Re: Bug Report

2022-02-08 Thread Ernie Rael
On 2/8/22 2:01 PM, julie77...@gmail.com wrote: Cygwin doesn't create an environment variable in bash to indicate that the platform is Cygwin under Windows. This causes compatibility problems when running various tools. Most of my issues have been with Python tools running Windows Python. I have

RE: CygwinPaltform Identification

2022-02-08 Thread Allen Hewes
> -Original Message- > From: Cygwin On Behalf > Of julie77...@gmail.com > Sent: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 11:13 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: RE: CygwinPaltform Identification > > I realize that I can create my own env variables. I just think that Cygwin > should provide them so th

RE: CygwinPaltform Identification

2022-02-08 Thread julie77793
I realize that I can create my own env variables. I just think that Cygwin should provide them so that programmers writing software can rely on the variable name and value. If there is no consistent value when Cygwin is installed then dozens of tools that work on other bash solutions for Windows ca

Re: CygwinPaltform Identification

2022-02-08 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2022-02-08 15:01, julie77...@gmail.com wrote: Cygwin doesn't create an environment variable in bash to indicate that the platform is Cygwin under Windows. This causes compatibility problems when running various tools. Most of my issues have been with Python tools running Windows Python. I have

RE: [EXTERNAL] Bug Report

2022-02-08 Thread Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via Cygwin
> Please add some way of identifying that programs are running under Cygwin. Have you tried to use the "uname" command for the identification purposes? $ uname CYGWIN_NT-6.1 $ uname CYGWIN_NT-10.0 Anton Lavrentiev Contractor NIH/NLM/NCBI -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.h

Bug Report

2022-02-08 Thread julie77793
Cygwin doesn't create an environment variable in bash to indicate that the platform is Cygwin under Windows. This causes compatibility problems when running various tools. Most of my issues have been with Python tools running Windows Python. I have been addressing this issue by grepping PATH for

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: man-db-2.10.0-1

2022-02-08 Thread Achim Gratz
Achim Gratz writes: > Well, that file it tries to create is a temporary file (the filename is > the PID of the process creating it), so if that same process can create > directories and files, but then fails to create abother file, something > else must be interfering with it. The particular error

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: man-db-2.10.0-1

2022-02-08 Thread Achim Gratz
Andrey Repin writes: > Turned out, I can easily reproduce it by > >> # rm -rf /var/cache/man && mkdir /var/cache/man && touch >> /var/cache/man/index.db && mandb >> Purging old database entries in /usr/share/man... >> mandb: can't update index cache /var/cache/man/2070: No such file or >> directo

Setup 2.917 fails to load mirror list

2022-02-08 Thread Vanda Vodkamilkevich
Hi, When behind a (corporate) proxy the mirror list is apparently fetched without using the proxy configuration. This can only be seen in a fresh install, I tried with 2.908 and it worked then the new version can use the cached file... I'll try to add the logs provided by '-v' but it's complicated

Re: cygpath not doing anything on a fresh install

2022-02-08 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 08.02.2022 17:04, Antonio Petrelli wrote: Il giorno mar 8 feb 2022 alle ore 15:57 Ken Brown ha scritto: I suspect that SentinelOne is interfering with Cygwin (see https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.using.bloda). Can you disable it or at least exclude the Cygwin directory from whatever it

Re: cygpath not doing anything on a fresh install

2022-02-08 Thread Antonio Petrelli
Il giorno mar 8 feb 2022 alle ore 15:57 Ken Brown ha scritto: > On 2/8/2022 9:37 AM, Antonio Petrelli wrote: > > Il giorno mar 8 feb 2022 alle ore 15:30 marco atzeri < > marco.atz...@gmail.com> > > ha scritto: > >> check if strace give some hints > >> > >>strace -o /tmp/strace.txt /usr/bin/cy

Re: setup 2.917 fails trying to update to cygwin-3.3.4-2

2022-02-08 Thread Jon Turney
On 08/02/2022 15:45, Keith Christian wrote: Windows 10 Pro, 10.0.19042 N/A Build 19042 Cygwin Setup 2.9.17 Trying to update to cygwin 3.3.4-2. I routinely download updates with setup, then re-run setup and choose "install from local directory," which has always worked. I don't think the two step

setup 2.917 fails trying to update to cygwin-3.3.4-2

2022-02-08 Thread Keith Christian
Windows 10 Pro, 10.0.19042 N/A Build 19042 Cygwin Setup 2.9.17 Trying to update to cygwin 3.3.4-2. I routinely download updates with setup, then re-run setup and choose "install from local directory," which has always worked. I don't think the two step procedure is at fault, though. Setup abruptly

