Re: Contributing license information?

Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Aug 19 11:09, Luke Kendall wrote: Soon, I will have prepared a list of the location of every license file in every Cygwin package. My motivation is to make it easy for people to find the license information, if they need it. (Preparing this information has require

Re: Question about Cygwin's select()

On 10/19/2011 4:30 PM, Jon Clugston wrote: On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Ken Brown wrote: On 10/19/2011 1:32 PM, Ken Brown wrote: On 10/19/2011 12:22 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 04:49:10PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Oct 19 09:28, Ken Brown wrote: I'm

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: binutils-2.22.51-1

On 18/10/2011 3:03 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: I've made a new version of binutils available for installation. This is a refresh against CVS. The contents of the NEWS file for this snapshot are in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/binutils-2.22.51-1.README . The main reason for the release is to pull in

Re: building a cygwin aware GHC

Nathan Thern writes: > The problem with GHC is that the windows version is compiled with > MinGW, and cygwin is considered to be nothing other than a MinGW > alternative. IOW, the source code is riddled with assumptions that if > you are building GHC with cygwin then what you want in the end is a >

building a cygwin aware GHC

I am attempting (for probably the tenth time) to compile the GHC haskell compiler. The problem with GHC is that the windows version is compiled with MinGW, and cygwin is considered to be nothing other than a MinGW alternative. IOW, the source code is riddled with assumptions that if you are buildi

Re: Question about Cygwin's select()

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Ken Brown wrote: > On 10/19/2011 1:32 PM, Ken Brown wrote: >> >> On 10/19/2011 12:22 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 04:49:10PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Oct 19 09:28, Ken Brown wrote: > > I'm trying to debug

Re: Question about Cygwin's select()

On 10/19/2011 1:32 PM, Ken Brown wrote: On 10/19/2011 12:22 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 04:49:10PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Oct 19 09:28, Ken Brown wrote: I'm trying to debug an emacs problem, and I'm running into something I don't understand involving Cygwin

Re: Question about Cygwin's select()

On 10/19/2011 12:22 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 04:49:10PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Oct 19 09:28, Ken Brown wrote: I'm trying to debug an emacs problem, and I'm running into something I don't understand involving Cygwin's select. I'll try to make an STC if ne

Re: How does setup.exe cope with upgrading of already installed packages if there exist modification in installed files?

> > To complete the set, package maintainers have to separately include a > > simple preremove script, e.g. > > Actually, cygport handles (2) as well. No further intervention should > be necessary once make_etc_defaults is called. I was hoping you'd say that. New feature in the last year or two

Re: How does setup.exe cope with upgrading of already installed packages if there exist modification in installed files?

On Wed, 2011-10-19 at 09:27 -0400, Andrew Schulman wrote: > This is up to each package maintainer. Current best practice - at least, > as of a year or two ago when I asked about it on cygwin-apps I think - is > to include: > > (1) a default config file in /etc/defaults/etc; > (2) a preremove scri

Re: rm -rf cannot delete the upmost directory level anymore on a Novell share

Am 2011-10-19 17:45, schrieb Corinna Vinschen: On Oct 19 17:12, Franz Sirl wrote: Hi, sometime between coreutils-7.0 and coreutils-8.4 (sorry, I don't have any other in between versions anymore) this simple command started to fail: # mkdir -p lev1/lev2/lev3 # rm -rfv lev1 removed directory: `l

Re: Question about Cygwin's select()

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 04:49:10PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Oct 19 09:28, Ken Brown wrote: >> I'm trying to debug an emacs problem, and I'm running into something >> I don't understand involving Cygwin's select. I'll try to make an >> STC if necessary, but I thought I'd start with a verb

Re: rm -rf cannot delete the upmost directory level anymore on a Novell share

On Oct 19 17:12, Franz Sirl wrote: > Hi, > > sometime between coreutils-7.0 and coreutils-8.4 (sorry, I don't > have any other in between versions anymore) this simple command > started to fail: > > # mkdir -p lev1/lev2/lev3 > # rm -rfv lev1 > removed directory: `lev1/lev2/lev3' > removed directo

Re: Question about Cygwin's select()

On 10/19/2011 10:49 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Oct 19 09:28, Ken Brown wrote: I'm trying to debug an emacs problem, and I'm running into something I don't understand involving Cygwin's select. I'll try to make an STC if necessary, but I thought I'd start with a verbal description in case th

Re: How to run a bash script that calls a Win exe under Windows without installing Cygwin?

