Re: Another confusing error from someone else's Cygwin setup

2023-06-26 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
On 6/26/2023 4:58 PM, Dan Harkless via Cygwin wrote: On 6/26/2023 4:35 PM, David Karr via Cygwin wrote: > > He was getting a weird error on line 3, just saying this: > > - > > ...: line 3: syntax error near unexpected token `$'{\r'' >

Re: Another confusing error from someone else's Cygwin setup

2023-06-26 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
'file' command for a quick report on whether files have lines terminated with CR (macOS), CRLF (Windows), or LF (UNIX/Linux).  'file' might not realize when you have files with inconsistent line-terminators, though. -- Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/ -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/pr

Re: scp and ssh 'cat' stalls at 64k bytes

2023-06-24 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
On 6/23/2023 10:35 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: On 2023-06-23 20:19, Dan Harkless via Cygwin wrote: > Before you resort to trawling through source, did you try a fresh Cygwin install > (either to a different directory, or after temporarily moving your current > tree)? Sometimes, e.g. i

Re: scp and ssh 'cat' stalls at 64k bytes

2023-06-23 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
On 6/23/2023 6:59 PM, Chris Roehrig via Cygwin wrote: On 2023-06-23 18:26, Dan Harkless via Cygwin wrote: > On 6/23/2023 5:19 PM, Chris Roehrig via Cygwin wrote: > Yes, with all Cygwin64 updates, I was able to scp a file of a few MB > from Linux to Windows 10 with no issues.  I also t

Re: scp and ssh 'cat' stalls at 64k bytes

2023-06-23 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
ion, and that worked fine too. -- Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/ -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: help needed - transition from 32bits to 64bits

2023-06-15 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
ly, you could let it install into C:\cygwin64 and then make a Junction or Symbolic Link (e.g. using mklink in a Command Prompt) from cygwin to cygwin64, but if it were me I'd probably go with your original intention. -- Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/ -- Problem reports: https

Re: GCC doesn't find relative includes when passed paths using backward-slashes

2023-01-16 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
e/escape character).  There's some kind of special magic in Cygwin bash that lets you use most backslashes in paths without escaping them, but ordinarily (outside of '-quotes) on UNIX/Cygwin you need to. If you use:     g++ bar\\main.cpp or:     g++ "bar\\main.cpp" or:     g++

Re: Cygwin setup reporter as malware

2022-12-09 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
On 12/9/2022 3:39 AM, Oskar Skog via Cygwin wrote: On 2022-12-07 23:54, Dan Harkless via Cygwin wrote: > No.  It's normal and common for software like Cygwin, which has the > power to be used maliciously (as opposed to, say, a Minesweeper game or > something), to have false

Re: Cygwin setup reporter as malware

2022-12-07 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
the SecureAge and Trapmine vendors and convince them somehow to fix their false positives. -- Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/ -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html

Re: Is there any method to get 32bit Cygwin?

2022-12-03 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
On 12/3/2022 6:48 AM, Dan Harkless via Cygwin wrote: On 12/3/2022 6:43 AM, LnH wrote: > That's what I did. I got the setup-x86.exe to the desktop. And then I run it and get the following error "Cygwin is not supported on 32-bit windows". However, I am running 64-bit windows. Th

Re: Is there any method to get 32bit Cygwin?

2022-12-03 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
d.  You need to read the instructions more carefully. Lawrence Habahbeh [HG_resize.png] Sent with Proton Mail secure email. --- Original Message --- On Saturday, December 3rd, 2022 at 5:38 PM, Dan Harkless via Cygwin wrote: > You can't use the 64-bit installer to install on a 32-bit syste

Re: Is there any method to get 32bit Cygwin?

2022-12-03 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
ws --site https://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin-archive/20221123/ -- Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/ -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https

Re: Is there any method to get 32bit Cygwin?

2022-12-03 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
from https://cygwin.com/install.html), and then change the .lnk Target to something like:     "C:\path\to\setup-x86.exe" --allow-unsupported-windows --site https://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin-archive/20221123/ Yoroshiku kudasai. -- Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/

Re: Patches to findutils 4.9.0-1's updatedb to do locking, allow filenames with spaces & progress monitoring, exclude /dev on Cygwin, etc.

2022-02-27 Thread Dan Harkless
On 2/27/2022 3:54 AM, Bernhard Voelker wrote: On 2/24/22 17:32, Dan Harkless wrote: I'm finally getting around to sending in a patch (to bug-findutils and the Cygwin list, to which I'm currently subscribed) to address these issues, along with some others, a few of which represent small changes

Patches to findutils 4.9.0-1's updatedb to do locking, allow filenames with spaces & progress monitoring, exclude /dev on Cygwin, etc.

