Re: can Cygwin CVS change line endings on checkout/update?

2002-09-21 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On 21 Sep 2002, David M. Karr wrote: > I've noticed that WinCVS has a feature where it can change the line > endings on files on checkout/update, to either use DOS or Unix line > endings. I don't see anything in the Cygwin CVS interface that can do > this. Is this feature just not in standard c

Re: can Cygwin CVS change line endings on checkout/update?

2002-09-21 Thread Nicholas Wourms
--- "David M. Karr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've noticed that WinCVS has a feature where it can change the line > endings on > files on checkout/update, to either use DOS or Unix line endings. > I don't see > anything in the Cygwin CVS interface that can do this. Is this > feature just > n

Re: ntsec vs ntea

2002-09-21 Thread Nicholas Wourms
--- Matt Swift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been using Cygwin with a value CYGWIN="ntsec ntea binmode > tty" > for a long time under Win2k and WinXP with NTFS hard drives. On > rereading the documentation, it seems to me that the "ntea" and > "ntsec" values select different solutions t

Re: nfs server ported?

2002-09-21 Thread Nicholas Wourms
--- Matt Swift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Back in January on this list, there was a short discussion of > porting > nfs servers, userspace and otherwise. Is there one available now? > I > tried to compile the userspace server from > ftp://linux.mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de/pub/linux/people/o

RE: gcc specs file format

2002-09-21 Thread Nicholas Wourms
--- "Paul D. DeRocco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, but I don't see it. I grepped all the gcc.info* files > (indeed, all > the *.info* files) for "specs", and read the matches in my editor. > I found a > bunch of mentions of the specs file, but no explanation of it. > To be quite honest,

Re: gcc specs file format

2002-09-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 08:21:27PM -0700, Michael A Chase wrote: >On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 19:42:26 -0700 "Paul D. DeRocco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Sorry, but I don't see it. I grepped all the gcc.info* files (indeed, >>all the *.info* files) for "specs", and read the matches in my editor. >>I fo

Re: Getting MAC address within C/C++-program in Windows2000

2002-09-21 Thread Nicholas Wourms
--- Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 10:06:56AM -0700, Nicholas Wourms wrote: > >Wouldn't this be worth adding to the cygwin library? Just a > thought, > >because glibc has similar capabilities... > > What do you want to add? The ioctl interface mentioned

nfs server ported?

2002-09-21 Thread Matt Swift
Back in January on this list, there was a short discussion of porting nfs servers, userspace and otherwise. Is there one available now? I tried to compile the userspace server from ftp://linux.mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de/pub/linux/people/okir/ but it needs a lot of headers under /usr/include/rpc

Re: gcc specs file format

2002-09-21 Thread Michael A Chase
On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 19:42:26 -0700 "Paul D. DeRocco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, but I don't see it. I grepped all the gcc.info* files (indeed, all > the *.info* files) for "specs", and read the matches in my editor. I found a > bunch of mentions of the specs file, but no explanation of i

can Cygwin CVS change line endings on checkout/update?

2002-09-21 Thread David M. Karr
I've noticed that WinCVS has a feature where it can change the line endings on files on checkout/update, to either use DOS or Unix line endings. I don't see anything in the Cygwin CVS interface that can do this. Is this feature just not in standard command-line CVS? --

ntsec vs ntea

2002-09-21 Thread Matt Swift
I have been using Cygwin with a value CYGWIN="ntsec ntea binmode tty" for a long time under Win2k and WinXP with NTFS hard drives. On rereading the documentation, it seems to me that the "ntea" and "ntsec" values select different solutions to the same problem, and that there is no reason to set

chmod: unexpected results when uid = gid for a file

2002-09-21 Thread Matt Swift
I have observed the following reproducible strange behavior of chmod. You will notice that several of the commands do something different than they would do on a Unix system (I've marked these commands with "!!!" in the right margin). I think chmod is doing the wrong thing in those cases, but po

RE: gcc specs file format

2002-09-21 Thread Paul D. DeRocco
Sorry, but I don't see it. I grepped all the gcc.info* files (indeed, all the *.info* files) for "specs", and read the matches in my editor. I found a bunch of mentions of the specs file, but no explanation of it. -- Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco Paulmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Bash local builtin and redirection problems

2002-09-21 Thread Michael A Chase
On Sun, 22 Sep 2002 11:00:14 +1000 Ray Pimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have successfully installed Cygwin on Windows 2000 SP3. However, when I > attempt to run a bash shell script that works fine under Linux, two > problems occur. > > 1. The bash "local" builtin does not seem to work. Erro

Re: Bash local builtin and redirection problems

2002-09-21 Thread Randall R Schulz
Ray, Were I to guess why "local" and the I/O redirection syntax _appear_ to be missing when your script executes, I'd guess that it's because the script(s) in question begins with this: #!/bin/sh Under Cygwin, /bin/sh is Ash, not BASH. Randall Schulz Mountain View, CA USA At 18:00 2002-09-

Re: How to install packages...

