[Packaging error] util-linux-2.14.1-1

Hi /usr/bin/wall.exe and /usr/share/man/man1/wall.1.gz conflict with files from sysvinit-2.86-3 Ciao Volker -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http:

[Packaging error] botan-1.8.2-1

Hi Wrong documentation directory: /usr/docs/Botan-1.8.2 -> /usr/share/doc/botan Ciao Volker -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/m

[Packaging error] c3270/tcl3270/s3270/pr3287/x3270

Hi The binaries from the following packages are missing the .exe extension. c3270-3.3.4p7-2 pr3287-3.3.4p7-2 s3270-3.3.4p7-2 tcl3270-3.3.4p7-2 The following package is using the wrong directory for it's man page: x3270-3.3.4p7-2 /usr/man/man1/x3270.1 -> /usr/share/man/man1/x3270.

Re: Is it possible to run a bash script using cygwin without login to the cygwin's terminal?

On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 02:56:34PM +0800, Hongyi Zhao wrote: >Hi all, > >Is it possible to run a bash script using cygwin without login to the >cygwin's terminal? For example, in order to run the script, just >double click on it. Yes: c:\cygwin\bin\bash script You'll probably want to add cygwin

Is it possible to run a bash script using cygwin without login to the cygwin's terminal?

Hi all, Is it possible to run a bash script using cygwin without login to the cygwin's terminal? For example, in order to run the script, just double click on it. Best regards. -- .: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/pro

RE: Changing .ini file searched for by setup-legacy.exe

ygwin issue, I stand corrected. Thanks as always for your time and support. At least I learnt something, which for me is the main thing. H. __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4845 (20100207) __ The message was checked by ESET Sma

Re: poll() on fifo read descriptor with non-zero timeout ==> segfault

Hi again, More information on this issue: My test case runs correctly and crash-free in Linux. This leads me to believe this is a bug in Cygwin's poll(). Even worse, after having adapted the test case to use select() instead of poll(), it appears that select() has the same bug. I've been trying t

Re: Changing .ini file searched for by setup-legacy.exe

On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 08:26:50PM -, Hussein Patwa wrote: >On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 08:12:02PM +, Andy Koppe wrote: >>On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 08:47:43PM +0100, Hussein Patwa wrote: >>>I realise the older version of Cygwin is no longer supported, but would >>>anyone know if there is a way to

RE: Changing .ini file searched for by setup-legacy.exe

curity, version of virus signature database 4845 (20100207) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. Email message - is OK http://www.eset.com -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http:/

Re: Changing .ini file searched for by setup-legacy.exe

Hussein Patwa: > I realise the older version of Cygwin is no longer supported, but would > anyone know if there is a way to change the setup.ini that the legacy > setup looks for on the mirror? I don't know of a way short of hacking the source. > I have to install the legacy setup as the Rockbox

Changing .ini file searched for by setup-legacy.exe

Hi, I realise the older version of Cygwin is no longer supported, but would anyone know if there is a way to change the setup.ini that the legacy setup looks for on the mirror? I have to install the legacy setup as the Rockbox development packages I want to use don't support Cygwin 1.7. However,

Re: Looking for a 1.5 build setup program - Help Please

>> Could someone here be kind enough to either direct me to or send me >> (off-list) a setup program for one of the cygwin 1.5 builds? Some >> packages I wish to use (Rockbox development) don't seem to be compatible >> with the 1.7 release. > > http://cygwin.com/win-9x.html Hi, Thanks, much app

[Packaging error] tig-0.15-1

Hi The executable is missing the .exe extension. Ciao Volker -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: Wrong setup.exe on http://www.cygwin.com/

On 2010/02/07 8:18 AM, Dave Korn wrote: > These both work: > > http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe?&go_away_proxy! > http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe?go_away_proxy! Nice. But of course, you would only try this if you suspect you're getting a stale 'setup.exe' from a web cache. On the server side (a

