Re: mintty doesn't run on NT4 due to lack of GetConsoleWindow

2009-08-30 Thread Andy Koppe
Christopher Faylor: I spent much of the day trying to resurrect my Windows NT4 system and now that I finall have it back, I just tried to run mintty and noticed that it seems to be using GetConsoleWindow.  That's not allowed on NT4. I get an error that says: The procedure entry point

Re: mintty doesn't run on NT4 due to lack of GetConsoleWindow

2009-08-22 Thread Andy Koppe
2009/8/6 Christopher Faylor: I spent much of the day trying to resurrect my Windows NT4 system and now that I finall have it back, I just tried to run mintty and noticed that it seems to be using GetConsoleWindow. ??That's not allowed on NT4. I get an error that says: The procedure entry

Re: mintty doesn't run on NT4 due to lack of GetConsoleWindow

2009-08-06 Thread Andy Koppe
2009/8/6 Christopher Faylor: I spent much of the day trying to resurrect my Windows NT4 system and now that I finall have it back, I just tried to run mintty and noticed that it seems to be using GetConsoleWindow.  That's not allowed on NT4. I get an error that says: The procedure entry

Re: mintty doesn't run on NT4 due to lack of GetConsoleWindow

2009-08-06 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 12:18:10PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: 2009/8/6 Christopher Faylor: I spent much of the day trying to resurrect my Windows NT4 system and now that I finall have it back, I just tried to run mintty and noticed that it seems to be using GetConsoleWindow. ??That's not allowed

RE: mintty doesn't run on NT4 due to lack of GetConsoleWindow

2009-08-06 Thread Stephan Mueller
Andy Koppe wrote: (And to be honest I don't see the point in Cygwin 1.7 still supporting NT4. Anyone willing to stick with an OS that's been unsupported for five years should be more than happy to stick with Cygwin 1.5.) Agreed, it seems a bit inconsistent, and yet I can think of at least two

Re: mintty doesn't run on NT4 due to lack of GetConsoleWindow

2009-08-06 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 03:02:23PM +, Stephan Mueller wrote: Andy Koppe wrote: (And to be honest I don't see the point in Cygwin 1.7 still supporting NT4. Anyone willing to stick with an OS that's been unsupported for five years should be more than happy to stick with Cygwin 1.5.) Agreed,

Re: mintty doesn't run on NT4 due to lack of GetConsoleWindow

2009-08-06 Thread Ralph Hempel
Christopher Faylor wrote: (And to be honest I don't see the point in Cygwin 1.7 still supporting NT4. Anyone willing to stick with an OS that's been unsupported for five years should be more than happy to stick with Cygwin 1.5.) I know it's unsupported but people still use it and, perhaps

Re: mintty doesn't run on NT4 due to lack of GetConsoleWindow

2009-08-06 Thread Jerry DeLisle
On 08/06/2009 08:02 AM, Stephan Mueller wrote: Andy Koppe wrote: (And to be honest I don't see the point in Cygwin 1.7 still supporting NT4. Anyone willing to stick with an OS that's been unsupported for five years should be more than happy to stick with Cygwin 1.5.) Agreed, it seems a bit

mintty doesn't run on NT4 due to lack of GetConsoleWindow

2009-08-05 Thread Christopher Faylor
I spent much of the day trying to resurrect my Windows NT4 system and now that I finall have it back, I just tried to run mintty and noticed that it seems to be using GetConsoleWindow. That's not allowed on NT4. I get an error that says: The procedure entry point GetConsoleWindow could not be