Re: Switch to a new PC

2022-02-09 Thread Adam Dinwoodie
On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 04:12:28PM +0100, Vanda Vodkamilkevich wrote: > On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 13:12 AM marco.atzeri wrote: > > >> I wouldn't expect most tools to work on special files in /dev. Even tar > >> fails on /proc, it would begin to pack your local registry... > >> Make a basic install

Re: Bug Report

2022-02-09 Thread Bill Stewart
On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 3:02 PM julie77793 wrote: Cygwin doesn't create an environment variable in bash to indicate that the > platform is Cygwin under Windows. > FYI, as a point of decorum: The subject line of this thread is rather undiplomatic. (Bug usually means "software should do X but fails

Re: Switch to a new PC

2022-02-09 Thread Vanda Vodkamilkevich
On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 13:12 AM marco.atzeri wrote: >> I wouldn't expect most tools to work on special files in /dev. Even tar >> fails on /proc, it would begin to pack your local registry... >> Make a basic installation on the new system, then sync the rest. >> An even cleaner way might be to

Re: Setup 2.917 fails to load mirror list

2022-02-09 Thread Jon Turney
On 08/02/2022 18:09, Vanda Vodkamilkevich wrote: 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 Only appearing on a fresh

Re: Cygwin Platform Identification

2022-02-09 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2022-02-09 02:12, Henry S. Thompson wrote: Brian Inglis writes: 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. ... I have been switching env/OS/arch/triple dependent profile and

Re: CygwinPaltform Identification

2022-02-09 Thread Henry S. Thompson
Brian Inglis writes: > 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. >> ... > > I have been switching env/OS/arch/triple dependent profile and rc files > and sections for years wit

Re: Setup 2.917 fails to load mirror list

2022-02-09 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2022-02-08 11:09, Vanda Vodkamilkevich wrote: I have updated the French translations for setup and I don't really know how to proceed with the new versions... Any hints? Clone the git repo http://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-apps/setup.git and submit a git format-patch against the French l

Re: Cygwin Platform Identification

2022-02-09 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2022-02-08 21:13, julie77...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, February 8, 2022 6:46 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: 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 probl