Re: gcc4-core packaging bug

2013-11-03 Thread Achim Gratz
Yaakov (Cygwin/X) writes: Actually, the RIGHT thing to do is to have Perl (updated to 5.14.4 and) built without the CC=gcc-4 hack. Oh, absolutely. But until we have that, if anyone runs into troubles that some program which hasn't been rebuilt since the gcc update is unable to find a C

Re: How about a 64-bit installer that doesn't require UAC?

2013-11-03 Thread Bill Welch
I presume you're referring to http://cygwin.1069669.n5.nabble.com/cannot-run-setup64-exe-without-admin-privileges-even-if-renamed-foo-exe-td102712.html, where the final (official cygwin, apparently) word is that you think cygwin users are too stupid to be allowed a choice in 64-bit, that they

Re: vi stealing SYSTEM-owned permissions and ownership

2013-11-03 Thread D. Boland
Andrey Repin wrote: Greetings, D. Boland! Your main problem is that you are trying to break into native Windows ACL system with Cygwin tools. And not only that, you also trying to wrest native ACLs into POSIX permissions, and expect native applications to work fine afterward. Which can

Re: Some first questions.

2013-11-03 Thread D. Boland
Gert Koefoed Andersen wrote: Hello list. I have some first questions for cygwin works on windows 7 by compile sources I normally just fine compile on my linux systems but not like to compile well and by cygwin. The sources I trying to compile is been packed on linux with tar archiwing

Re: How about a 64-bit installer that doesn't require UAC?

2013-11-03 Thread Bill Welch
My apologies for the snark. The list archive ends at the same message as the top of the second page of the nabble rendering and I didn't immediately see the additional messages in nabble that include a workaround. On 2013-11-02 18:28, Andrey Repin wrote: Greetings, Bill Welch! Yes, I could

Re: gcc-4.8.2-1: /bin/gcc fails

2013-11-03 Thread David Rothenberger
On 11/2/2013 9:54 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: On 2013-11-02 04:36, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Nov 1 23:23, David Rothenberger wrote: With gcc-4.8.2-1, the following fails: % touch /tmp/t.c % /bin/gcc -c /tmp/t.c gcc: error: spawn: No such file or directory Curious, are you seeing

Still confused about cyg_server vs. user id when logging in via ssh

2013-11-03 Thread cygwin
When I login via ssh, I *appear* at first glance to have the same id and privileges as I do when I log in directly. a) If I am an administrator, then 'id -a' gives the following consistent answer for both direct and ssh login: uid=1001(myusername) gid=513(None)

Re: vi stealing SYSTEM-owned permissions and ownership

2013-11-03 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, D. Boland! Your main problem is that you are trying to break into native Windows ACL system with Cygwin tools. And not only that, you also trying to wrest native ACLs into POSIX permissions, and expect native applications to work fine afterward. Which can be done theoretically,

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: scons-2.3.0-5

2013-11-03 Thread David Rothenberger
CYGWIN NEWS: This release prefers /usr/bin to /bin for Cygwin, to avoid the problem invoking /bin/gcc reported here http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-11/msg00018.html DESCRIPTION: SCons is an Open Source software construction tool—that is, a next-generation build tool.

Updated: scons-2.3.0-5

2013-11-03 Thread David Rothenberger
CYGWIN NEWS: This release prefers /usr/bin to /bin for Cygwin, to avoid the problem invoking /bin/gcc reported here http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-11/msg00018.html DESCRIPTION: SCons is an Open Source software construction tool—that is, a next-generation build tool.