Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: man-db-2.7.1-1

Yaakov Selkowitz schreef op 2015-04-18 00:12: The following package has been updated in the Cygwin distribution: * man-db-2.7.1-1 man-db is an implementation of the standard Unix documentation system accessed using the man command. It uses an embedded database in place of the traditional flat

Is there a way to make an existing UNC symbolic link behave like a mount point?

Hi all, I am experiencing problems with a UNC symbolic link and how it is interpreted by cygwin. The issue is as below: * MachineA is a freebsd server (10.1-RELEASE-p9) with a simple samba3.6 [homes] share. * MachineB is a Windows 7 Ultimate, the user "bob" bsd home is not mapped to a network driv

1.7.35: .sh script in dos format does not work.

Hi Folks, I think the .sh scripts that are in dos format are not being interpreted properly. --- Workflow to reproduce error --- Downloaded cygwin 1.7.35, changed binary to text in the etc/fstab file. Created a sh script with contents below: touch a.txt chmod 777 a.txt Put 2 newlines at the e

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: vim-7.4.692-1

Yaakov Selkowitz sent the following at Thursday, April 16, 2015 10:26 AM >On Thu, 2015-04-16 at 12:22 +0200, Frank Fesevur wrote: >> Is it by design that vim now requires tcsh? >> >> tcsh(6.18.01-6) >> An enhanced version of csh, the C shell >> Required by: vim-common > >I hadn't notice

Re: 1.7.35: .sh script in dos format does not work.

Greetings, sean nakasone! > Here's my fstab entry: > none /cygdrive cygdrive text,posix=0,user 0 0 This is a VERY, VERY, VERY bad idea. > I downgraded to cygwin 1.7.33 and I don't get the error. > I read the fstab documentation, can't figure out what "none" is used for. > I tried other fstab

Re: Is there a way to make an existing UNC symbolic link behave like a mount point?

On 2015.04.19 08:16, Skarr Socrates wrote: Hi all, I am experiencing problems with a UNC symbolic link and how it is interpreted by cygwin. The issue is as below: * MachineA is a freebsd server (10.1-RELEASE-p9) with a simple samba3.6 [homes] share. * MachineB is a Windows 7 Ultimate, the user "

DSD 1.6 error

Hi, the program has advised me to send an email to this address regarding an error. While starting DSD 1.6 (beta) as well as DSD 1.5.1 the following error message appears: "0 [main] dsd 5032 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldnt computer FAST_CWD pointer." I'm using win 8.1 (64 bit), Intel Core2 Duo,

Re: issues seen in TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 2.0.0-0.7

Hmm... Seems my Item 1 and Item 2 are more related in your design thinking than I had realized. >>> "extended ACLs" (is that the proper phrasing?), >> (default ACL entries in POSIX speak, inheritable ACEs in Windows) I'm looking for the term that would distinguish whether on Linux ls shows a '+'

Re: 1.7.35: .sh script in dos format does not work.

oh, i didnt know about the igncr option. thankyou. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 19, 2015, at 9:22 AM, Andrey Repin wrote: > > Greetings, sean nakasone! > >> Here's my fstab entry: >> none /cygdrive cygdrive text,posix=0,user 0 0 > > This is a VERY, VERY, VERY bad idea. > >> I downgraded to

Re: DSD 1.6 error

On 4/19/2015 10:27 PM, Auke de Jong wrote: Hi, the program has advised me to send an email to this address regarding an error. While starting DSD 1.6 (beta) as well as DSD 1.5.1 the following error message appears: "0 [main] dsd 5032 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldnt computer FAST_CWD pointer." I'm

Re: Scintilla for QT5

On Sat, 2015-04-18 at 22:57 +0200, Marco Atzeri wrote: > Yaakov, > any plan to have a Qt5 version as for Qt4 ? http://sourceforge.net/p/cygwin-ports/qscintilla2/ci/e594f2e This will be uploaded together with Qt 5.4.1, hopefully sometime this week. HTH, Yaakov -- Problem reports: http: