Re: /usr/bin/vi: errors parsing .vim files from vim-common package

2023-12-18 Thread Marco Atzeri via Cygwin
On 18/12/2023 20:42, Lee via Cygwin wrote: tl,dr: Did vi/vim change from /etc/alternatives to an alias? $ ls -l $(which vi) $(which vim) -rwxr-xr-x 1 root Administrators 1507859 Dec 12 09:07 /usr/bin/vi.exe -rwxr-xr-x 1 root Administrators 3565587 Dec 12 09:07 /usr/bin/vim.exe they are two d

Re: /usr/bin/vi: errors parsing .vim files from vim-common package

2023-12-18 Thread matthew patton via Cygwin
and /etc/profile.d/vim.sh has this bit: if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" -o -n "$KSH_VERSION" -o -n "$ZSH_VERSION" ]; then   # for bash and zsh, only if no alias is already set   alias vi >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias vi=vim fi someone needs to be smacked good and hard for that. -- Problem reports: ht

Re: /usr/bin/vi: errors parsing .vim files from vim-common package

2023-12-18 Thread Lee via Cygwin
tl,dr: Did vi/vim change from /etc/alternatives to an alias? $ ls -l $(which vi) $(which vim) -rwxr-xr-x 1 root Administrators 1507859 Dec 12 09:07 /usr/bin/vi.exe -rwxr-xr-x 1 root Administrators 3565587 Dec 12 09:07 /usr/bin/vim.exe $ alias vi alias vi='vim' On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 3:11 PM J

Re: Cygwin tools to read/write NTFS alternate data streams?

2023-12-18 Thread Martin Wege via Cygwin
On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 10:52 AM Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote: > > On Nov 30 04:55, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Does Cygwin have tools (modified /usr/bin/dd ?) to read/write NTFS > > alternate data streams? > > No. As you know, the colon is translated to a normal filename

Re: Cygwin UNC path conversion functions?

2023-12-18 Thread Brian Inglis via Cygwin
On 2023-12-18 09:38, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote: On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 10:15 AM Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote: On Nov 30 04:44, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote: does Cygwin have UNC path conversion functions, for example UNC path to DOS mount letter, UNC path to file URL? Neither Cygwin

Re: Qemu packages for Cygwin?

2023-12-18 Thread Brian Inglis via Cygwin
On 2023-12-18 00:14, Dan Shelton via Cygwin wrote: On Mon, 18 Dec 2023 at 07:54, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin wrote: On 18/12/2023 07:42, Dan Shelton via Cygwin wrote: Does Cygwin come with qemu packages? why should an "Unix Emulation layer" that run in "User Space" trying to run a "Full-system e

Re: WSL filesystem link compatibility?

2023-12-18 Thread Matthew Patton via Cygwin
That said, cygwin now uses junctions which is annoying and not all that compatible with all aspects of the windows ecosystem. So I wrote a wrapper script that replaced ln with calls to mklink. Much better. https://github.com/tb3088/shell-environment/blob/master/.functions_os.CYGWIN_NT#L9 -- P

Re: BugZilla for Cygwin, PLEASE!

2023-12-18 Thread Brian Inglis via Cygwin
On 2023-12-18 05:26, marco atzeri via Cygwin wrote: On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 12:22 PM Cedric Blancher wrote: On Mon, 18 Dec 2023 at 07:58, Marco Atzeri wrote: On 18/12/2023 07:45, Dan Shelton via Cygwin wrote: I don't see whether this has been discussed before, but PLEASE could Cygwin get a b

Re: Cygwin UNC path conversion functions?

2023-12-18 Thread Martin Wege via Cygwin
On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 10:15 AM Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote: > > On Nov 30 04:44, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote: > > Hello, > > > > does Cygwin have UNC path conversion functions, for example UNC path > > to DOS mount letter, UNC path to file URL? > > Neither Cygwin nor Windows really care fo

Re: WSL filesystem link compatibility?

2023-12-18 Thread Brian Inglis via Cygwin
On 2023-12-17 23:44, Dan Shelton via Cygwin wrote: Where is the difference between native filesystem links, and WSL filesystem links, in Cygwin? https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#pathnames-symlinks https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-ne

Re: CSI Divisions

2023-12-18 Thread Madison Stark via Cygwin
Hi, Sorry to bother you again, Have you received my emails? We are a cost estimating and architectural service provider. We estimate all types of construction projects including residential, commercial, new build and federal government projects. If you could send me the set of plans, I would lo

Re: BugZilla for Cygwin, PLEASE!

