grep-3.0-2 issues within Makefile

2017-05-28 Thread Daniel Fort
grep-3.0-2 binary will not function as expected when the -v option is used in a Makefile. Resolution - downgrade to grep-3.0-1. When using Cygwin to build Magic Lantern users stated reporting a build errors on new Cygwin installs around November 2016. The resolution was to downgrade grep to the p

openssh: privilege separation no longer supported on Cygwin?

2017-05-28 Thread Houder
Hi, Privilege separation in sshd defaults to "sandbox" (as far as I understand, "openssh" has implemented a new mechanism). ... now I remember Corinna writing, that 'sandbox will not be an option for Cygwin' ... or words to that effect. Does this mean, that under Cygwin, privilege separation is

Re: cygwin cross-compiler on linux host

2017-05-28 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-05-27 12:22, Michele wrote: > I'm running Linux Debian as host and i would like to create a > cross-compiler like mingw that uses cygwin.dll as libc, so I can > compile software with POSIX support such as bash..is this possible? See links in https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-02/msg00214.htm

Accessing SMB share as wrong user?

2017-05-28 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
All my files are on drive P: in Windows, which is an SMB share equivalent to \\fsfs\ddb\Documents. Everything works fine in windows apps, and I see what I expect in Explorer, including when I go down to security properties and look in detail. However, Cygwin has trouble with this lately (I can't

Re: cygwin cross-compiler on linux host

2017-05-28 Thread Eliot Moss
On 5/28/2017 9:46 AM, Michele wrote: Il 27 maggio 2017 20:25:45 CEST, Michele ha scritto: Il 27 maggio 2017 20:22:46 CEST, Michele ha scritto: I'm running Linux Debian as host and i would like to create a cross-compiler like mingw that uses cygwin.dll as libc, so I can compile software wi

Re: cygwin cross-compiler on linux host

2017-05-28 Thread cyg Simple
On 5/28/2017 11:13 AM, Dan Kegel wrote: > On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 6:46 AM, Michele wrote: >> I know Windows XP it is now unsupported by cygwin and I apoligize for making >> such a question, but let's suppose I want to make a cross-compiler targeting >> a newer supported version of windows what s

Re: cygwin cross-compiler on linux host

2017-05-28 Thread Dan Kegel
On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 6:46 AM, Michele wrote: > I know Windows XP it is now unsupported by cygwin and I apoligize for making > such a question, but let's suppose I want to make a cross-compiler targeting > a newer supported version of windows what should i do? Let's remember that > I'm using

Re: cygwin cross-compiler on linux host

2017-05-28 Thread Michele
Il 27 maggio 2017 20:25:45 CEST, Michele ha scritto: > > >Il 27 maggio 2017 20:22:46 CEST, Michele ha >scritto: >>I'm running Linux Debian as host and i would like to create a >>cross-compiler like mingw that uses cygwin.dll as libc, so I can >>compile software with POSIX support such as bash..