2002-09-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 05:41:55PM +, Soren A wrote: >Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in >1032604599.10933.113.camel@lifelesswks:">news:1032604599.10933.113.camel@lifelesswks: >>Soren, you should submit the changes as a diff for starters. Secondly, >>if at all possible, submit a cha

Re: Question

2002-09-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 05:37:32PM -0400, Nuno C Martins wrote: > >Hi, > >I woudl like to know if I can >install cgwin in windows XP Professional. http://cygwin.com/ Read the "What is Cygwin?" part. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: h

Re: gcc specs file format

2002-09-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 10:51:40AM -0700, Paul D. DeRocco wrote: >The GNUPro Compiler Tools document mentions this file, and the >gcc -dumpspecs option shows me what's in it. But where is its format >documented? It's quite incomprehensible on its own. In the gcc info file: "info gcc" . cgf -- U

Bash local builtin and redirection problems

2002-09-21 Thread Ray Pimm
I have successfully installed Cygwin on Windows 2000 SP3. However, when I attempt to run a bash shell script that works fine under Linux, two problems occur. 1. The bash "local" builtin does not seem to work. Error message is "local: not found". 2. Both shorthand formats "&>file" and ">&file"

Re: Getting MAC address within C/C++-program in Windows2000

2002-09-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 10:06:56AM -0700, Nicholas Wourms wrote: >Wouldn't this be worth adding to the cygwin library? Just a thought, >because glibc has similar capabilities... What do you want to add? The ioctl interface mentioned by Corinna is already IN cygwin, as mentioned here: http://cy

Re: How to install packages...

2002-09-21 Thread Robert Collins
On Sun, 2002-09-22 at 08:36, Nicholas Wourms wrote: > Rob, > > Have you been able to get it to compile with gcc-3.2? No. I haven't even tried yet. Rob signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: How to install packages...

2002-09-21 Thread Nicholas Wourms
--- Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 12:15, Robert Collins wrote: > > On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 12:05, Bruce Alderson wrote: > > > > Your suggestion came out fine. It has just been suggested > hundreds of > > > > times in the past. > > > > > > Ah, I've been lurking

Re: How to install packages...

2002-09-21 Thread Robert Collins
On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 12:15, Robert Collins wrote: > On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 12:05, Bruce Alderson wrote: > > > Your suggestion came out fine. It has just been suggested hundreds of > > > times in the past. > > > > Ah, I've been lurking on the list for ages - but not noticed the > > request. Apol

Re: How to install packages...

2002-09-21 Thread Robert Collins
On Sun, 2002-09-22 at 03:41, Soren A wrote: > Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > 1032604599.10933.113.camel@lifelesswks:">news:1032604599.10933.113.camel@lifelesswks: > > > Soren, you should submit the changes as a diff for starters. > > Secondly, if at all possible, submit a change a

Re: How to install packages...

2002-09-21 Thread Max Bowsher
Soren A wrote: > Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > 1032604599.10933.113.camel@lifelesswks:">news:1032604599.10933.113.camel@lifelesswks: > > > Secondly, if at all possible, submit a change against the website CVS. > > A second follow-up. > > Robert (and anyone), the "if at all possible

Question

2002-09-21 Thread Nuno C Martins
Hi, I woudl like to know if I can install cgwin in windows XP Professional. Thanks, Nuno -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygw

Re: New rxvt -- cleartype bug again

2002-09-21 Thread Ville Herva
On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 01:18:30PM -0700, you [Nicholas Wourms] wrote: > > Unrelated and I'm sorry to pile on problems, but RXVT is still > hanging when I paste URLs that I've copied from IE or Mozilla [Copy > Shortcut or Copy Link Location]. I am unable to debug because it > eats up all availab

Re: How to install packages...

2002-09-21 Thread Nicholas Wourms
--- Soren A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > 1032604599.10933.113.camel@lifelesswks:">news:1032604599.10933.113.camel@lifelesswks: > > > Secondly, if at all possible, submit a change against the website > CVS. > > A second follow-up. > > Robert (and a

Re: How to install packages...

2002-09-21 Thread Nicholas Wourms
--- Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gary! Nevermind! We have a replacement for the resizeable chooser > screen > discussion. And to think I almost forgot this one. Sorry to dissapoint, but the same person who spoiled your previous fun is already hard at work on the batch opera

Re: New rxvt -- cleartype bug again

2002-09-21 Thread Nicholas Wourms
--- Jelks Cabaniss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alas, the version of rxvt just posted has caused the reemergence of > the > cleartype bug that had been so nicely fixed in the last one. > > Description (it effects those who are using a laptop, with > cleartype > enabled on WinXP, connected to a

Re: df --local

2002-09-21 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, Michael A Chase wrote: > On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 12:46:13 -0400 (EDT) Igor Pechtchanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > > On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, egor duda wrote: > > > > > Friday, 20 September, 2002 Rob Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > RB> OK, that will *mostly* work exc

Re: How to install packages...

2002-09-21 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Bruce Alderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I know that setup.exe doesn't currently support batch operations > ... how much effort would it be to add? Is it planned? Is there a > better way to install it in a batch manner? Until the unattended mode support for setup.exe is finished, you might

Re: How to install packages...