2023-12-18 Thread marco atzeri via Cygwin
On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 12:22 PM Cedric Blancher wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Dec 2023 at 07:58, Marco Atzeri wrote: > > > > On 18/12/2023 07:45, Dan Shelton via Cygwin wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > > > I don't see whether this has been discussed before, > > > but PLEASE could Cygwin get a bug tracker (BU

Re: Errors in setup.log around ca-certificates and openssl (seems to work anyway)

2023-12-18 Thread marco atzeri via Cygwin
On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 11:36 AM Michael Soegtrop wrote: > > Dear Cygwin Team, > > since a while I have these errors in the setup log file of new cygwin > installations > > C:\bin\cygwin\var\log\setup.log.full: > > running: C:\bin\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile > "/etc/postinstall/ca-certi

Re: Cygwin generates syscalls for *.lnk files on filesystems with native symlink support?

2023-12-18 Thread Cedric Blancher via Cygwin
On Fri, 1 Sept 2023 at 13:00, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote: > > On Sep 1 06:23, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote: > > Good morning! > > > > During a Cygwin 3.4.8-1.x86_64 debugging session I noticed something > > odd when I looked at the network traffic generated by one of our > > cluster no

Re: Custom package repository in addition to default Cygwin packages?

2023-12-18 Thread Jon Turney via Cygwin
On 18/12/2023 10:57, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote: Good morning! Can Cygwin setup.exe be modified to support more than one package repository, e.g. first the default Cygwin package repro, and then a company package repro (e.g. fr.pasteur.cygwin.packages ?). The source code is available, so

Re: Custom package repository in addition to default Cygwin packages?

2023-12-18 Thread marco atzeri via Cygwin
On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 11:57 AM Cedric Blancherwrote: > > Good morning! > > Can Cygwin setup.exe be modified to support more than one package > repository, e.g. first the default Cygwin package repro, and then a > company package repro (e.g. fr.pasteur.cygwin.packages ?). > > Ced > -- no need to

Re: BugZilla for Cygwin, PLEASE!

2023-12-18 Thread Cedric Blancher via Cygwin
On Mon, 18 Dec 2023 at 07:58, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin wrote: > > On 18/12/2023 07:45, Dan Shelton via Cygwin wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I don't see whether this has been discussed before, > > but PLEASE could Cygwin get a bug tracker (BUGZILLA!)? > > > > Dan > > https://cygwin.com/acronyms/#SHTDI >

Re: Sparse file support for SMB by default? Re: Comment about "Cygwin: sparse support: enable automatic sparsifying of files on SSDs", extend feature to VMware/qemu disks?

2023-12-18 Thread Cedric Blancher via Cygwin
On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 at 10:39, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote: > > On Dec 6 09:49, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote: > > On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 at 11:43, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin > > VMware emulates NVME SSD these days, so this should work, yes? > > It doesn't matter, see below. > > > Primary con

Custom package repository in addition to default Cygwin packages?

2023-12-18 Thread Cedric Blancher via Cygwin
Good morning! Can Cygwin setup.exe be modified to support more than one package repository, e.g. first the default Cygwin package repro, and then a company package repro (e.g. fr.pasteur.cygwin.packages ?). Ced -- Cedric Blancher [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CedricBlancher/] Institute Pasteur

Errors in setup.log around ca-certificates and openssl (seems to work anyway)

2023-12-18 Thread Michael Soegtrop via Cygwin
Dear Cygwin Team, since a while I have these errors in the setup log file of new cygwin installations C:\bin\cygwin\var\log\setup.log.full: running: C:\bin\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/ca-certificates.sh" /usr/bin/ln: failed to create symbolic link '/etc/pki/ca-t

cygwin@cygwin.com

2023-12-18 Thread Marco Atzeri via Cygwin
On 18/12/2023 08:16, Dan Shelton via Cygwin wrote: On Mon, 18 Dec 2023 at 08:05, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin wrote: Cygwin can not go faster than the engine below and there are several cubersome tricks to handle the POSIX compliance I have seen worst timing trying to emulate Unix Layer on to