-12 Thread Warren Young
On 9/12/2013 13:14, Ryan Johnson wrote: $ ldd $(which sqlite3) ntdll.dll => /cygdrive/c/Windows/SYSTEM32/ntdll.dll (0x7772) kernel32.dll => /cygdrive/c/Windows/system32/kernel32.dll (0x7760) KERNELBASE.dll => /cygdrive/c/Windows/system32/KERNELBASE.dll (0x7fefd

xorg-server package no longer installs start menu icons?

2013-09-12 Thread Ryan Johnson
Subject line says it all... (I thought this came up before but either I remembered wrong or my Google-foo is weak today). Ryan -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscrib

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygport-0.14.0-1

2013-09-12 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
On 2013-09-12 13:47, Warren Young wrote: On 9/11/2013 18:26, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: the Fedora Cygwin repository. That's the first I've heard of its existence. (It was apparently first announced on Cygwin/X, which I don't subscribe to.) http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-03/msg00375.html

Re: How to read ntfs_reparse_data

2013-09-12 Thread Matthias Meyer
Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Matthias Meyer! > >> I've installed cygwin 1.7.20 on my Windows7 and try to get reparse data >> of a junction point: >> getfattr -h -e hex -n system.ntfs_reparse_data /cygdrive/C/Users/Default\ >> User but I get an error: >> /cygdrive/C/Users/Default User: system.

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygport-0.14.0-1

2013-09-12 Thread Warren Young
On 9/11/2013 18:26, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: the Fedora Cygwin repository. That's the first I've heard of its existence. (It was apparently first announced on Cygwin/X, which I don't subscribe to.) Is there a getting started HOWTO somewhere? I assume the primary advantage to using it is fa

Re: sqlite3 not readline-enabled any more?

2013-09-12 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 12/09/2013 2:50 PM, Warren Young wrote: On 9/12/2013 05:47, Ryan Johnson wrote: I fired up a sqlite3 shell today and was dismayed to find that readline support is AWOL... It works here, under both MinTTY and cmd.exe. By that I mean that I ran sqlite3, typed .help at it, then Up-Arrow giv

Re: sqlite3 not readline-enabled any more?

2013-09-12 Thread Warren Young
On 9/12/2013 05:47, Ryan Johnson wrote: I fired up a sqlite3 shell today and was dismayed to find that readline support is AWOL... It works here, under both MinTTY and cmd.exe. By that I mean that I ran sqlite3, typed .help at it, then Up-Arrow gives me .help again. ldd reports that it is

Re: cannot run setup64.exe without admin privileges (even if renamed foo.exe)

2013-09-12 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
On 2013-09-12 04:07, Frédéric Bron wrote: I would like to run setup64.exe on Windows 7 without asking for admin rights but the computer asks me for admin credentials. I read this: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-06/msg00286.html where Corinna suggested to rename the .exe to foo.exe but this did

Re: cannot run setup64.exe without admin privileges (even if renamed foo.exe)

2013-09-12 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 12/09/2013 11:52 AM, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: Ryan Johnson sent the following at Thursday, September 12, 2013 11:31 AM Try *copying* setup64.exe to foo.exe. Or download it again but save it with the name foo.exe. Windows may be remembering that the file used to be called setu

Re: cannot run setup64.exe without admin privileges (even if renamed foo.exe)

2013-09-12 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 12/09/2013 11:26 AM, Frédéric Bron wrote: Try *copying* setup64.exe to foo.exe. Or download it again but save it with the name foo.exe. Windows may be remembering that the file used to be called setup*.exe. That memory might not get copied. Doesn't work: "the requested operation requires ele

RE: cannot run setup64.exe without admin privileges (even if renamed foo.exe)

2013-09-12 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
Ryan Johnson sent the following at Thursday, September 12, 2013 11:31 AM >>> Try *copying* setup64.exe to foo.exe. Or download it again but save it >>> with the name foo.exe. >>> Windows may be remembering that the file used to be called setup*.exe. >>> That memory might not get copied. >> Doesn't

Re: cannot run setup64.exe without admin privileges (even if renamed foo.exe)

2013-09-12 Thread Frédéric Bron
> I have vague memories that someone (Corinna?) suggested copying the file to > a USB key and back: the FAT filesystem can't track the permissions that > cause this behavior. Never tested it myself, though (maybe I should, it > would be nice to lose the UAC prompt). doesn't work. Frédéric -- Pro

RE: cannot run setup64.exe without admin privileges (even if renamed foo.exe)

2013-09-12 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
Frédéric Bron sent the following at Thursday, September 12, 2013 5:07 AM >I would like to run setup64.exe on Windows 7 without asking for admin >rights but the computer asks me for admin credentials. I read this: >http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-06/msg00286.html where Corinna >suggested to rename

Re: cannot run setup64.exe without admin privileges (even if renamed foo.exe)

2013-09-12 Thread Frédéric Bron
> Try *copying* setup64.exe to foo.exe. Or download it again but save it > with the name foo.exe. > Windows may be remembering that the file used to be called setup*.exe. > That memory might not get copied. Doesn't work: "the requested operation requires elevation". I am packaging a program wit

sqlite3 not readline-enabled any more?

2013-09-12 Thread Ryan Johnson
Hi all, I fired up a sqlite3 shell today and was dismayed to find that readline support is AWOL... it's been quite a while since I ran it, so I don't know when this might have changed. CYGWIN_NT-6.1 ryan-laptop 1.7.25(0.270/5/3) 2013-08-31 20:37 x86_64 Cygwin cygcheck reports (among other th

cannot run setup64.exe without admin privileges (even if renamed foo.exe)

2013-09-12 Thread Frédéric Bron
I would like to run setup64.exe on Windows 7 without asking for admin rights but the computer asks me for admin credentials. I read this: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-06/msg00286.html where Corinna suggested to rename the .exe to foo.exe but this did not work. I also do not have the rights to m