Re: Cygwin Setup: Fatal Error: Uncaught Exception

2006-01-22 Thread Brian Dessent
Linda Walsh wrote: > Is an application crash the expected behavior when > package validation fails? Maybe it should mark it unusable > or delete it? At the moment, yes. It's a consequence of a change in the md5 checking. It just means you need to delete the package, as it has the wrong size or

Cygwin Setup: Fatal Error: Uncaught Exception

2006-01-22 Thread Linda Walsh
I went into setup and asked it to install from local directory. It went past the root dialog, then displayed the local pacakge directory \\server\share\software\cygwin, hit Next initializes and starts parsing ini file, then I see it parsing some package, then a popup dialog that displays read-onl

Perl under cygwin in CPAN problem

2006-01-22 Thread Linda Walsh
Was trying to load some new packages in CPAN under perl in cygwin. I noticed a problem when it asked for prereqs: It wouldn't accept "CR" to terminate the input -- only "LF". I tried reloading CPAN -- that pulled up the reconfigure dialog for some new parameters -- then I find the same problem

Re: Please assist with details regarding uninstalling

2006-01-22 Thread Brian Dessent
Dan M wrote: > A. How do I tell what services I have installed? (Basically I > originally loaded everything, but then I uninstalled/re-installed > picking just the default, so I believe I have the default). Services are never automatically installed, only by action of the user -- for example by

Re: Please assist with details regarding uninstalling

2006-01-22 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Dan M wrote: Hello, I have a need to uninstall cygwin completely from my system. I found the instructions to do this in the faq/Seting up cygwin/answer #14. I am writing to request more detailed information regarding instructions #1 and #2, as I am not a PC programmer and need more specific di

Please assist with details regarding uninstalling

2006-01-22 Thread Dan M
Hello, I have a need to uninstall cygwin completely from my system. I found the instructions to do this in the faq/Seting up cygwin/answer #14. I am writing to request more detailed information regarding instructions #1 and #2, as I am not a PC programmer and need more specific directions. Her

Re: installation location of packages

2006-01-22 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
pobox wrote: It seems to me that the cygwin packages are installed in different locations than the locations they would go if ./compile make make install are performed on the source. Is that true No, not generally. Of course, if you're having a specific issue and want to post the details,

Cyrus IMAP

2006-01-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Has anybody compiled successfully Cyrus IMAP under cygwin. Thanks, Iv -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: Running php scripts under cygwin

2006-01-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for the tips. Luckily I came back to the list after trying to build PHP with some options with no luck. I only need a static build and that installed fine. Then I had a warning about using date() and set the default timezone prior to the call in the script to get by that. Now it says mai

installation location of packages

2006-01-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It seems to me that the cygwin packages are installed in different locations than the locations they would go if ./compile make make install are performed on the source. Is that true and if yes are there anywhere instructions where these locations are so that they can be pointed to application

Re: Downloading Cygwin under Linux ....

2006-01-22 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Igor Peshansky writes: > I haven't looked at it in detail: does cyg-apt properly run preremove and > postinstall scripts? No. If running on Cygwin, it will run .sh scripts. > Besides, it can use the same replace-on-reboot mechanism as setup > uses -- is there a similar API for python? If it is