Re: units issues

2017-05-24 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-05-24 20:07, Doug Henderson wrote: > , On 24 May 2017 at 18:16, Brian Inglis wrote: >> I would appreciate it if anyone has any experience with, or can point me >> to, any python3 code in any Cygwin package which works Windows proxy >> authentication? > I had a glance at the source. I recall

Re: units issues

2017-05-24 Thread Doug Henderson
, On 24 May 2017 at 18:16, Brian Inglis wrote: > I would appreciate it if anyone has any experience with, or can point me > to, any python3 code in any Cygwin package which works Windows proxy > authentication? I had a glance at the source. I recall adapting it to load SQL tables with units data.

Re: units issues

2017-05-24 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-05-24 12:13, Achim Gratz wrote: > Brian Inglis writes: >> Updating the currencies only when setup is run seems to me to be >> insufficient if users want to use current currency conversions. > > Well yes. But that means that each user should be able to update, not > just the administrator.

Re: units issues

2017-05-24 Thread Achim Gratz
Brian Inglis writes: > Updating the currencies only when setup is run seems to me to be > insufficient if users want to use current currency conversions. Well yes. But that means that each user should be able to update, not just the administrator. > Would the best approach be to punt on running

Re: units issues

2017-05-24 Thread Achim Gratz
Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] writes: > I would prefer that by default updates happen automatically and those > who do not want automatic updates do something to stop them from > happening. That there should be updates was never debated, only the machanism of doing so is discussed here. > For

Re: units issues

2017-05-24 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-05-24 10:26, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: > Brian Inglis sent the following at Tuesday, May 23, 2017 10:37 PM >> On 2017-05-23 17:55, Doug Henderson wrote: >>> On 23 May 2017 at 15:49, Brian Inglis wrote: Updating the currencies only when setup is run seems to me to be

RE: units issues

2017-05-24 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
Brian Inglis sent the following at Tuesday, May 23, 2017 10:37 PM > >On 2017-05-23 17:55, Doug Henderson wrote: > >> On 23 May 2017 at 15:49, Brian Inglis wrote: >> >>> Updating the currencies only when setup is run seems to me to be >>> insufficient if users want to use current currency conversion

Re: units issues

2017-05-23 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-05-23 17:55, Doug Henderson wrote: > On 23 May 2017 at 15:49, Brian Inglis wrote: > >> Updating the currencies only when setup is run seems to me to be >> insufficient if users want to use current currency conversions. > > Currencies needs to be split to a different package from non-curre

Re: units issues

2017-05-23 Thread Doug Henderson
On 23 May 2017 at 15:49, Brian Inglis wrote: > Updating the currencies only when setup is run seems to me to be > insufficient if users want to use current currency conversions. Currencies needs to be split to a different package from non-currency units. Non-currency units is very static, whereas

Re: units issues

2017-05-23 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-05-23 11:28, Achim Gratz wrote: > Brian Inglis writes: >> The easiest approaches to this would be: >> - rename or delete postinstall script which might upset cygcheck or >> setup remove >> - null /usr/share/units/currency.units, as it is required and produces >> an error message if not avai

Re: units issues

2017-05-23 Thread Achim Gratz
Brian Inglis writes: > The easiest approaches to this would be: > - rename or delete postinstall script which might upset cygcheck or > setup remove > - null /usr/share/units/currency.units, as it is required and produces > an error message if not available, but if it is empty, everything works. N

Re: units issues

2017-05-22 Thread Brian Inglis
On the cygwin list, Achim Gratz asked: > Can you please make that configurable by some file in /var/lib/units > that will prevent the perpetual postinstall script from even forking > if the user decides that this should not be updated? Configuration of units is currently supported only in /usr/sh