Re: Permission denied error when running git in 64-bit CYGWIN console

2015-12-17 Thread John J Ottusch
Achim, Updating my 64-bit CYGWIN installation to the latest release (as of today), which includes git version 2.6.2, did in fact solve the problem I was experiencing. Thanks, jjo -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documenta

Permission denied error when running git in 64-bit CYGWIN console

2015-12-17 Thread John J Ottusch
The transition from 32-bit CYGWIN (C32) to 64-bit CYGWIN (C64) has been mostly smooth, but I have encountered some unexpected difficulties. The latest involves 'git' version 2.5.3. When I run 'git difftool' from my project directory in a C32 console I get the expected behavior, but doing the sa

Re: gnuplot 5.x.x.x not starting correctly in 64-bit CYGWIN console

2015-11-16 Thread John J Ottusch
>> The command 'cygcheck /usr/bin/gnuplot.exe' should give you that information. >> Ken Doing so finds several required DLL's but also reports cygcheck: track_down: could not find cyglua-5.1.dll which is interesting because running the command lua enters an interactive mode (unlike gnup

gnuplot 5.x.x.x not starting correctly in 64-bit CYGWIN console

2015-11-16 Thread John J Ottusch
I think this problem is related to the fact that I have both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of CYGWIN installed on my Windows 7 PC. They are on the same disk but in different directories (/cygdrive/c/win32app/cygwin vs. /cygdrive/c/win64app/cygwin). So far I have observed the problem only when I try