Re: My bash shell suddenly has "X-ray vision"

2010-09-26 Thread Andy Koppe
On 27 September 2010 04:27, SJ Wright wrote: >>> Or is it just the difference in encodings? >>> >>> In scripts and config/convenience files like .bashrc or .bash_aliases, it >>> can >>>  see *through* "crunches" (#), which are supposed to make a line of text >>> invisible to a shell >>> >>> Could

Re: My bash shell suddenly has "X-ray vision"

2010-09-26 Thread SJ Wright
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: On 9/25/2010 9:27 PM, SJ Wright wrote: Or is it just the difference in encodings? In scripts and config/convenience files like .bashrc or .bash_aliases, it can see *through* "crunches" (#), which are supposed to make a line of text invisible to a shell Could it b

Re: setup.exe: How to install sources from the command line?

2010-09-26 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 9/26/2010 5:56 PM, Al wrote: When I open the shell for the first time, the user directory is created. Is there a trigger to reach this without manually opening a login shell? The check is in '/etc/profile'. It's just checking if "$HOME" exists. -- Larry Hall ht

Re: cygwin : bash doesn't recognize BackSpace

2010-09-26 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 9/26/2010 9:30 AM, MikeS wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin cygwin.com> writes: On 5/27/2010 10:11 AM, RISINGP1 nationwide.com wrote: I was having trouble with the backspace key, but it was with pdksh, so I don't know if this will work for you, but it is worth a try... Andy Koppe gmail.com>

Re: My bash shell suddenly has "X-ray vision"

2010-09-26 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 9/25/2010 9:27 PM, SJ Wright wrote: Or is it just the difference in encodings? In scripts and config/convenience files like .bashrc or .bash_aliases, it can see *through* "crunches" (#), which are supposed to make a line of text invisible to a shell Could it be because I added a LANG varia

Re: setup.exe: How to install sources from the command line?

2010-09-26 Thread Al
2010/9/26 Al : > Hi, > > Google wasn't my friend here. I managed to install packages with the > --category and --packages option of setup.exe.  I didn't find out how > to install sources. > There is a second cygwin setup skripting question. When I open the shell for the first time, the user direc

setup.exe: How to install sources from the command line?

2010-09-26 Thread Al
Hi, Google wasn't my friend here. I managed to install packages with the --category and --packages option of setup.exe. I didn't find out how to install sources. Thanks Al -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

Re: Cygwin slow on x64 systems

2010-09-26 Thread Christopher Faylor
> new snapshot now. Could you try it when it shows up? > >Services now run normally with the 20100926 snapshot. Thanks, Sigh. Too bad. There's a noticeable slowdown from the additional code in that snapshot. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

Re: Cygwin slow on x64 systems

2010-09-26 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
process terminated unexpectedly. > > > >What further information can I provide? > > I just activated some code that I'd hoped was unnecessary. I'm building a > new snapshot now. Could you try it when it shows up? Services now run normally with the 20100926 snapshot.

Test installation of Sources Bugzilla upgraded to 3.6.2 available for testing

2010-09-26 Thread Frédéric Buclin
Hello everybody, Now that GCC Bugzilla has been successfully upgraded to version 3.6.2 last Thursday, it's now time to upgrade Sources Bugzilla (which is still running a version released in 2003!). I built a test installation available at: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla-test/ Please test it as

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Testing: mintty-0.9b2-1

2010-09-26 Thread Andy Koppe
mintty 0.9b2-1 is on its way to the Cygwin mirrors. This is a test release. To install it using setup.exe, find mintty on the package selection screen and click on the cycle symbol by its version number until the required version appears. Make sure the checkbox in the 'Bin?' column next to it is t

Re: Cygwin slow on x64 systems

2010-09-26 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 12:54:58AM -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: >On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 20:36 -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 07:22:27PM -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: >> >cygserver starts but other services (messagebus, syslog-ng) do not with >> >20100919 snapshot. >

Re: cygwin : bash doesn't recognize BackSpace

2010-09-26 Thread MikeS
Larry Hall (Cygwin cygwin.com> writes: > > On 5/27/2010 10:11 AM, RISINGP1 nationwide.com wrote: > > I was having trouble with the backspace key, but it was with pdksh, so I > > don't know if this will work for you, but it is worth a try... > > > > Andy Koppe gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> From th