Re: Bug in grep when -i used with -o and/or --color=auto

2008-09-24 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Gary Johnson on 9/24/2008 5:17 PM: > Cygwin's grep appears to give incorrect results when given the -i > option in combination with the --color=auto and/or -o options. This is a known upstream bug in grep, which has since been fixed upst

Re: clipboard issue

2008-09-24 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 06:26:04PM -0500, Brandon Metcalf wrote: >I'm trying to get copy and paste working between X applications and >Windows. I'm running Cygwin 1.5.23(0.156/4/2) on Windows XP >Professional. When I run startx, the last lines are > > winProcSetSelectionOwner - Clipboard not yet

clipboard issue

2008-09-24 Thread Brandon Metcalf
I'm trying to get copy and paste working between X applications and Windows. I'm running Cygwin 1.5.23(0.156/4/2) on Windows XP Professional. When I run startx, the last lines are winProcSetSelectionOwner - Clipboard not yet started, aborting winProcSetSelectionOwner - Clipboard not yet star

Bug in grep when -i used with -o and/or --color=auto

2008-09-24 Thread Gary Johnson
Cygwin's grep appears to give incorrect results when given the -i option in combination with the --color=auto and/or -o options. For example, grep --color=auto You /etc/motd prints the line You are successfully logged in to this server!!! as expected, with "You" in red. However, while

Re: Problem to open big selfextracting Zip files from bash - starting from scratch :-)

2008-09-24 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 01:06:55PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >It probably will not make a difference but it seems like you really should >be trying to set the size to something noticeably larger than the size of >your gzip files. zip cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/m

Re: Problem to open big selfextracting Zip files from bash - starting from scratch :-)

2008-09-24 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 06:51:28PM +0200, Dirk Napierala wrote: > Hello again, > > I think it would be the best to give this topic a new start from scratch > trying to add some more input from our side. > > We discovered an issue trying to open big selfextracting zip files. > Trying to do so resul

Re: [list format infractions] Sorry, trying to correct going forward...

2008-09-24 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:07:11PM -0400, Barry Smith at SourceLink wrote: >Sorry. I agree with "top-post" and "full-quote" so that readers will >get the full context of the thread without having to look elsewhere in >other posts (or emails). This is your last warning. Stop the off-topic posts

Problem to open big selfextracting Zip files from bash - starting from scratch :-)

2008-09-24 Thread Dirk Napierala
Hello again, I think it would be the best to give this topic a new start from scratch trying to add some more input from our side. We discovered an issue trying to open big selfextracting zip files. Trying to do so result in the following error: ./*selfextracting_zipfile*.exe bash: ./*selfextr

[list format infractions] Sorry, trying to correct going forward...

2008-09-24 Thread Barry Smith at SourceLink
Eric: Sorry. I agree with "top-post" and "full-quote" so that readers will get the full context of the thread without having to look elsewhere in other posts (or emails). I understand that it is bandwidth overhead, but my comment is not the only point being made on the thread, and to slight

Re: [OT] polite response to rather rude reponse...

2008-09-24 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 03:11:28PM +, Robinson, Paul T (NonStop) wrote: >cgf wrote: >>We tend to react strongly to suggestions that Cygwin, which runs in user >>space, could cause something like a BSOD. Windows is far from a perfect >>OS but running a simple user program should not crash it.

RE: [OT] polite response to rather rude reponse...

2008-09-24 Thread Robinson, Paul T (NonStop)
>We tend to react strongly to suggestions that Cygwin, which runs in user >space, could cause something like a BSOD. Windows is far from a perfect >OS but running a simple user program should not crash it. That doesn't >mean that there it is impossible for a simple user program to crash it >but i

Re: Problem to open big selfextracting Zip files from bash -- Back to the problem -- Multiple Environment discussion

2008-09-24 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 03:32:19PM +0200, Dirk Napierala wrote: > Hey guys > > Can we have one of the cygwin developers trying to reproduce our issue. > The -- Multiple Environment discussion part of this thread seems to went > a little bit of topic from the root cause of the real problem. > > Hopi

Re: [OT] polite response to not so polite response - Andrew...