On 10/19/11 00:57, bagvian wrote: Basically, I can copy anything on that machine but I cannot install Cygwin. If you can truly copy "anything" on that machine then why not simply copy :C:\Cygwin to that machine? -- Andrew DeFaria Out of my mind. Back in five minutes. -- P

rm -rf cannot delete the upmost directory level anymore on a Novell share

Hi, sometime between coreutils-7.0 and coreutils-8.4 (sorry, I don't have any other in between versions anymore) this simple command started to fail: # mkdir -p lev1/lev2/lev3 # rm -rfv lev1 removed directory: `lev1/lev2/lev3' removed directory: `lev1/lev2' rm: cannot remove `lev1': Device or

Re: How does setup.exe cope with upgrading of already installed packages if there exist modification in installed files?

On 10/19/2011 09:13, Andrew Schulman wrote: >> How about templates? >> >> For example if package like Mercurial provide >> WEB templates which I like to customize (fix time format to ISO-8601). >> Templates lies in /lib/python2.6/site-packages/mercurial/templates/*. > > It seems that that's someth

Re: Question about Cygwin's select()

On Oct 19 09:28, Ken Brown wrote: > I'm trying to debug an emacs problem, and I'm running into something > I don't understand involving Cygwin's select. I'll try to make an > STC if necessary, but I thought I'd start with a verbal description > in case there's an easy answer. Here's the situation

Re: A quick question regarding a recent commit

On Oct 19 09:58, Andrew Schulman wrote: > > You recently applied a patch to the Cygwin tree regarding Windows > > permissions when logging in via SSH with PubKey authentication (see > > the link below). Another user in the thread confirmed it worked in > > the latest snapshot. I download the latest

Re: How to run a bash script that calls a Win exe under Windows without installing Cygwin?

On 10/19/2011 02:57, bagvian wrote: > Dear all, > > I have gone through Cygwin FAQ and documentation, did some googling > but could not find any answer to my cross system problem. > > I currently work under Win Vista and have a proper Cygwin installation > running perfectly. > I have to perform h

Re: How does setup.exe cope with upgrading of already installed packages if there exist modification in installed files?

> How about templates? > > For example if package like Mercurial provide > WEB templates which I like to customize (fix time format to ISO-8601). > Templates lies in /lib/python2.6/site-packages/mercurial/templates/*. It seems that that's something you'll have to work out with the Mercurial packa

Re: How does setup.exe cope with upgrading of already installed packages if there exist modification in installed files?

19.10.2011 16:27, Andrew Schulman пишет: Also I worry about modification in other config files in /etc (like /etc/apache2/httpd.conf). Are they overwritten on package update? This is up to each package maintainer. Current best practice - at least, as of a year or two ago when I asked about it

Re: A quick question regarding a recent commit

> You recently applied a patch to the Cygwin tree regarding Windows > permissions when logging in via SSH with PubKey authentication (see > the link below). Another user in the thread confirmed it worked in > the latest snapshot. I download the latest cygwin-inst tar ball and > replaced the existin

Question about Cygwin's select()

I'm trying to debug an emacs problem, and I'm running into something I don't understand involving Cygwin's select. I'll try to make an STC if necessary, but I thought I'd start with a verbal description in case there's an easy answer. Here's the situation: emacs creates a subprocess running

Re: How does setup.exe cope with upgrading of already installed packages if there exist modification in installed files?

> Also I worry about modification in other config files in /etc > (like /etc/apache2/httpd.conf). Are they overwritten on package update? This is up to each package maintainer. Current best practice - at least, as of a year or two ago when I asked about it on cygwin-apps I think - is to include:

A quick question regarding a recent commit

Hi Corinna, Apologies for emailing you direct, normally I would go through the mailing lists etc but it's a really quick question which I'm hoping you can answer in about 10 seconds. You recently applied a patch to the Cygwin tree regarding Windows permissions when logging in via SSH wi

How does setup.exe cope with upgrading of already installed packages if there exist modification in installed files?

How does setup.exe cope with upgrading of already installed packages if there exist modification in installed files? I customize HG templates under: /lib/python2.6/site-packages/mercurial/templates/gitweb/* and would like preserve it when update happen. And it will be good to be notified if c

Re: How to run a bash script that calls a Win exe under Windows without installing Cygwin?

19.10.2011 10:57, bagvian пишет: Dear all, I have gone through Cygwin FAQ and documentation, did some googling but could not find any answer to my cross system problem. I currently work under Win Vista and have a proper Cygwin installation running perfectly. I have to perform heavy tests on a W

How to run a bash script that calls a Win exe under Windows without installing Cygwin?

Dear all, I have gone through Cygwin FAQ and documentation, did some googling but could not find any answer to my cross system problem. I currently work under Win Vista and have a proper Cygwin installation running perfectly. I have to perform heavy tests on a Windows console executable program s