2002-09-21 Thread Soren A
Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in 1032604599.10933.113.camel@lifelesswks:">news:1032604599.10933.113.camel@lifelesswks: > Secondly, if at all possible, submit a change against the website CVS. A second follow-up. Robert (and anyone), the "if at all possible" definitely looks not-good

Re: df --local

2002-09-21 Thread Michael A Chase
On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 12:46:13 -0400 (EDT) Igor Pechtchanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, egor duda wrote: > > > Friday, 20 September, 2002 Rob Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > RB> OK, that will *mostly* work except for the cdrom drive issue. > > > > The proper way is to

New rxvt -- cleartype bug again

2002-09-21 Thread Jelks Cabaniss
Alas, the version of rxvt just posted has caused the reemergence of the cleartype bug that had been so nicely fixed in the last one. Description (it effects those who are using a laptop, with cleartype enabled on WinXP, connected to an external monitor): When you type something at the command

gcc specs file format

2002-09-21 Thread Paul D. DeRocco
The GNUPro Compiler Tools document mentions this file, and the gcc -dumpspecs option shows me what's in it. But where is its format documented? It's quite incomprehensible on its own. -- Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco Paulmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: How to install packages...

2002-09-21 Thread Soren A
Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in 1032604599.10933.113.camel@lifelesswks:">news:1032604599.10933.113.camel@lifelesswks: > Soren, you should submit the changes as a diff for starters. > Secondly, if at all possible, submit a change against the website CVS. Ah. Second things first: I di

Re: Open bash at the current explorer directory?

2002-09-21 Thread Nicholas Wourms
--- Michael A Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 13:01:33 -0400 (EDT) Igor Pechtchanski > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It should be /etc/profile (note the absense of ".") and > ~/.bash_profile. > > I think ~/.profile is used by ksh... > > For login shells, bash will fall

Re: Getting MAC address within C/C++-program in Windows2000

2002-09-21 Thread Nicholas Wourms
Wouldn't this be worth adding to the cygwin library? Just a thought, because glibc has similar capabilities... Cheers, Nicholas --- Alex Vinokur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Corinna Vinschen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Newsgroups: gmane.os.cygwin > Sent: Wednes

Re: df --local

2002-09-21 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Egor, On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, egor duda wrote: > Hi! > > Friday, 20 September, 2002 Rob Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > RB> OK, that will *mostly* work except for the cdrom drive issue. > > The proper way is to convert path to win32 form and then use > GetDriveType() and GetVolumeInformation() A

Re: Root Logon

2002-09-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
Wrong mailing list. Redirected. On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 10:31:22AM -0400, Dallas wrote: >Good Morning > >I am setting up Cygwin. I tried to get to x with xdm. I get the message >"Only root wants to use" or something like that. I don't recall entering >a password. Can I change login status? I g

Re: Need 'mail' and 'compress'

2002-09-21 Thread Tim Prince
On Saturday 21 September 2002 06:17, casta wrote: > There are programs that use other programs I can't find under cygwin > release. (e.g. 'tar -Z' uses 'compress'). > > I need 'mail' and 'compress': where can I find them? gunzip can uncompress .Z files, so tar z... may work as well. The old compr

Re: ssh -X Protocol 2 fails to pass Ctrl-C

2002-09-21 Thread Arthur Hon Sey Liu
Hello, On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Kristopher R. Buschelman wrote: > When I use X11 forwarding and ssh to a linux machine under protocol 2, > Ctrl-C is not properly passed through to the remote machine, and my ssh > session is terminated. The error message is: > Killed by signal 2. I have this pr

Root Logon

2002-09-21 Thread Dallas
Good Morning I am setting up Cygwin. I tried to get to x with xdm. I get the message "Only root wants to use" or something like that. I don't recall entering a password. Can I change login status? I get Login: I type 'root'. Then I get password: I tried all my usual??? No luck. Any advice? T

Re: df --local

2002-09-21 Thread egor duda
Hi! Friday, 20 September, 2002 Rob Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RB> OK, that will *mostly* work except for the cdrom drive issue. The proper way is to convert path to win32 form and then use GetDriveType() and GetVolumeInformation() APIs. RB> -Original Message- RB> From: Igor Pechtch

Need 'mail' and 'compress'

2002-09-21 Thread casta
There are programs that use other programs I can't find under cygwin release. (e.g. 'tar -Z' uses 'compress'). I need 'mail' and 'compress': where can I find them? Thanks for your time! -- casta, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 09/21/2002 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: How to install packages...

2002-09-21 Thread Robert Collins
On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 20:17, Soren A wrote: > A revised Cygwin home page (reflecting the change I suggested): > http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ Soren, you should submit the changes as a diff for starters. Secondly, if at all possible, submit a change against the website CVS. Rob signature.

Re: How to install packages...

2002-09-21 Thread Soren A
A revised Cygwin home page (reflecting the change I suggested): http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ --8<--- Cygwin http://cygwin.com/cygwin-icon.gif"; type="image/gif"> body { background-color: white; color: black