[ANNOUNCEMENT] gmp-4.3.1-1 for cygwin-1.7

2009-05-23 Thread David Billinghurst
Version 4.3.1-1 of gmp, libgmp3, libgmpxx4 and libgmp-devel for cygwin-1.7 have been uploaded. PACKAGE DESCRIPTION === Homepage: http://gmplib.org/ License : GNU LGPL GMP is a free library for arbitrary precision arithmetic, operating on signed integers, rational numbers, and f

Re: Static linking issue under cygwin.

2009-05-23 Thread Dave Korn
Vladimir A. Petrov wrote: >> with embedded spaces because they subject them to unquoted shell handling, >> which treats the space as a word-separator. So, it's not "worse", but it is >> "unusual and therefore less well tested and therefore more prone to bugs". > > Guys, we are talking not about g

Re: File by file encryption instead of filesystem encryption

2009-05-23 Thread wynfield
Re: Kelly Jones wrote: > Are there any cygwin/Windows programs that will encrypt a file, but > leave it usable, similar to what TrueCrypt does for filesystems? > . It might be safest to use GnuPG, the Gnu Privacy Guard. For you case using one of its Symmetric ciphers to encypt the file sh

FW: Rsync question on version 3.0.4

2009-05-23 Thread Jan Alphenaar
FYI -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Jan Alphenaar [mailto:jan.alphen...@dotcolour.com] Verzonden: zaterdag 23 mei 2009 20:18 Aan: 'Lapo Luchini' Onderwerp: RE: Rsync question on version 3.0.4 Hi Lapo, Thanks for giving an answer. Without the -p option the rights on the directory on my lo

Re: Static linking issue under cygwin.

2009-05-23 Thread Vladimir A. Petrov
Charles, 2009/5/24 Charles Wilson : > Good: > gcc -Wall -I /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/PostgreSQL/8.2/include/ -L > /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/PostgreSQL/8.2/lib -o pgtest.exe > pgtest.c -lpq Thanks a lot! It works. Hence problem is closed. --- /vap/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/

Re: Static linking issue under cygwin.

2009-05-23 Thread Charles Wilson
Vladimir A. Petrov wrote: > Hello! > > I've faced with strange static linking issue in Cygwin environment. > Trivial C program can not be linked against PostgreSQL libpq with the > following diagnostics: > > $ gcc -Wall -I /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/PostgreSQL/8.2/include/ -L > /cygdrive/c/Progra

Re: Static linking issue under cygwin.

2009-05-23 Thread Vladimir A. Petrov
> with embedded spaces because they subject them to unquoted shell handling, > which treats the space as a word-separator.  So, it's not "worse", but it is > "unusual and therefore less well tested and therefore more prone to bugs". Guys, we are talking not about good and bad paths, but about some

Re: Static linking issue under cygwin.

2009-05-23 Thread Dave Korn
Vladimir A. Petrov wrote: > By the way > why "Program Files" directory is worse than others if it easily can be > accessed by the fully qualified path? Try to say that it is strange > enough to the PostgreSQL guys, they are decided to put their libs > there, not I, I've just used default installeti

Re: Static linking issue under cygwin.

2009-05-23 Thread Dave Korn
Tim Prince wrote: > Vladimir A. Petrov wrote: > >> I've faced with strange static linking issue in Cygwin environment. >> Trivial C program can not be linked against PostgreSQL libpq with the >> following diagnostics: >> >> $ gcc -Wall -I /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/PostgreSQL/8.2/include/ -L >> /c

Re: Static linking issue under cygwin.

2009-05-23 Thread Vladimir A. Petrov
Hi, Tim, 2009/5/23 Tim Prince : > Vladimir A. Petrov wrote: > > Not strange, when gnu ld depends on order of libraries for static linking. >  ld doesn't rescan libraries when new references are added after the scan. >  It's strange enough to attempt to link libraries installed under "Program > Fil

Re: Static linking issue under cygwin.

2009-05-23 Thread Tim Prince
Vladimir A. Petrov wrote: > I've faced with strange static linking issue in Cygwin environment. > Trivial C program can not be linked against PostgreSQL libpq with the > following diagnostics: > > $ gcc -Wall -I /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/PostgreSQL/8.2/include/ -L > /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Po

Re: File by file encryption instead of filesystem encryption

2009-05-23 Thread KHMan
Kelly Jones wrote: Are there any cygwin/Windows programs that will encrypt a file, but leave it usable, similar to what TrueCrypt does for filesystems? [snip] However, encryptfs is still encrypted, and you can copy it to make encrypted backups. This is great in theory, but has some problems in pr

Re: File by file encryption instead of filesystem encryption

2009-05-23 Thread Barry Kelly
Kelly Jones wrote: > Are there any cygwin/Windows programs that will encrypt a file, but > leave it usable, similar to what TrueCrypt does for filesystems? What's wrong with Windows EFS (encrypting file system)? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encrypting_File_System Command-line, cipher /e on a fr

File by file encryption instead of filesystem encryption

2009-05-23 Thread Kelly Jones
Are there any cygwin/Windows programs that will encrypt a file, but leave it usable, similar to what TrueCrypt does for filesystems? TrueCrypt takes a large file (call it "encryptfs") and mounts it on a drive (call it "M:"). After you enter your passphrase, Windows sees M: as a normal drive. Howe

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: SuiteSparse-3.4.0-2

2009-05-23 Thread Marco Atzeri
New versions of SuiteSparse / libSuiteSparse-devel 3.4.0-2 for cygwin-1.7 are available in the Cygwin distribution: These are new upstream versions SuiteSparse is library for sparse matrix. It is used to compile Octave Marco Atzeri ***

Re: Rsync question on version 3.0.4

2009-05-23 Thread Lapo Luchini
Jan Alphenaar wrote: > When I copy over a directory from my server to my local pc with rsync, it is > not possible to open the local directory Do you mean the origin has 644 files and the destination has 000 file permissions? Also as you're not using -p the destination file permission are not cop

Rsync question on version 3.0.4

2009-05-23 Thread Jan Alphenaar
Hi everybody, I have just downloaded the latest version of rsync (3.0.4) available via the CygWin setup tool. Unfortunately, it does not behave as expected. I would appreciate if anybody can give me a hand with this issue. When I copy over a directory from my server to my local pc with rsync, it