2008-09-24 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:39:33AM -0400, Barry Smith at SourceLink wrote: >On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 05:57:53AM -0400, Andrew Schulman wrote: >>OK, HE'S RIGHT! >Thank you. > >>And here comes Barry, posting for the first time ever, and he is >>showing us a thing or two! > >Thank you, again. This dis

RE: [OT] polite response to not so polite response - Andrew...

2008-09-24 Thread Barry Smith at SourceLink
Andrew: >OK, HE'S RIGHT! Thank you. >And here comes Barry, posting for the first time ever, and he is showing us a thing or two! Thank you, again. Actually, the cygwin manual details the process of executing Windows and DOS commandline tools (rar is only one example) from a cygwin script. If t

Re: [OT] polite response to polite response - Brian...

2008-09-24 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 05:57:53AM -0400, Andrew Schulman wrote: >>I was merely pointing out (subtly and repetitively) that cygwin is an >>application layer on top of Windows. > >WOW! Are you sure? Wait a minute, let me check this out... > >OK, HE'S RIGHT! Christopher and Corinna, can we please br

Re: [OT] polite response to polite response - Brian...

2008-09-24 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:57:47AM -, John Emmas wrote: > From: "Barry Smith at SourceLink" >>As a programmer, my first assumption is that I messed up, not that the >>compiler is broken or Windoze is broken (like there has ever been a >>stable version of Windoze). >> >Can't disagree with that -

Re: Problem to open big selfextracting Zip files from bash -- Back to the problem -- Multiple Environment discussion

2008-09-24 Thread Dirk Napierala
Hey guys Can we have one of the cygwin developers trying to reproduce our issue. The -- Multiple Environment discussion part of this thread seems to went a little bit of topic from the root cause of the real problem. Hoping for your guys understanding that we don't want to raise some kind of con

Re: Source of gnuplot 4.2.4 is avalable on SourceForge

2008-09-24 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
> Peter Rosin writes: > Den 2008-09-24 10:58, skrev Tatsuro MATSUOKA: >> Hello >> >> Source of gnuplot 4.2.4 is avalable on SourceForge. >> >> http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=2055 > A gnuplot update is already in the queue. Please see

Re: [OT] polite response to polite response - Brian...

2008-09-24 Thread John Emmas
- Original Message - From: "Barry Smith at SourceLink" . As a programmer, my first assumption is that I messed up, not that the compiler is broken or Windoze is broken (like there has ever been a stable version of Windoze). Can't disagree with that - except to point out that there's neve

Re: Source of gnuplot 4.2.4 is avalable on SourceForge

2008-09-24 Thread Peter Rosin
Den 2008-09-24 10:58, skrev Tatsuro MATSUOKA: > Hello > > Source of gnuplot 4.2.4 is avalable on SourceForge. > > http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=2055 A gnuplot update is already in the queue. Please see: http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-08/msg00563.html I have

Re: [OT] polite response to polite response - Brian...

2008-09-24 Thread Andrew Schulman
> I was merely pointing out (subtly and repetitively) that > cygwin is an application layer on top of Windows. WOW! Are you sure? Wait a minute, let me check this out... OK, HE'S RIGHT! Christopher and Corinna, can we please bring this guy on as some kind of paid consultant? I think you migh

Source of gnuplot 4.2.4 is avalable on SourceForge

2008-09-24 Thread Tatsuro MATSUOKA
Hello Source of gnuplot 4.2.4 is avalable on SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=2055 Regards Tatsuro -- Enjoy MLB with MAJOR.JP! Ichiro, Matsuzaka, Matsui, and more! http://pr.mail.yahoo.co.jp/mlb/ -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: slow filesystem access mc start take sometimes 1 sec sometimes upto 7 sec or sometimes more

2008-09-24 Thread Bernd Roesch
Hello Larry On 23.09.08, you wrote: > Bernd Roesch wrote: >> Hello Larry >> >> On 23.09.08, you wrote: >> >>> '.' as a directory in a path signifies the "current" directory. You >>> don't want to specify this for any path in your '/etc/passwd' file. As >>> for the slowdown you experienced, I ex