Re: ActiveState Perl and Cygwin How To

raphael() wrote: > The problem is that AS Perl cannot find the Perl script I invoke on > the command line as the script's PATH that Cygwin reports to AS Perl > is a unix one i.e. /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/.../bin whereas AS Perl > requires it in C:\cygwin\home\...\bin\. The Perl script is in PATH. >

Re: quilt not working on FAT with cyg 1.7 due to cp -l

On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 02:39:59PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: >quilt has stopped on FAT volumes with cygwin 1.7 because hard links are >not emulated by cygwin any more and thus the cp -l calls and such done >by quilt fail. If quilt was relying on hardlinks on FAT then it was never actually work

Re: Wrong setup.exe on http://www.cygwin.com/

On 07/02/2010 14:38, David Balažic wrote: > Another simple trick that usually works is to append > ?some-random-stuff to the url, like: > > http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe&go_away_proxy! Forgot that one, but you typo'd: it has to have an actual '?' in there, or the '&' doesn't get taken as part

ActiveState Perl and Cygwin How To

Hello, I have been using Cygwin for quite some time now on Windows XP. I use Perl extensively and the scripts I use/create are fairly portable. I want to use ActiveState Perl as I can install many modules from CPAN that give me trouble in Cygwin using cpan install ... The problem is that AS Perl

Re: Wrong setup.exe on http://www.cygwin.com/

On 3 February 2010 13:46, Dave Korn wrote: > On 03/02/2010 08:16, Morten Kjærulff wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I tried downloading http://www.cygwin.com//setup.exe (note 2 //), and >> got 2.680. http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe is still 2.674 for me. > >  You found a clever way to trick the caching proxy th

Re: Looking for a 1.5 build setup program - Help Please

On 2010-02-07 12:59Z, Hussein Patwa wrote: > > Could someone here be kind enough to either direct me to or send me > (off-list) a setup program for one of the cygwin 1.5 builds? Some > packages I wish to use (Rockbox development) don't seem to be compatible > with the 1.7 release. http://cygwin.

Want to find the rsync server which has the fastest transfer speed for me.

Hi all, I know the following cygwin rsync servers which can be used from my location: rsync://ftp.kaist.ac.kr/cygwin/ rsync://mirror.averse.net/cygwin/ rsync://gd.tuwien.ac.at/gnu/cygwin/ rsync://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ rsync://ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de/cygwin/ rsync://ftp.es

quilt not working on FAT with cyg 1.7 due to cp -l

Hello, quilt has stopped on FAT volumes with cygwin 1.7 because hard links are not emulated by cygwin any more and thus the cp -l calls and such done by quilt fail. Samuel -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {lcms/liblcms1/liblcms-devel}-1.19-1: Little color management engine

Hi New versions of 'lcms/liblcms1/liblcms-devel' have been uploaded to a server near you. Cygwin NEWS: o Build for cygwin 1.7.1 with gcc-4 lcms NEWS: === o fixed copyright notice in some files o fixed minor vulnerabilities o removed cosmetic comparation with z

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {libidn/libidn11/libidn-devel}-1.16-1: International Domain Name library

Hi New versions of 'libidn/libidn11/libidn-devel' have been uploaded to a server near you. o Build for cygwin 1.7.1 with gcc-4 libidn NEWS: === ** java: Add a Maven pom.xml project file. Contributed by Guus der Kinderen . ** Fix a link error on MinGW. ** API and ABI is ba

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {libtasn1/libtasn13/libtasn1-devel}-2.4-1: Tiny ASN.1 library

Hi New versions of 'libtasn1/libtasn13/libtasn1-devel' have been uploaded to a server near you. o Build for cygwin 1.7.1 with gcc-4 libtasn1 NEWS: === * Noteworthy changes in release 2.4 (2010-01-18) [stable] - Doc fixes. - Updated gnulib files. - Clean up copyright notices

Re: xls to text conversion ?

Dear all, I did not manage to get the perl codes running properly, but then again, I did not invest too much time in it and I am not familiar with perl. I did come across a xls2csv executable, which runs smoothly under cygwin and can be easily lined up with (g)awk and sed to get to what I wanted.