Re: What generates colossal 1.4G /usr/share/icons

>> What is it that generates the **absolutely massive** /usr/share/icons/? >> I've had a hunt through "requires:" in setup.ini but got lost. > $ du -sh /usr/share/icons > 114M /usr/share/icons > These icon directories have a _lot_ of symlinks, did you perhaps copy your > installation and flatte

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: lzip-1.17.1 and lziprecover-1.17-1

Version 1.17-1 of lzip and lziprecover has been uploaded for both 32bit and 64bit Cygwin. lzip is an alternative to the bzip2 compressor. lziprecover is responsible for fixing corrupted lzip compressed files. *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** If you want to unsubscribe from

find_fast_cwd : warning : Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer

To who it may concern, I am seeing several of these "Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer" warnings I am compiling an R package. I am using R version 2.15.1 and Rtools version 2.15.0.1919 Rtools includes Cygwin My build system is Windows Server 2012 R2. My previous build system was Windows 7 Enter

Analyzing a SEG FAULT that gdb doesn't help with

've got a program which was running but suddenly does not run. I've been trying to debug in the usual way but all I get is a stackdump. I consulted the internet for advice on how to use a stackdump and it was pretty clear. I also brought LDD into the mix. The IP register when the SEGV occurs is

Re: Aw: Re: Xwin 1.17.2.1 exits early

On 29/07/2015 18:49, Rainer Blome wrote: Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29. Juli 2015 um 18:14 Uhr Von: "Jon TURNEY" >I think this is saying that using the start menu shortcuts doesn't work, >but I'm not sure. Yes, a few months ago, they stopped working for me. For my report this is "merely" context, alth

[ANNOUNCEMENT] TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 2.2.0-0.5

Hi Cygwin friends and users, I released a new TEST version of Cygwin. The version number is 2.2.0-0.5. New in this version: - In https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-patches/2015-q3/msg00010.html Roman Petrovski points out that RtlFillMemory and RtlCopyMemory only work for memory regions up to 2 G

Aw: Re: Xwin 1.17.2.1 exits early

  Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29. Juli 2015 um 18:14 Uhr Von: "Jon TURNEY" > I think this is saying that using the start menu shortcuts doesn't work, > but I'm not sure. Yes, a few months ago, they stopped working for me. For my report this is "merely" context, although I would appreciate it if they work

Re: Problems running "hg convert" with "subversion[-python]" 1.8.13-2

Matt Mackall wrote: > On Wed, 2015-07-29 at 12:48 +0200, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/libsvn/core.py", line 7285, in >> >> svn_pool_create() >> TypeError: svn_pool_create() takes exactly 2 arguments (0 given) > > This is apparently known breakage with l

Re: What generates colossal 1.4G /usr/share/icons/

Fergus bonhard.uklinux.net> writes: > What is it that generates the **absolutely massive** /usr/share/icons/? > I've had a hunt through "requires:" in setup.ini but got lost.   $ zgrep -c usr/share/icons/ /etc/setup/*lst.gz | grep -v :0 /etc/setup/adwaita-icon-theme.lst.gz:5135 /etc/setup/emacs.l

RE: httpd immediate segfault on startup

>On 7/26/2015 5:24 PM, Jim Garrison wrote: >> Google turned up one other question citing the same symptoms, but on a >> Chinese website, no answers so far. >> >> cygcheck.out attached >> >> Suggestions on how to troubleshoot? I can provide an strace output >> (67k lines, 460kB gzipped) if desi

Re: Cygwin Shell Fails to Start when Enabling High Address

On Jul 29 13:10, Benjamin Cao wrote: > Hi Corinna, > > I have tried the latest snapshot and have confirmed that with > AllocationPreference enabled, I can start Cygwin without any crashes. Thanks for testing. Unfortunately another bug showed up, so I push the offical release into next week. Th

Re: Xwin 1.17.2.1 exits early

On 28/07/2015 16:43, Rainer Blome wrote: For a few months now, the only way for me to get Cygwin/X to run was to start a Cygwin terminal ("C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -i /Cygwin-Terminal.ico -"), then run "XWin -multiwindow -clipboard" from there, in the foreground. That has worked for many weeks n

Re: Problems running "hg convert" with "subversion[-python]" 1.8.13-2

On Wed, 2015-07-29 at 12:48 +0200, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/libsvn/core.py", line 7285, in > > svn_pool_create() > TypeError: svn_pool_create() takes exactly 2 arguments (0 given) This is apparently known breakage with libsvn's SWIG bindings related

Re: Applications no longer launching from xdg

On 24/07/2015 15:14, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: This seems to be the real error, when I try to start an xterm from the xdg menu: executing 'xterm', pid 11044 pid 11044 exited with status b What is status b? Status 11, but in hexadecimal :) I'm not sure this is a valid exit status, which is perp

Re: httpd immediate segfault on startup

On 7/26/2015 5:24 PM, Jim Garrison wrote: > Updated all cygwin packages to current versions, installed httpd > 2.4.16-1. On startup httpd segfaults: > > Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION at eip=65DC5D78 > eax=8004E028 ebx=0001 ecx= edx=8004DFF0 esi=80014490 > edi=80016498 > ebp=0028C

What generates colossal 1.4G /usr/share/icons/

My preferred version of Cygwin is rather sparse, being Base + a few additions from Utilities + gcc + latex + gnuplot + various minor for Cygwin-X. Recently my footprint grew by much more than 1G. What is it that generates the **absolutely massive** /usr/share/icons/? I've had a hunt through "requi

RE: Cygwin Shell Fails to Start when Enabling High Address

Hi Corinna, I have tried the latest snapshot and have confirmed that with AllocationPreference enabled, I can start Cygwin without any crashes. Thanks, Ben Cao -Original Message- From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen Sent: Wednesda

[ANNOUNCEMENT] TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 2.2.0-0.4

Hi Cygwin friends and users, I released a new TEST version of Cygwin. The version number is 2.2.0-0.4. New in this version: - Fix crashes under AllocationPreference=0x10 condition Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-02/msg00765.html I plan to release 2.2.0-1 today or, if testin

Re: Cygwin Shell Fails to Start when Enabling High Address

On Jul 28 17:26, Benjamin Cao wrote: > Corinna, > > When I start Cygwin, with the AllocationPreference registry enable for > VirtualAlloc, the shell immediate closes. I get the below error. > > 2 [main] sh 5240 c:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe: *** fatal error - internal > error reading the windows environme

Problems running "hg convert" with "subversion[-python]" 1.8.13-2

Greetings, having installed Cygwin's version 1.8.13-2 of both, "subversion" and "subversion-python", I get $ hg convert -d hg -s svn http://gpsbabel.googlecode.com/svn/ gpsbabel ** unknown exception encountered, please report by visiting ** http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/BugTracker ** Pyth

Re: noDosFileWarning no longer required?

On Jul 28 18:59, Steven Penny wrote: > It appears the infamous "MS-DOS style path detected" warning is no longer > generated, regardless of CYGWIN variable. Is this the case, and if so why? It is still generated, and just like before, it is generated only the first time it shows up. The only chan