Re: cygpath not doing anything on a fresh install

2022-02-08 Thread Ken Brown
On 2/8/2022 9:37 AM, Antonio Petrelli wrote: Il giorno mar 8 feb 2022 alle ore 15:30 marco atzeri ha scritto: check if strace give some hints strace -o /tmp/strace.txt /usr/bin/cygpath --help The result is here: https://pastebin.com/n56RTAiu This looks suspicious: Process 2480 loaded

Re: cygpath not doing anything on a fresh install

2022-02-08 Thread Antonio Petrelli
Il giorno mar 8 feb 2022 alle ore 15:30 marco atzeri ha scritto: > On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 3:24 PM Antonio Petrelli wrote: > > > > Il giorno mar 8 feb 2022 alle ore 15:19 marco atzeri ha scritto: > >> > >> > > > I just installed cygwin on my Windows 10 laptop. > >> > > > I need to use the cygpat

Re: cygpath not doing anything on a fresh install

2022-02-08 Thread marco atzeri
On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 3:24 PM Antonio Petrelli wrote: > > Il giorno mar 8 feb 2022 alle ore 15:19 marco atzeri ha scritto: >> >> > > > I just installed cygwin on my Windows 10 laptop. >> > > > I need to use the cygpath utility and it simply does not do anything, >> > > even >> > > > cygpath --he

Re: cygpath not doing anything on a fresh install

2022-02-08 Thread Antonio Petrelli
Il giorno mar 8 feb 2022 alle ore 15:19 marco atzeri ha scritto: > > > > I just installed cygwin on my Windows 10 laptop. > > > > I need to use the cygpath utility and it simply does not do anything, > > > even > > > > cygpath --help > > > > does anything. > > > > > > > What should I do? > > > >

Re: cygpath not doing anything on a fresh install

2022-02-08 Thread marco atzeri
On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 3:06 PM Antonio Petrelli wrote: > > Il giorno mar 8 feb 2022 alle ore 13:35 Andrey Repin > ha scritto: > > > > I just installed cygwin on my Windows 10 laptop. > > > I need to use the cygpath utility and it simply does not do anything, > > even > > > cygpath --help > > > does

Re: cygpath not doing anything on a fresh install

2022-02-08 Thread Antonio Petrelli
Il giorno mar 8 feb 2022 alle ore 13:35 Andrey Repin ha scritto: > > I just installed cygwin on my Windows 10 laptop. > > I need to use the cygpath utility and it simply does not do anything, > even > > cygpath --help > > does anything. > > > What should I do? > > Make sure cygwin1.dll is there.

Re: makedepend does not honor UNC path for -I and -Y

2022-02-08 Thread Jon Turney
On 07/02/2022 08:59, Ronald Hoogenboom wrote: I solved this by 'relativizing' paths before passing to makedepend using realpath --relative-to (from coreutils). Since makedepend is not heavily used anymore now gcc has the -MMD option, I wonder if the maintainers are taking any pull requests... If

Re: cygpath not doing anything on a fresh install

2022-02-08 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Antonio Petrelli! > Hello > I just installed cygwin on my Windows 10 laptop. > I need to use the cygpath utility and it simply does not do anything, even > cygpath --help > does anything. > What should I do? Make sure cygwin1.dll is there. Some "antivirus" may have eaten it. -- Wit

cygpath not doing anything on a fresh install

2022-02-08 Thread Antonio Petrelli
Hello I just installed cygwin on my Windows 10 laptop. I need to use the cygpath utility and it simply does not do anything, even cygpath --help does anything. What should I do? Thanks Antonio Petrelli -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwi

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: man-db-2.10.0-1

2022-02-08 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Achim Gratz! > Achim Gratz writes: >> Does /var/cache/man exist and are the permissions sane? Yes, and perms are mostly irrelevant, cause I install from elevated prompt. /var/cache/man # icacls . | iconv -f CP866 . daemon2\anrdaemon:(F) daemon2\None:(RX) Everyone:(RX) CREATOR-OW

Re: WG: [UNVERIFIED SENDER]Re: Cygwin latest: grep and other self-compiled Cygwin-programs are crashing

2022-02-08 Thread Mario Mattl
> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Cygwin Im > Auftrag von ASSI > Gesendet: Dienstag, 8. Februar 2022 07:09 > An: cygwin@cygwin.com > Betreff: [UNVERIFIED SENDER]Re: Cygwin latest: grep and other self-compiled > Cygwin-programs are crashing > > CAUTION: This email originated from outsid