Re: Firewall ports for Cygwin setup.exe to access mirror.kernel.org?

2024-01-08 Thread Brian Inglis via Cygwin
On 2024-01-07 08:10, Dan Shelton via Cygwin wrote: Can someone provide a list of TCP ports which must be open in the outgoing firewall settings, so Cygwin setup.exe can fetch data from mirror.kernel.org? You should not just use the US default mirrors.kernel.org on the west coast in San Jose, C

Re: How to map a NAS drive in /etc/fstab that is of type

2024-01-08 Thread Adam Dinwoodie via Cygwin
On Mon, 8 Jan 2024 at 07:46, /dev /local/ca via Cygwin wrote: > > What would an entry in */etc/fstab* look like on Windows to map a nas > mapped drive N: > > When provisioning the drives, I selected file system type: btrfs > > --- > I am on Windows 10 Pro and want to access the drive with the path

Re: Cygwin generates syscalls for *.lnk files on filesystems with native symlink support?

2024-01-08 Thread Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
On Dec 18 13:04, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote: > On Fri, 1 Sept 2023 at 13:00, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin > wrote: > > > > On Sep 1 06:23, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote: > > > Good morning! > > > > > > During a Cygwin 3.4.8-1.x86_64 debugging session I noticed something > > > odd when I l

Re: Cygwin tools to read/write NTFS alternate data streams?

2024-01-08 Thread Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
On Dec 18 18:47, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote: > On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 10:52 AM Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin > wrote: > > > > On Nov 30 04:55, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Does Cygwin have tools (modified /usr/bin/dd ?) to read/write NTFS > > > alternate data streams? > >

Re: Sparse file support for SMB by default? Re: Comment about "Cygwin: sparse support: enable automatic sparsifying of files on SSDs", extend feature to VMware/qemu disks?

2024-01-08 Thread Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
On Dec 18 12:10, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote: > On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 at 10:39, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin > wrote: > > Basically, with 3.4, you always have to set the "sparse" mount option, > > with 3.5, on local SSDs you don't. I don't see a problem here. > > How can I remount the existing

cygwin@cygwin.com

2024-01-08 Thread Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
On Dec 24 01:47, Roland Mainz via Cygwin wrote: > On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 9:32 PM Kaz Kylheku via Cygwin > wrote: > > On 2023-12-21 04:16, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 6:21 PM Kaz Kylheku via Cygwin > > > wrote: > [snip] > > > The root cause is IMO the extra Win32 s

Re: /dev/u?random implementation

2024-01-08 Thread Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
On Dec 20 16:32, Jim Garrison via Cygwin wrote: > I dug around in the Cygwin doc looking for details on how /dev/random > and /dev/urandom are implemented, but came up empty. Is this > documented anywhere? Not documented as such, it's a "use the source, luke" kind of information. /dev/random is

Re: Cygwin generates syscalls for *.lnk files on filesystems with native symlink support?

2024-01-08 Thread matthew patton via Cygwin
> For instance: Getting rid of .lnk files isn't easy with backward  >compatibility in mind. screw backward compatability! :)Why carry around bandaids on bandaids for an OS that is 10 years out of support? Obviously not ripe for 3.6 or maybe even 3.7, but at some point we should just put a stick i

Re: Cygwin generates syscalls for *.lnk files on filesystems with native symlink support?

2024-01-08 Thread Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
On Jan 8 17:11, matthew patton via Cygwin wrote: > > For instance: Getting rid of .lnk files isn't easy with backward  > >compatibility in mind. > screw backward compatability! :)Why carry around bandaids on bandaids > for an OS that is 10 years out of support? We're using .lnk files for FIFOs. T

Re: Cygwin generates syscalls for *.lnk files on filesystems with native symlink support?

2024-01-08 Thread matthew patton via Cygwin
> Cygwin does not create symlinks as junctions.  No idea where you got that > idea. $ echo $CYGWINwinsymlinks:nativestrict $ /usr/bin/ln -s default.GGG6q test1 01/08/2024  01:24 PM         test1 [...]Type=File $ (unset CYGWIN; /usr/bin/ln -s default.GGG6q test2.nocygwin) 01/08/2024  01:25 PM     

Re: Cygwin generates syscalls for *.lnk files on filesystems with native symlink support?

2024-01-08 Thread Rainer Emrich via Cygwin
Am 08.01.2024 um 19:44 schrieb matthew patton via Cygwin: Cygwin does not create symlinks as junctions.  No idea where you got that idea. $ echo $CYGWINwinsymlinks:nativestrict $ /usr/bin/ln -s default.GGG6q test1 01/08/2024  01:24 PM         test1 [...]Type=File $ (unset CYGWIN; /usr/bin/ln -s

Re: Cygwin generates syscalls for *.lnk files on filesystems with native symlink support?

2024-01-08 Thread Jeffrey Altman via Cygwin
On 1/8/2024 1:44 PM, matthew patton via Cygwin wrote: Cygwin does not create symlinks as junctions.  No idea where you got that idea. $ echo $CYGWINwinsymlinks:nativestrict $ /usr/bin/ln -s default.GGG6q test1 01/08/2024  01:24 PM         test1 [...]Type=File $ (unset CYGWIN; /usr/bin/ln -s defa

Re: Cygwin generates syscalls for *.lnk files on filesystems with native symlink support?

2024-01-08 Thread Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
On Jan 8 14:17, Jeffrey Altman via Cygwin wrote: > On 1/8/2024 1:44 PM, matthew patton via Cygwin wrote: > > > Cygwin does not create symlinks as junctions.  No idea where you got that > > > idea. > > $ echo $CYGWINwinsymlinks:nativestrict > > $ /usr/bin/ln -s default.GGG6q test1 > > 01/08/2024 

Re: Cygwin generates syscalls for *.lnk files on filesystems with native symlink support?

2024-01-08 Thread matthew patton via Cygwin
> This breaks many applications such as the java runtime among others. In any event "unreadable files" is a problem all over the place if I use Cygwin's /usr/bin/ln to create links. That's why I was forced to write a wrapper. Even if 'JUNCTION' is false/misleading as to the root cause, plenty of

Re: Cygwin generates syscalls for *.lnk files on filesystems with native symlink support?

2024-01-08 Thread Brian Inglis via Cygwin
On 2024-01-08 12:57, matthew patton via Cygwin wrote: This breaks many applications such as the java runtime among others. In any event "unreadable files" is a problem all over the place if I use Cygwin's /usr/bin/ln to create links. That's why I was forced to write a wrapper. Even if 'JUNCTIO

Re: How to map a NAS drive in /etc/fstab that is of type

2024-01-08 Thread Andrey Repin via Cygwin
Greetings, /dev /local/ca! > What would an entry in */etc/fstab* look like on Windows to map a nas > mapped drive N: I strongly suggest using UNC paths for network mapping. > When provisioning the drives, I selected file system type: btrfs Unrelated to the original question. > --- > I am on Wi