Re: [RFU] rsync-3.0.4-1

2008-10-19 Thread Soren Andersen
I'm responding to the message sent on 19 Oct 2008, at around 11:26 UTC, by Lapo Luchini lapo ~at~ OBSCURED dot NUL, who wrote Subject: [RFU] rsync-3.0.4-1 http://lapo.it/cygwin/nano/nano-2.0.9-1-src.tar.bz2 http://lapo.it/cygwin/nano/nano-2.0.9-1-src.tar.bz2

Re: please add a find-the-fastest-mirror-automatically feature to setup.exe

2008-05-23 Thread Soren Andersen
On Fri, 23 May 2008 12:23:13 -0400 Chris Sutcliffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Setup.exe is a great tool, but could you please add a find-the-fastest-mirror-automatically feature? That would require making a connection attempt to every entry in setup's list, which would be rather

Re: Package Maintainer List

2007-12-12 Thread Soren Andersen
been made which mifgt affect cygwin, i don't feel a rush for adoption-action (creation of the new release) is warrented in this case (and maybe others like it). Regards, Soren Andersen -- All unaccompanied children will be given espresso and a free kitten

Re: [ITA] distcc 2.18.3-2 -- A fast, free, distributed C/C++ compiler

2007-12-12 Thread Soren Andersen
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:36:19 +0200 Jari Aalto (Cygwin-bug#20070808T0434) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: See previous ITA threads: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2007-08/msg00037.html http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2007-08/msg00104.html Please see my reply to (what I think is)

Re: gcc 4.x for Cygwin?

2007-11-28 Thread Soren Andersen
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:38:15 +0100 FWIW, my 2 cents: Corinna Vinschen wrote: As for Charles' options how to go on: (1) either you drop ada and java support, and we live with the ever-increasing brokenness that will accumulate in the sjlj code, or (2) you switch to dwarf2, we keep ada

[ITA] distcc (ready soon)

2007-08-15 Thread Soren Andersen
(which can happen, as per the cygrunsrv documentation, when a typical Unix daemon is run as a service under Cygwin). The key was obviously omitting the --daemon flag to distcc. HTH. Soren Andersen Referenced list messages: From: Jari Aalto [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c HANDLE'

2003-06-30 Thread Soren Andersen
On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 12:17:01PM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: Hallo Soren, you also wrote: I am trying to finish a test script that uses ActivePerl to call `cygpath` {... stuff ...} open(CTH, '-|', C:/cygwin/bin/cygpath $MS_path_filename) or die Could not open() call to

Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c HANDLE'

2003-06-30 Thread Soren Andersen
Hi! Regarding reply by Brian Dessent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote around 28 Jun 2003 Here's a little thing I cooked up that I find very useful, I call it dodos. It lets you run any DOS/Windows program and call it with unix arguments. For example, you could type dodos notepad /etc/aliases or

Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c HANDLE'

2003-06-30 Thread Soren Andersen
On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 03:09:15PM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote: I was playing around with this because it seems like a handy idea. I use Cywin perl, but the differences shouldn't be very great. Anyway, I came up with the following oneliner that does what you mention above (passed %1 as a

Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c HANDLE'

2003-06-30 Thread Soren Andersen
On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 10:45:26PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Umm, guys, aren't we getting carried away here? I mean, perl is a great tool, but wouldn't something simpler, like c:\cygwin\bin\bash -c echo -n `/bin/cygpath -u '%1'` /dev/clipboard suffice? If that command string could

Re: ProFTPd usable on WinXP-HE, questionable to me

2003-06-27 Thread Soren Andersen
On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 02:13:31PM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote: s/Tischler/Tishler/ Sorry ;-) LocalSystem user. I don't know what OS Jason is talking about as there is no such user LocalSystem on WinXP (yet XP is decended from NT). The built-in Windows LocalSystem account maps to the

Inline-0.44 fails test on Cygwinperl 5.8.0 (xpstd article)

2003-06-23 Thread Soren Andersen
Hello Cygwinauts, Perl5-Porters, Ingy, The current release of Inline.pm won't build for me on the latest cygwinperl (Gerrit's most recent release, 5.8.0-3). I tried running 'test' from CPAN's shell and then went into manual analysis mode, produced some output build logs (attached to this message)

port query: any fping? cygwin headers

2003-06-11 Thread Soren Andersen
Hey! Hello all. Has anyone ever ported the network tool fping to cygwin? I came across some Google results that seemed to be viable but it appears not (I don't have the complete URL I checked, but it was a site that showed a dir listing under a software project named mon. maybe some of you know