2022-02-24 Thread Dan Harkless
d to generate $LOCATE_DB.n" >&2 +    failed_to_generate_locate_db=1 +fi + +if [ $failed_to_generate_locate_db -eq 1 ]; then +    stderr "Failed to generate new database temp file $LOCATE_DB.n." rm -f $LOCATE_DB.n -    exit $rv +    exit $failed_return_value  fi -# To avoid

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] xorg-server-21.1.3-1 / recent setups not working on Win8 / winsymlinks:lnk

2022-01-15 Thread Dan Harkless
On 1/15/2022 2:13 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: On 2022-01-15 12:06, Marco Atzeri wrote: On 15.01.2022 19:26, Dan Harkless wrote: Forgive me if this is a FAQ (I tried searching), but is there a standard timeframe in between when a package update is announced on the list and when it's actually

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] xorg-server-21.1.3-1 / recent setups not working on Win8 / winsymlinks:lnk

2022-01-15 Thread Dan Harkless
On 1/15/2022 10:26 AM, Dan Harkless wrote: On 1/15/2022 9:27 AM, Jon Turney wrote: The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution: * xorg-server-21.1.3-1 * xorg-server-common-21.1.3-1 * xorg-server-extra-21.1.3-1 * xorg-server-devel-21.1.3-1 * xorg-server-xorg-21.1.3-1

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] xorg-server-21.1.3-1 / recent setups not working on Win8 / winsymlinks:lnk

2022-01-15 Thread Dan Harkless
ays worked before.  I /highly/ prefer the lnk implementation of symlinks, since it allows me to make them from non-Admin shells, etc. -- Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/ -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support [XEmacs for 64-bit?]

2021-10-27 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
Oops, sorry for the direct email.  Didn't realize you now have to use the "Reply List" button that pops into existence rather than the normal Reply button.  I re-sent to the list. - Dan Harkless On 10/27/2021 3:35 PM, Dan Harkless wrote: On 10/26/2021 1:55 PM, Corinna Vinschen

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support [XEmacs for 64-bit?]

2021-10-27 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
that I install, but I don't use it and am not concerned about that one.) Thanks, Dan Harkless -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml

Re: [HEADSUP] Phasing out old Windows versions and 32 bit support [XEmacs for 64-bit?]

2021-10-27 Thread Dan Harkless via Cygwin
that I install, but I don't use it and am not concerned about that one.) Thanks, Dan Harkless -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml

Re: updatedb broken as of findutils 4.8.0-1 due to bigram.exe no longer being provided

2021-08-29 Thread Dan Harkless
On 8/29/2021 4:02 AM, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote: Am 28.08.2021 um 18:23 schrieb Dan Harkless: Looks like it's because in findutils 4.8.0-1, the bigram.exe program is no longer provided, but the /usr/bin/updatedb script (still) depends on it being there: [...] + for binary in $find

Re: updatedb broken as of findutils 4.8.0-1 due to bigram.exe no longer being provided

2021-08-28 Thread Dan Harkless
On 8/28/2021 9:15 AM, Dan Harkless wrote: [...] Sorry for the Webmail-mangled spacing in that last message. Trying again here: Howdy.  Quick bug to report that I was surprised not to be able to find prior discussion of.  My nightly updatedb job stopped working after 2021-08-03, but I'd been

updatedb broken as of findutils 4.8.0-1 due to bigram.exe no longer being provided

2021-08-28 Thread Dan Harkless
rives, so hopefully the findutils package will be repaired so that updatedb works again.  In the meantime I'll manually keep findutils unupdated on Cygwin32 and Cygwin64 on my various systems. Thanks, as always, for maintaining the lifeline to UNIX-esque sanity on Windows that is Cygwin! --Dan Ha

Re: 1.5.21-1: sshd: child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed after computer reboot (Windows 2000 SP4)

2008-09-17 Thread Dan Harkless
I wanted to follow up to the below thread from 2006 because I came across another situation that had the same symptoms but a different solution. More info below the old post. On November 8, 2006, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Dan Harkless wrote: On November 7, 2006, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote

Re: Cobol compiler

2007-03-20 Thread Dan Harkless
gcc. I didn't look at the sites of the other projects listed there, but I would imagine a couple of others that say they're supported on Windows work the same way. -- Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports

Re: lastlog command?

