Re: TL;DR: About Distros, packages, Cygwin, volunteers

On 2021-01-04 21:37, Brian Inglis wrote: On 2021-01-04 08:11, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin wrote: On 04.01.2021 13:21, tommie.k...@alverservices.com wrote: But im struggling to see how I can upgrade openssl >1.1.1f Compliance checks state that we must have a more up to date version, I know that it e

Re: OpenSSL

On 2021-01-04 08:11, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin wrote: On 04.01.2021 13:21, tommie.k...@alverservices.com wrote: But im struggling to see how I can upgrade openssl >1.1.1f Compliance checks state that we must have a more up to date version, I know that it exists (1.1.1g, 1.1.1h, 1.1.1i) https://c

Re: Is it possible to define the root directory in a cross compiled program

On 2021-01-04 18:34, Roger Kaufman wrote: When I cross compile the following program, opening /dev/null fails and instead the whole install path of /cygwin64/dev/null is visible. Is there a way to make fopen respect / as the root directory in a cross compiled program for windows? example out

Is it possible to define the root directory in a cross compiled program

When I cross compile the following program, opening /dev/null fails and instead the whole install path of /cygwin64/dev/null is visible. Is there a way to make fopen respect / as the root directory in a cross compiled program for windows? example output... Roger@interocitor:~ $ x86_64-w64-mi

Re: Setting env var CYGWIN for Cygwin service?

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 3:08 PM Oleksandr Gavenko wrote: > /usr/bin/exim-config has line with: > > cygrunsrv -I exim -p /usr/bin/exim -e CYGWIN="${cygenv}" ... > > So it is the answer (as pointed by others). > > Still "procexp" doesn't show anything else besides PATH/WINDIR for "exim" > process.

Noticed that mintty starts non-login bash with "Win+R mintty Enter".

I interact with Cygwin via mintty launched as "Win+R mintty Enter". During first launch of "exim-config" script existed with an error: /usr/bin/exim-config: line 447: USER: unbound variable After looking into docs I got that mintty should be launched with a parameter "-". Probably it was alw

Re: Setting env var CYGWIN for Cygwin service?

On 2020-12-30, Oleksandr Gavenko via Cygwin wrote: > What way can I pass env var "CYGWIN" to the Cygwin service? Today I reinstalled Cygwin & Exim. "exim-config" script asked me: Enter the value of CYGWIN for the daemon: [] /usr/bin/exim-config has line with: cygrunsrv -I exim -p /usr/bin

RE: [cygwin] DD bug fails to wipe last 48 sectors of a disk

> From: Hashim Aziz > Sent: Monday, January 4, 2021 3:16 PM > > > From: Jason Pyeron > > Sent: 30 December 2020 1:35 AM > > To: mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com > > Subject: RE: [cygwin] DD bug fails to wipe last 48 sectors of a disk > > > > > -Original Message- > > > Fr

Re: Postinstall script errors for man* packages

Allen Hewes via Cygwin writes: > I think the recent man* package update has an issue in the postinstall script: Yes, the script got broken when it was generated for packaging. It's hopefully fixed now. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Wal

Re: Native symbolic link behavior is broken and makes backups using Cygwin command line tools impossible

Matt D. via Cygwin writes: > The normal behavior for both Windows and Linux is to create the > symbolic link whether the target exists or not. That's not the case on Windows or rather it has restrictions that can trip you up. On Windows you must specify if the symbolic link points to a directory

Re: Native symbolic link behavior is broken and makes backups using Cygwin command line tools impossible

On 1/4/2021 10:27 AM, Matt D. via Cygwin wrote: > I think there is a misunderstanding with how to set up your > environment to reproduce my test cases. I did state in the subject > "native symbolic links" but I can see that this can be misinterpreted > and I should have clarified. > > I am using s

Re: Native symbolic link behavior is broken and makes backups using Cygwin command line tools impossible

On 1/4/2021 10:27 AM, Matt D. via Cygwin (cygwin@cygwin.com) wrote: > I am using symbolic links native to Windows. My CYGWIN environment > variable has been set to "winsymlinks:nativestrict" and my account has > permission to make symbolic links. This is an issue specifically with > Cygwin; I have

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: man-db-2.9.3-3

The man-db package version 2.9.3 is re-released to correct an error in generating the postinstall scripts and replaces the erroneous version, which was removed. Man-db is an implementation of the standard Unix documentation system accessed using the man command. It uses a Berkeley DB database i

Re: Native symbolic link behavior is broken and makes backups using Cygwin command line tools impossible

I think there is a misunderstanding with how to set up your environment to reproduce my test cases. I did state in the subject "native symbolic links" but I can see that this can be misinterpreted and I should have clarified. I am using symbolic links native to Windows. My CYGWIN environment varia

Postinstall script errors for man* packages

Hi, I think the recent man* package update has an issue in the postinstall script: Postinstall script errors Package: z/Perpetual zp_man-db-update-index.dash exit code 2 $ /etc/postinstall/zp_man-db-update-index.dash /etc/postinstall/zp_man-db-update-index.dash: line 4: syntax error near unexpe

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: less-563-1

Greetings, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-announce via Cygwin! > New version 563-1 of >less > is available in the Cygwin distribution > CHANGES > Last upstream release > http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/ > Also compiled with pcre regex Yes! Thank you! -- With best regards, Andrey Repin

Re: OpenSSL

On 04.01.2021 13:21, tommie.k...@alverservices.com wrote: Hey, sorry if this is the wrong place. Hi Tommie, this is the right place. But im struggling to see how I can upgrade openssl >1.1.1f Compliance checks state that we must have a more up to date version, I know that it exists (1.1

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: man-db-2.9.3-2

The man-db package version 2.9.3 is re-released to correct a packaging error and improve the perpetual index update postinstall script. Man-db is an implementation of the standard Unix documentation system accessed using the man command. It uses a Berkeley DB database in place of the traditio

Re: Native symbolic link behavior is broken and makes backups using Cygwin command line tools impossible

On 1/4/2021 5:36 AM, Matt D. via Cygwin wrote: > Did you try any of my test cases? This can't and doesn't work for the > reasons I outlined in my previous message: > > $ cp -av folder_a/a folder_b/ > 'folder_a/a' -> 'folder_b/a' > cp: cannot create symbolic link 'folder_b/a': No such file or direc

OpenSSL

Hey, sorry if this is the wrong place. But im struggling to see how I can upgrade openssl >1.1.1f Compliance checks state that we must have a more up to date version, I know that it exists (1.1.1g, 1.1.1h, 1.1.1i) But I can only seem to upgrade to 1.1.1f in Cygwin - is there a new

Re: Native symbolic link behavior is broken and makes backups using Cygwin command line tools impossible

Did you try any of my test cases? This can't and doesn't work for the reasons I outlined in my previous message: $ cp -av folder_a/a folder_b/ 'folder_a/a' -> 'folder_b/a' cp: cannot create symbolic link 'folder_b/a': No such file or directory $ cp -dv folder_a/a folder_b/ 'folder_a/a' -> 'folder

Re: Fortran Installation

On 04.01.2021 01:19, Lou Umscheid wrote: Thank you for the information. Do you have any suggestions on which compiler to use ie the most recent or the tried and true? I have 4.5 installed on my old T1600 system. by default run the most recent gcc-fortran-10.2.0-1 If you have problem, you