Re: sharing hd partition betw Linux and Cygwin

2003-06-06 Thread Soren Andersen
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 09:54:16AM -0700, Shankar Unni wrote: Soren Andersen wrote: Now sharing the drive space between the cvs tool (and cpan, too!) works, I think (haven't actually tried cvs yet but had to work on cpan a few minutes ago, and discovered it was suffering from the same

Re: rsync and cygwin paths

2003-06-06 Thread Soren Andersen
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 10:33:34AM -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote: However for many purposes it's feasible to write some simple-minded heuristics that make the determination about when and how to apply cygpath. I currently use a BASH script that uses a simple case statement to paper over the

Re: Mount table in registry

2003-06-06 Thread Soren Andersen
On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 04:39:31PM +0200, Sebastian Miele wrote: Would making a libmount.a (or, better yet, cygmount.dll) be a good idea? Then programs can link against it and be guaranteed that they can read mounts or verify mount locations. I know Cygwin exports getmntent() and the

Cygwinperl tar on Win9x (really tar)

2003-06-06 Thread Soren Andersen
Hello Cygwinauts, I'd like to report a problem I encountered recently try to run CPAN(.pm) on Cygwinperl to ... you know what CPAN does. My system is Win98 and I suspect from absence of reports concerning this that somehow this isn't affecting people on other-derived M$ Windows platforms. All of

Re: Updated: vim-6.2-1

2003-06-06 Thread Soren Andersen
Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 03:15:25PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 02:44:00PM +0200, Michael Schaap wrote: The problem is: what GUI? Exactly. {...} Not me ;-) I have no idea what gvim is actually good for. The non-GUI version runs very nicely inside of xterm or rxvt,

sharing hd partition betw Linux and Cygwin

2003-06-03 Thread Soren Andersen
access control on such a lame platform, that has any real meaning or bite. On WinNT-derived MS platforms it might be a different story. Best Regards, Soren Andersen -- See my OpenPGP key at https://savannah.gnu.org/people/viewgpg.php?user_id=6050 GnuPG public key fingerprint | Only when

CPAN module Filesys::CygwinPaths uploaded today

2003-06-03 Thread Soren Andersen
will be installed as a manpage (or `perldoc ...') at install-time, for more detailed information. Soren Andersen somian -AT- pobox -DOT- com -- See my OpenPGP key at https://savannah.gnu.org/people/viewgpg.php?user_id=6050 GnuPG public key fingerprint | Only when efforts to reform society have as BD26

Re: sharing hd partition betw Linux and Cygwin

2003-06-03 Thread Soren Andersen
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 04:04:11PM -0400, Soren Andersen (me) wrote: {snip} What: The entire logical partition is mounted on Linux using a mount point /linms-common/ and the CVS area is under that (/linms-common/SOMIANCVSROOT). A parallel arrangement (mountpoint differing but that's all

Notice of intention to release Perl module specific to Cygwin

2002-11-11 Thread Soren Andersen
[posted today to [EMAIL PROTECTED]; posted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (via Gmane) in order to try to get Cygwin's worthies in the loop]. Subject: Where it runs or what it Does?? (RFC) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 17:56:00 -0500 --- [[EMAIL

Re: ANNOUNCE: mrxvt - a tabbed rxvt hack for Win32 (in development)

2002-11-04 Thread Soren Andersen
[posted and mailed -- sorry, no Subject: in 1st sending, this is re-sent to Rui and the Cygwin List] Re: ANNOUNCE: mrxvt - a tabbed rxvt hack for Win32 (in development) On Sat, 02 Nov 2002 22:29:36, Rui Carmo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, I've been hacking together a multiple rxvt

Install abnormal: latest SSH package

2002-03-19 Thread Soren Andersen
. Best, Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

CYGWIN variable: impact of options under Win9x

2002-03-18 Thread Soren Andersen
at this moment: Cygwin DLL version info: DLL version: 1.3.10 DLL epoch: 19 [...] Build date: Mon Feb 25 11:14:34 EST 2002 Shared id: cygwin1S3 Thanks, Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http

Re: Any existing routine for CPU-id on Cygwin?

