Re: Is /usr/src/cygutils-1.4.6-1.cygport is out of date?

On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 00:29 -0400, Charles Wilson wrote: > On 10/25/2011 11:26 PM, Charles Wilson wrote: > > On 10/25/2011 8:58 PM, Regid Ichira wrote: > >> Don't HOMEPAGE and SRC_URI carry only up to 1.4.2 ? > >> I wonder if the other information is up to date. > > > > Nah, I've just been forgetti

Re: Is /usr/src/cygutils-1.4.6-1.cygport is out of date?

On 10/25/2011 11:26 PM, Charles Wilson wrote: On 10/25/2011 8:58 PM, Regid Ichira wrote: Don't HOMEPAGE and SRC_URI carry only up to 1.4.2 ? I wonder if the other information is up to date. Nah, I've just been forgetting to upload the "basic" tarballs. Since there is a one-to-one correspondenc

Re: 1.7.9: stat --append-exe option is ineffective (coreutils-8.10-1)

On 10/01/2011 05:58 PM, GV wrote: Hi, The cygwin-specific `--append-exe' option (announced here [1]) is ineffective for stat command (it works fine for ls). Here is a simple test case to reproduce the problem. This command should print "bash.exe": $ (cd /bin && /usr/bin/stat -t --append-exe ba

Re: question on backup

On 10/27/2011 7:18 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 07:30:04AM -0400, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: Ken Brown sent the following at Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:26 AM On 10/27/2011 3:24 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: My question is how do I get an archive of what

Re: Request update of TCL and expect packages

On 10/27/2011 2:40 PM, Craig Miller wrote: > Thank you for the additional information, Marco. > > If it is of any assistance to Christopher Faylor, I believe the > tcl/expect and dependent packages have been upgraded on sourceware > , perhaps the

Re: Request update of TCL and expect packages

On 10/27/2011 4:07 PM, Charles Wilson wrote: > Please don't top-post. Reformatted below. And don't quote people's email address. > On 10/27/2011 2:43 PM, Craig Miller wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Dave wrote: like we both did. (Sorry, Dave). -- Chuck -- Problem reports:

Re: Request update of TCL and expect packages

Please don't top-post. Reformatted below. On 10/27/2011 2:43 PM, Craig Miller wrote: > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Dave wrote: >> I hope this isn't a dumb question... No, it's not a dumb question, but... >> Since TCL is designed to support multiple versions installed simultaneously, >> a

Re: gdb 7.3.50-2 crash

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 08:11:39AM -0400, Ken Brown wrote: >On 10/16/2011 7:01 AM, Ken Brown wrote: >> gdb 7.3.50-2 crashes with a segfault if a file is loaded and the >> following two command lines are sent: >> >> server interpreter mi "-file-list-exec-source-files" >> server list > >I don't know

Re: Request update of TCL and expect packages

Dave, This sounds like a not unreasonable solution (having 2 sets of tcl/expect packages). I can see that there might be a confusion factor for newbies, so it would be good to get a few more opinions. If it is acceptable, I would happily contribute/maintain the TCL 8.5, expect 5.45 packages. reg

Re: Request update of TCL and expect packages

Thank you for the additional information, Marco. If it is of any assistance to Christopher Faylor, I believe the tcl/expect and dependent packages have been upgraded on sourceware , perhaps the upgrade will not be that time consuming. regards,

Re: Request update of TCL and expect packages

On 10/26/2011 3:27 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote: After chatting with Craig I dug the archives and I presume the main issue is how to upgrade tcl/tk and all the packages that depend froms it assuming that everything works and nothing is broken. The problem was already mentioned long time ago I hope t

Re: exim-4.76-1 fails to remove lock ... and Cygwin xterm and emacs-X11 broken...

Thank you so much for your help. I'm doing this right now... Perhaps this will fix my X11 problems (with xterm and emacs-X11) as well... Let's see... bunzipped... moved... stopped Cygwin servers... renamed /bin/cygwin1.dll... restarted servers... (they work)... Cygwin shell ... works... sent mai

Re: gdb cygutils:/bin/mkshortcut.exe

On 10/27/2011 9:16 AM, Regid Ichira wrote: I have a problem with /bin/mkshortcut.exe from the cygutils package. It was mentioned here a few days ago. The list archive has records of a similar problem from about a year and a half ago. I am considering trying to run it under gdb. I guess

RE: exim-4.76-1 fails to remove lock from spooler on delivery

> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner on behalf Of Corinna Vinschen > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 3:47 AM > > On Oct 26 16:33, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: > > I was able to replicate the problem on Windows 7: > > The delivery process crashes because it can't load winmm.dll > > > >

Re: question on backup

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 07:30:04AM -0400, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: >Ken Brown sent the following at Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:26 AM >>On 10/27/2011 3:24 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: >>> My question is how do I get an archive of what cygwin packages I have >>> installed. >> >>/et

gdb cygutils:/bin/mkshortcut.exe

I have a problem with /bin/mkshortcut.exe from the cygutils package. It was mentioned here a few days ago. The list archive has records of a similar problem from about a year and a half ago. I am considering trying to run it under gdb. I guess that the shortest way to add debugging symbol

Re: gdb 7.3.50-2 crash

On 10/16/2011 7:01 AM, Ken Brown wrote: gdb 7.3.50-2 crashes with a segfault if a file is loaded and the following two command lines are sent: server interpreter mi "-file-list-exec-source-files" server list I don't know if it helps, but I've modified the STC from http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/

RE: question on backup

Ken Brown sent the following at Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:26 AM >On 10/27/2011 3:24 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: >> My question is how do I get an archive of what cygwin packages I have >> installed. > >/etc/setup/installed.db or sed -n -e '2,$s/ .*$//p' /etc/setup/installed.db or to feed int

Re: question on backup

On 10/27/2011 3:24 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Hello to all: My question is how do I get an archive of what cygwin packages I have installed. /etc/setup/installed.db Ken -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

Re: Problems installing Imaging-1.1.7

On 10/27/2011 6:23 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote: On 10/27/2011 11:31 AM, Edvardsen Kåre wrote: I’m not able to install Imaging-1.1.7, and I assume it has something to do with the Tcl/Tk dll’s TCL/TK is under revision, http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2011-10/msg00083.html so eventually the next vers

Re: Problems installing Imaging-1.1.7

On 10/27/2011 11:31 AM, Edvardsen Kåre wrote: I’m not able to install Imaging-1.1.7, and I assume it has something to do with the Tcl/Tk dll’s TCL/TK is under revision, http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2011-10/msg00083.html so eventually the next version will be more friendly I’ve tried the

Problems installing Imaging-1.1.7

I’m not able to install Imaging-1.1.7, and I assume it has something to do with the Tcl/Tk dll’s I’ve tried the various rebase solutions as suggested in the list (and a lot of googling), but no luck whatsoever. Here is the output when trying to run the setup script. $ python setup.py build runni

Re: exim-4.76-1 fails to remove lock from spooler on delivery

On Oct 26 16:33, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Zdzislaw Meglicki > > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 13:43 PM > > > > Hello Pierre, > > > > We are getting somewhere. First, the system went down, because it was > > patching itself and needed to reboot. Normal

question on backup

Hello to all: My question is how do I get an archive of what cygwin packages I have installed. I have googled and only find info on how to do a full backup of the tree. I did a bit of a hunt through the cygwin email archives but only found one tidbit about "something used to work but doesn't n