1.7.9: g_spawn with envp set doesn't see my envp unless it's setting PATH

I have code that calls g_spawn_sync and sets an environment variable. The program that I am spawning simply dumps out the environment and exits. I found some odd behavior when running this test app on Cygwin, if I set any random variable, like "HELLO=world" it is not passed to the child. Howe

1.7.9: where are ns_get16 and ns_name_ntop defined?

I cannot find ns_get16 and ns_name_ntop defined in libresolv or anywhere else for that matter. For example, the following sample code compiles and links fine on Ubuntu 10.04, but on Cygwin it has missing symbols: #include int main() { char *dst; unsigned int ux; int x = ns_name_n

Re: 1.7.9: Problem with line endings of Perl output redirected to a file with textmode mounting

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Reini Urban wrote: > 2011/5/24 Reini Urban: >> 2011/5/18 Sven Severus: >>> Ups! The original sequence starting at offset 4095 (0xfff) >>> became a three character sequence ! The is duplicated! >>> >>> In other files created by Perl with output redirection I ob

Re: 1.7.9: Problem with line endings of Perl output redirected to a file with textmode mounting

2011/5/24 Reini Urban: > 2011/5/18 Sven Severus: >> let me report a strange behaviour with Cygwin Perl (I'm using cygwin1.dll >> 1.7.9-1, full installation 2 weeks ago). >> >> File foo.h is an ordinary text file, all lines are terminated with DOS >> style line endings (hex: 0d 0a). >> It is locat

Re: mintty and mouse cursor

On 06/06/11 22:48, Andy Koppe wrote: GNOME Terminal and KDE Konsole use the same approach of relying on a desktop-wide setting, hence I think that's appropriate for the "Windows Desktop Environment" terminal too. Any excuse to avoid yet another option. ;) Indeed. Though options are nice! -- An