2002-03-06 Thread Soren Andersen
-flying owls -- dnl Copyright (c)2002 by Soren Andersen - written Wednesday, March 06, 2002 dnl Released under FSF GPL. AC_DEFUN([AM_INTEL_CPU], [AC_CACHE_CHECK(for the Intel CPU generation, am_cv_localhardware_INTELcpu, [AC_TRY_RUN([ #include sys/utsname.h #include unistd.h #include stdio.h

Re: Strange behaviour of vpath with dos paths

2002-03-01 Thread Soren Andersen
I'd offer you assurance now that at least one pair of eyeballs out here will be looking into this Luck, Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwincom/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwincom/bugshtml Documentation: http://cygwincom/docshtml

/dev/clipboard protection fault on Win98

2002-02-24 Thread Soren Andersen
troubles like this? Regards, Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: Is window manipulation available in perl?

2002-02-13 Thread Soren Andersen
something very platform-specific and so non- portability cannot be avoided. HTH, Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ

Close to libiconv now?

2002-02-08 Thread Soren Andersen
libiconv using some hacked autotools support, last july. Any updates on that topic? Regards, Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ

Re: CygwinPerl Q - interact with symlinked dir?

2002-01-21 Thread Soren Andersen
'. Is this good to do? Thanks Gerrit! Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: RTFM'ing: readily accessible user documentation?

2002-01-19 Thread Soren Andersen
). It amazes me that some folks here are so addicted to reacting angrily and acting like superior, stuffy old aunts waggling their fingers at disobedient children, that they cannot see what a pointless rut they are in. Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe

Re: RTFM'ing: readily accessible user documentation?

2002-01-17 Thread Soren Andersen
feedback which is intended constructively. Best regards, Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

RTFM'ing: readily accessible user documentation?

2002-01-16 Thread Soren Andersen
; it will have to fall to someone else to (maybe) implement this, for the time being (other priorities are just unrefusable for me at present). Thanks for your attention. Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http

Re: Proposed Mailing List Page Reorg

2002-01-14 Thread Soren Andersen
picturing Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (American TV show, sorry for the non-global reference) emerging from the shadows with that malevolent smirk on his face, saying I've been cogitating.. ;-[ Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting

RE: Proposed Mailing List Page Reorg

2002-01-14 Thread Soren Andersen
has disagreed in any substantial way with what you are saying, and no-one has steppted forth to do it Oops! I must be slipping ... if I'm not getting somebody to strongly disagree with me ...heh heh Best regards, Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml

Re: Proposed Mailing List Page Reorg (was: RE: No stderr output)

2002-01-13 Thread Soren Andersen
and are answered one at a time. Best, Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: Updated Gnu tools manpages, maybe you'd like to know? ('gnumaniak')

2002-01-08 Thread Soren Andersen
On 7 Jan 2002 at 13:11, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: Soren Andersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: creating more updated man pages for (many of the core) Gnu apps we use ... http://www.userfriendly.net/linux/RPM/contrib/noarch/noarch/gnumaniak-1. 4-1.noarch.html ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub

IMAP c-client under Cygwin

2002-01-08 Thread Soren Andersen
they promise no ads! -- ever). Check their site for details. This is the server I wish to access with the software I am aiming to develop. My GUI email client, Pegasus v4, has unfinished and problematical IMAP support. Thanks, Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml

IMAP c-client under Cygwin

2002-01-08 Thread Soren Andersen
charging they promise no ads! -- ever). Check their site for details. This is the server I wish to access with the software I am aiming to develop. My GUI email client, Pegasus v4, has unfinished and problematical IMAP support. Thanks, Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http

Re: Potential problems with Cygwin GCC and -mno-cygwin switch

2002-01-08 Thread Soren Andersen
, for being the historical predecessor and host that allowed them to come into existence, if for nothing else. Opinionatedly Yours, Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http

Re: IMAP c-client under Cygwin

2002-01-08 Thread Soren Andersen
On 8 Jan 2002 at 22:56, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: Am 2002-01-08 um 21:16 schriebst du: I want to develop a Perl solution for accessing an IMAP server and doing things like querying messages in a folder named blahfoo, telling the server to move messages from blahfoo to cowpuddle, etc. I have

Re: Potential problems with cygwin GCC and -mno-cygwin switch

2002-01-08 Thread Soren Andersen
On 8 Jan 2002 at 19:14, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 05:29:14PM -0500, Soren Andersen wrote: This lack of sponsorship maybe is also part of the noted tendency for minGW priciple persons to manifest some, uhh, let's say testiness. I've been reading the mingw mailing

Re: Potential problems with cygwin GCC and -mno-cygwin switch

2002-01-08 Thread Soren Andersen
time. But pretty darn good! ;-) Best Regards, Soren Andersen -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/