2007-03-18 Thread Dan Harkless
On March 18, 2007, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Dan Harkless wrote: [...] Are there any plans to port the lastlog command to Cygwin? It would seem like it ought to be a pretty straightforward one. Packages (with particular utilities) are contributed by volunteers. See http://cygwin.com

lastlog command?

2007-03-17 Thread Dan Harkless
allow me to access the historical data in /var/log/lastlog. Are there any plans to port the lastlog command to Cygwin? It would seem like it ought to be a pretty straightforward one. -- Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: 1.5.21-1: sshd: child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed after computer reboot (Windows 2000 SP4)

2006-11-08 Thread Dan Harkless
On November 8, 2006, Christopher Faylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 11:03:30PM -0800, Dan Harkless wrote: I would suggest having the Cygwin webmaster update http://cygwin.com/lists.html to make the PCYMTNQREAIYR policy very clear (right now there's only a vague hint

Re: 1.5.21-1: sshd: child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed after computer reboot (Windows 2000 SP4)

2006-11-08 Thread Dan Harkless
And after all that I forgot to manually strip the email address from the attribution line on that last mail (luckily it appears to be a fictional, pre-munged address): On November 8, 2006, Dan Harkless wrote: On November 8, 2006, Christopher Faylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The thing is, I'm

Re: 1.5.21-1: sshd: child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed after computer reboot (Windows 2000 SP4)

2006-11-08 Thread Dan Harkless
On November 8, 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 11:00:44AM -0800, Dan Harkless wrote: On November 8, 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 11:03:30PM -0800, Dan Harkless wrote: I would suggest having the Cygwin webmaster update http://cygwin.com

Re: 1.5.19-4: sshd: child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed after computer reboot (Windows 2003 Server SP1)

2006-11-07 Thread Dan Harkless
On November 7, 2006, Corinna Vinschen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 6 20:51, Dan Harkless wrote: [Sigh. was it really necessary to full-quote such a long mail?] Yes, my feeling was that it was, since the thread had gone on back in June and not everyone would remember the details, multiple

1.5.21-1: sshd: child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed after computer reboot (Windows 2000 SP4)

2006-11-07 Thread Dan Harkless
Changed the Subject from '1.5.19-4: sshd: child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed after computer reboot (Windows 2003 Server SP1)'. On November 7, 2006, Brian Dessent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Harkless wrote: Does this mean setup.exe should be modified to do a rebaseall

Re: 1.5.21-1: sshd: child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed after computer reboot (Windows 2000 SP4)

2006-11-07 Thread Dan Harkless
On November 7, 2006, Dan Harkless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On November 7, 2006, Brian Dessent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Harkless wrote: Does this mean setup.exe should be modified to do a rebaseall as the final step of installation, so fresh installs of Cygwin won't be broken

Re: 1.5.21-1: sshd: child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed after computer reboot (Windows 2000 SP4)

2006-11-07 Thread Dan Harkless
On November 7, 2006, Dan Harkless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On November 7, 2006, Dan Harkless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On November 7, 2006, Brian Dessent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Harkless wrote: Does this mean setup.exe should be modified to do a rebaseall as the final

Re: 1.5.21-1: sshd: child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed after computer reboot (Windows 2000 SP4)

2006-11-07 Thread Dan Harkless
On November 7, 2006, Matthew Woehlke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Harkless wrote: Double argh. After rebooting, I found sshd wasn't running at all. Looking at /var/log/sshd.log, I found a ton of: C:\cygwin\usr\sbin\sshd.exe (1584): *** proc magic mismatch detected - 0x704D1F7E

Re: 1.5.21-1: sshd: child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed after computer reboot (Windows 2000 SP4)

2006-11-07 Thread Dan Harkless
On November 7, 2006, Igor Peshansky wrote: On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Dan Harkless wrote: On November 7, 2006, Dan Harkless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR (yes, even your own -- do you really want more spam?). Thanks. Argh. Sorry. I guess I am used

Re: 1.5.21-1: sshd: child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed after computer reboot (Windows 2000 SP4)

2006-11-07 Thread Dan Harkless
of consternation for less savvy users. Thanks to all for your help in solving this! (Hopefully it'll *remain* working this time. ;^ At least if it doesn't I'll almost certainly know why.) -- Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: 1.5.19-4: sshd: child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed after computer reboot (Windows 2003 Server SP1)

2006-11-06 Thread Dan Harkless
to 1.5.21-1, but it might have been an openssh upgrade instead that started causing the problem. I have had at least a couple of different openssh version updates on here since I started having the problem (most recently 4.4p1) and it is still occurring. Help...? ;^ -- Dan Harkless http