[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: geos-3.8.0-1

2020-04-04 Thread Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-announce
Version 3.8.0-1 of geos (source only) libgeos-devel libgeos_3_8_0(C++ lib, SONAME Bump) libgeos_c1 (C API) have been uploaded for cygwin. GEOS (Geometry Engine - Open Source) is a C++ port of the Topology Suite (JTS). As such, it aims to contain the

Re: Using ARM GNU GCC with Cygwin

2020-04-04 Thread Eliot Moss
On 4/4/2020 5:40 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: Greetings, Kaz Kylheku! On 2020-04-04 02:00, Ben wrote: Is there something else I'm missing? That by cross-compiling for your targets on Cygwin instead of a real POSIX OS, you will something like double your compile times, if not more. Proof, pleas

Re: Using ARM GNU GCC with Cygwin

2020-04-04 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Kaz Kylheku! > On 2020-04-04 02:00, Ben wrote: >> Is there something else I'm missing? > That by cross-compiling for your targets on Cygwin instead of a real > POSIX OS, you will something like double your compile times, if not > more. Proof, please. -- With best regards, Andrey

Re: Using ARM GNU GCC with Cygwin

2020-04-04 Thread Marco Atzeri via Cygwin
Am 04.04.2020 um 21:10 schrieb Ben: On 4/4/20 1:58 PM, Åke Rehnman via Cygwin wrote: I do cross compiling all the time in cygwin and the reason is of course to not have to deal with windows paths and what not plus you have access to all the build tools like make binutils grep sed autotools.

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Perl distributions

2020-04-04 Thread Achim Gratz
The following Perl distributions have been updated to their latest version on CPAN or rebuilt for perl-5.30, respectively: x86/x86_64 -- perl-common-sense-3.75-1 perl-Tk-804.035-1 noarch -- perl-IO-Socket-SSL-2.068-1 perl-IPC-System-Simple-1.30-1 perl-Mojolicious-8.36-1 perl-SGMLSpm

Re: Using ARM GNU GCC with Cygwin

2020-04-04 Thread Åke Rehnman via Cygwin
On 2020-04-04 21:11, Åke Rehnman wrote: On 2020-04-04 11:00, Ben wrote: Hey all,  I've never used Cygwin much in the past for compiling let alone cross-compiling to another arch. I've been playing with ARM GNU GCC and some examples from nordic semiconductor for some of their demo boards (

Re: Using ARM GNU GCC with Cygwin

2020-04-04 Thread Åke Rehnman via Cygwin
On 2020-04-04 11:00, Ben wrote: Hey all,  I've never used Cygwin much in the past for compiling let alone cross-compiling to another arch. I've been playing with ARM GNU GCC and some examples from nordic semiconductor for some of their demo boards (The Thingy) The make file that comes wit

Re: Using ARM GNU GCC with Cygwin

2020-04-04 Thread Ben
On 4/4/20 1:58 PM, Åke Rehnman via Cygwin wrote: I do cross compiling all the time in cygwin and the reason is of course to not have to deal with windows paths and what not plus you have access to all the build tools like make binutils grep sed autotools. Are you doing any arm compilation?

Re: Using ARM GNU GCC with Cygwin

2020-04-04 Thread Åke Rehnman via Cygwin
On 2020-04-04 16:32, Kaz Kylheku via Cygwin wrote: On 2020-04-04 02:00, Ben wrote: Is there something else I'm missing? That by cross-compiling for your targets on Cygwin instead of a real POSIX OS, you will something like double your compile times, if not more. Why would you involve Cygw

Re: Using ARM GNU GCC with Cygwin

2020-04-04 Thread Ben
On 4/4/20 9:32 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote: On 2020-04-04 02:00, Ben wrote: Is there something else I'm missing? That by cross-compiling for your targets on Cygwin instead of a real POSIX OS, you will something like double your compile times, if not more. Why would you involve Cygwin in a developm

Re: Using ARM GNU GCC with Cygwin

2020-04-04 Thread Ben
On 4/4/20 5:23 AM, Eliot Moss wrote: On 4/4/2020 5:00 AM, Ben wrote: > I've been playing with ARM GNU GCC and some examples from nordic semiconductor for some of their > demo boards (The Thingy) Sounds as if that is a Windows program, not a Cygwin or Linux program. > The make file that comes

Re: Using ARM GNU GCC with Cygwin

2020-04-04 Thread Kaz Kylheku via Cygwin
On 2020-04-04 02:00, Ben wrote: Is there something else I'm missing? That by cross-compiling for your targets on Cygwin instead of a real POSIX OS, you will something like double your compile times, if not more. Why would you involve Cygwin in a development activity whose target isn't POSI

Re: WSL symbolic links

2020-04-04 Thread Denis Excoffier
Hello, I tried the last snapshot (not announced) dated 20200403, and the new symbolic links don’t seem to work properly: % mkdir test % cd test % mkdir foo % cp /usr/bin/ls.exe foo/ls.exe % foo/ls foo % foo/ls.exe foo % ln -s foo bar % bar/ls bar/ls: Permission denied. % bar/ls.exe bar/ls.exe:

Protecting .netrc

2020-04-04 Thread Morten Kjærulff via Cygwin
Hi. No need to say that putting passwords in plain text file is a bad idea. But if I use .netrc, wouldn't below be a bit (lot?) safer? Assuming I have a good passphrase on my key. It seems so simple, that I fear I am not getting anything out of it. Morten #!/bin/sh # Install utils/gnupg2 # gp

Re: How to make a package request

2020-04-04 Thread Pander via Cygwin
On 4/4/20 3:55 AM, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin wrote: > Am 03.04.2020 um 22:08 schrieb Pander via Cygwin: >> Hi all, >> >> How can I make a package request for Nuspell? >> >> Nuspell is a spell checking library and command-line tool written in >> modern C++, see https://nuspell.github.io/ and >> https

Re: Using ARM GNU GCC with Cygwin

2020-04-04 Thread Eliot Moss
On 4/4/2020 5:00 AM, Ben wrote: > I've been playing with ARM GNU GCC and some examples from nordic semiconductor for some of their > demo boards (The Thingy) Sounds as if that is a Windows program, not a Cygwin or Linux program. > The make file that comes with the project includes source files

Using ARM GNU GCC with Cygwin

2020-04-04 Thread Ben
Hey all,  I've never used Cygwin much in the past for compiling let alone cross-compiling to another arch. I've been playing with ARM GNU GCC and some examples from nordic semiconductor for some of their demo boards (The Thingy) The make file that comes with the project includes source files

Re: Admin privileges

2020-04-04 Thread Åke Rehnman via Cygwin
On 2020-04-04 05:24, Eliot Moss wrote: On 4/3/2020 9:55 PM, Phoenix Soul via Cygwin wrote: > The setup-x86_64.exe requires admin priveleges. Is it possible to put it > into a ZIP file for use? Dear Phoenix -- While I'm not 100% sure what you're really asking, I think the answer is "no".  Cygw