Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: libtool-devel-20020202-1

2002-02-03 Thread Charles Wilson
Note: In libtool CVS, a decision was made to rescind the previous "-no-undefined" default. (Reason: if a libraries objects DID have an undefined symbol, then not even a static lib would be built, on cygwin.) This is all related to the MLB restructuring, I think. Anyway, this means that you ne

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: libtool-devel-20020202-1

2002-02-03 Thread Charles Wilson
The 'libtool-devel' package has been updated to 20020202-1. It contains a hacked version of libtool(from CVS 02-Feb-2002), installed into /usr/autotool/devel/*. Basically, this is a forward port of the hacks from the previous, 20010531 release to current libtool CVS HEAD. The good news: this ve

Re: /dev/registry

2002-02-03 Thread Gerald Villemure
> /proc/registry/* > > is a GREAT idea! > (*) P.S. "back then" somebody mentioned a few problems with file-system > access to registry entries: how do you deal with the various types -- > DWORD, BINARY, STRING, (and the other types that AREN'T accessible > via regedit...) Why not use a file nam

Re: cygwin-1.3.3+: Using ASH to executing .com files -- causes Invalid Page Fault

2002-02-03 Thread Timothy Lee
I've tried your suggestion of changing the path order, but IPF still occurs. On the other hand, bash and tcsh cause no problems. Timothy >I can't recreate the problem under WinXP. Try putting your VIM and Cygwin >directories at the front of the path instead of the back to see if that >mak

Re: Problems upgrading from 2.95.3-5 to 3.X on cygwin

2002-02-03 Thread Tim Prince
On Saturday 02 February 2002 13:02, Arek wrote: > Okay, On a whim, I decided to upgrade to GCC 3.0.3 on my box. Following > David Billinghurst's instructions, everything went fine until 'make > install', where it failed with the following error: > > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/james/gcc-bu

Re: cygwin-1.3.3+: Using ASH to executing .com files -- causes Invalid Page Fault

2002-02-03 Thread Michael A Chase
I can't recreate the problem under WinXP. Try putting your VIM and Cygwin directories at the front of the path instead of the back to see if that makes a difference. It might be interesting to see if the problem occurs under bash or tcsh as well. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private question

BUG: cygwin-1.3.3+: Using ASH to executing .com files -- causes Invalid Page Fault

2002-02-03 Thread Timothy Lee
Since upgrading from cygwin-1.3.2, I've noticed that "sh" always causes Invalid Page Fault when executing .com files. The crash is 100% reproduceable on difference machines running Win98 and cygwin 1.3.3 or higher: C:\windows>sh $more.com /? At this point, a IPF will be generated, wit

Re: A real fork() on NT

2002-02-03 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 11:52:46PM -, Chris January wrote: >>What proof of concept? The book has a "proof of concept". It's the >>niggling details that are the problem. >> >>You'd need a real implementation to prove that it is workable. >> >>Why do I get the feeling that no one is interested

I need help in order to port a library to cygwin platform

2002-02-03 Thread Edouard Gomez
Hi, I'm trying to port DevIL (http://sf.net/projects/openil) to the cygwin platform I've already ported the project to autotools but i'm getting an error when trying to build the dlls without the cygwin1.dll dependancy (using -mno-cygwin gcc flag). (I use the latest cygwin version) Here is what

Re: A real fork() on NT

2002-02-03 Thread Chris January
> What proof of concept? The book has a "proof of concept". It's the > niggling details that are the problem. > > You'd need a real implementation to prove that it is workable. > > Why do I get the feeling that no one is interested in actually looking > at the working code from the referenced bo

Re: bug in cygwin perl 5.6.1?

2002-02-03 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 10:03:36PM +0100, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: >Am 2 Feb 2002 um 17:58 hat Rhet Turnbull geschrieben: > >>Gerrit P. Haase wrote: >>> Why? Where is docu about this? >> >>The perl documentation for $^S in the perlvar manpage states: >> >>$^S Current state of the interpreter.

Re: bug in Cygwin perl 5.6.1?

2002-02-03 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Am 2 Feb 2002 um 17:58 hat Rhet Turnbull geschrieben: >Gerrit P. Haase wrote: >> Why? Where is docu about this? > >The perl documentation for $^S in the perlvar manpage states: > >$^S Current state of the interpreter. Undefined if >parsing of the current module/eval is not finished

Re: rxvt in my cygwin.bat file..

