Re: name pattern for snapshots has changed

2016-02-12 Thread Achim Gratz
Henri writes: > I selected a 'list' on snapshots and expected to get a list of files. > > The list that I selected links to > > https://cygwin.com/snapshots/x86/cygwin-20160212-src.tar > (i.e. not a text file ...) That's been this way forever and the webserv

Re: Possible Security Hole in SSHD w/ CYGWIN?

2016-02-12 Thread Erik Soderquist
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 12:21 AM, David Willis wrote: > Thank you for the response.. > > That is the problem though, it is not an error I am getting (that is in fact > the issue is that I SHOULD be getting a "permission denied" but I am not). > The problem is that I have access to things that I sho

Re: Last Version of Cygwin for XP

2016-02-12 Thread Erik Soderquist
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 5:42 PM, Warren Young wrote: > On Feb 12, 2016, at 2:58 PM, Erik Soderquist wrote: >> >> On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Warren Young wrote: >> >>> I hope not. Extended support ended nearly two years ago. >> >> ...why waste the resources on newer (and more bloated) pack

Re: Last Version of Cygwin for XP

2016-02-12 Thread Warren Young
On Feb 12, 2016, at 2:58 PM, Erik Soderquist wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Warren Young wrote: > >> I hope not. Extended support ended nearly two years ago. > > ...why waste the resources on newer (and more bloated) packages? The same blade cuts both ways. The small and shrinki

RE: Possible Security Hole in SSHD w/ CYGWIN?

2016-02-12 Thread David Willis
Anyone? I know this is a somewhat unique and I guess obscure issue, but if someone could please look into this - I would be very surprised if it was NOT reproducible following the steps below. Because if this is actually the case it is in fact granting permissions that it should not be granting to

Re: Last Version of Cygwin for XP

2016-02-12 Thread Erik Soderquist
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Warren Young wrote: > I hope not. Extended support ended nearly two years ago. That’s 22 months > of unfixed security problems, bugs, and regressions with respect to the state > of the world. (By the latter, I mean things like outdated time zone rules.) When

Re: name pattern for snapshots has changed

2016-02-12 Thread Henri
a naming scheme a bit more aligned to the naming scheme > in the distro. > While Achim revamped the layout ... I selected a 'list' on snapshots and expected to get a list of files. The list that I selected links to https://cygwin.com/snapshots/x86/cygwin-20160212-src.tar (i.e. no

Re: name pattern for snapshots has changed

2016-02-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 12 18:17, Denis Excoffier wrote: > P.S. Also, see subject. The naming scheme change was deliberate. While Achim revamped the layout, we discussed getting rid of the winsup-src-* files entirely and to use a naming scheme a bit more aligned to the naming scheme in the distro. Corinna --

Re: name pattern for snapshots has changed

2016-02-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 12 18:17, Denis Excoffier wrote: > Hello, > > Don't know if it is intended, but the last snapshot still belongs to the > 2.4.1s version, > which can be seen with 'uname -a' (if installed) and also > in ./winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/version.h (if not installed): > > #define CYGWIN_VERSION

Re: Last Version of Cygwin for XP

2016-02-12 Thread Warren Young
On Feb 11, 2016, at 11:10 AM, cyg Simple wrote: > > A git tag would be helpful for LAST-XP supported version. Easy to do, but I wonder how many people would use it? I doubt there’s a lot of overlap between the group of people unwilling to upgrade their XP boxes and the group willing to instal

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: gcc-5.3.0-1 (Test x86/x86_64)

2016-02-12 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
On 2016-02-01 23:45, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: On 2016-02-01 13:04, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: On 2016-01-28 03:56, JonY wrote: gcc-5.3.0-1 has been uploaded for 32bit and 64bit Cygwin. A few issues so far with this version: * the -rdynamic flag still isn't recognized; * the libgomp plugin loade

name pattern for snapshots has changed

2016-02-12 Thread Denis Excoffier
Hello, Don't know if it is intended, but the last snapshot still belongs to the 2.4.1s version, which can be seen with 'uname -a' (if installed) and also in ./winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/version.h (if not installed): #define CYGWIN_VERSION_DLL_MAJOR 2004 #define CYGWIN_VERSION_DLL_MINOR 1 This

[FIXED] was: Re: Unattended setup succeeding but not really

2016-02-12 Thread Matthew Adams
Thanks to http://superuser.com/questions/1031675/why-is-this-dos-batch-file-that-installs-cygwin-unattended-failing?noredirect=1#comment1451429_1031675 the installation has been fixed! The problem was that I was using -D without understanding that it meant "download only". I was basing everythin

Unable able to use "grep" command in VIM 7.4

2016-02-12 Thread Jeremy Leung
Hello Cygwin Team, I have recently installed the latest version of Cygwin on my Windows 8 laptop, and everything is working as expected. However the issue I am having is that when I'm in VIM, and try to use the ":grep" command, it says that the command is not available in this version. Why is

Re: Cygwin unable to resolve hostnames

2016-02-12 Thread Carl-Erik Kopseng
I don't think it's a "generic Cygwin problem" either. If it was, the mailing list would be flooded with people having problems with every net based utility in existence :-) I think it has to do with how Cygwin interfaces with VMs. Perhaps it has something to do with network tunnelling or something

Re: Cygwin unable to resolve hostnames

2016-02-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 11 11:58, Carl-Erik Kopseng wrote: > I disabled IPv6. No change. > I pinged my gateway. Went fine, but still ssh fails. > I tried creating a /etc/resolv.conf with the same contents as the one > on my mac. Same difference. > > And of course I have tried rebooting my VM. No change. > > I sti