2002-02-03 Thread Alex Malinovich
I have found a workaround. Just change your rxvt line to read: rxvt -geometry 80x60 -e cmd /c c:\cygwin\bin\bash --login -i This is assuming you're running 2000, ME, or XP. I don't know about 9x. You can look for a command.com option that does the same thing as /c for cmd.exe. (Runs a command an

Re: /dev/registry

2002-02-03 Thread roland
> (*) P.S. "back then" somebody mentioned a few problems with file-system > access to registry entries: how do you deal with the various types -- > DWORD, BINARY, STRING, (and the other types that AREN'T accessible via > regedit...) Just something to keep in mind, if somebody actually tries > to

Re: /dev/registry

2002-02-03 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 02:15:50PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote: >Daniel Adams wrote: > >>/proc/registry/* >> >>is a GREAT idea! > >Okay folks, enough with the "me toos". Suffice it to say that >everybody thinks this is a wonderful idea. Not surprisingly, the >suggestion of a /dev/registry or /pr

Re: /dev/registry

2002-02-03 Thread Charles Wilson
Daniel Adams wrote: > /proc/registry/* > > is a GREAT idea! Okay folks, enough with the "me toos". Suffice it to say that everybody thinks this is a wonderful idea. Not surprisingly, the suggestion of a /dev/registry or /proc/registry HAS been made before. And everybody thought it was

RE: /dev/registry

2002-02-03 Thread Daniel Adams
/proc/registry/* is a GREAT idea! Sincerely, Daniel Adams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dana.ucc.nau.edu/~dpa3 1 Peter 4:10 (NIV)- Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cyg

Re: A real fork() on NT

2002-02-03 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 02:31:40PM -, Chris January wrote: >>I doubt that either Corinna or I want to transcribe the book for this >>mailing list. And, I'm pretty sure that neither of us has that much >>experience with the routines in the book. I did play with the >>implementation and realiz

Re: /dev/registry

2002-02-03 Thread Gerald Villemure
/proc/registry/* is a GREAT idea! Gerald -- 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/

rxvt in my cygwin.bat file..

2002-02-03 Thread Michael F. March
A while ago I upgraded my Cygwin installation and this stopped working (by cygwin.bat file): @echo off C: chdir \cygwin\bin rxvt -geometry 80x60 -e c:\cygwin\bin\bash --login -i rxvt flashes on the screen for 1/2 second and then goes away. If I run this batch file from a command

1.3.9: rsync daemon 2.5.1 broken

2002-02-03 Thread Pat
I've installed the latest cygwin 1.3.9 in order to use the rsync daemon. I have a setup that works fine under Solaris and basic mirroring works to my cyginw box. However when I use the rsync "-backup" option (which tells rsync to save copies of modified files, necessary for incremental backups) r

Re: /dev/registry

2002-02-03 Thread Jon Foster
Hi, "Chris January" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrtote: > How about adding a /dev/registry fhandler to Cygwin? > Registry keys would be directories and values in the > registry files. UWIN (a commercial alternative to cygwin) has something similar. See http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/uwin/ They

Re: /dev/registry

2002-02-03 Thread Michael F. March
This sounds like a GREAT idea to me. > How about adding a /dev/registry fhandler to Cygwin? Registry keys would be > directories and values in the registry files. I'm willing to try coding this > if people think it's a good idea. It allows shell scripts to easily access > registry keys as well a

Re: /dev/registry

2002-02-03 Thread Lapo Luchini
> How about adding a /dev/registry fhandler to Cygwin? Registry keys would be > directories and values in the registry files. I'm willing to try coding this > if people think it's a good idea. It allows shell scripts to easily access > registry keys as well as programs. Seems good to me, but it s

/dev/registry

2002-02-03 Thread Chris January
How about adding a /dev/registry fhandler to Cygwin? Registry keys would be directories and values in the registry files. I'm willing to try coding this if people think it's a good idea. It allows shell scripts to easily access registry keys as well as programs. Regards Chris -- Unsubscribe i

Re: A real fork() on NT

2002-02-03 Thread Chris January
> I doubt that either Corinna or I want to transcribe the book for this > mailing list. And, I'm pretty sure that neither of us has that much > experience with the routines in the book. I did play with the > implementation and realized that it would take quite a bit of work to > perfect for cygw

setup-2002-01-27-1.exe clips text

2002-02-03 Thread Don Sharp
Using setup-2002-01-27-1.exe I have noticed that the text in the selection dialog is clipped. i.e. there appear to be ~3 pixels missing from the top of the displayed text on my 1280x1024 display. Haven't seen it reported so I thought I'd mention it. Cheers Don Sharp -- Unsubscribe info: h

Problem in writing to the modem

2002-02-03 Thread Bhanu AN Kurpad
Hi, 1.Our application has a problem writing to the serial port connected to the modem. The same application works fine on Linux. 2.The following is the open call for the serial port connected to the modem: fd = open( device_name, O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK ); 3.The serial port has the following setting