RE: Windows Vista and CygWin

2006-12-07 Thread McArdle, Christian
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RE: Windows Vista and CygWin

2006-12-06 Thread McArdle, Christian
> Thanks for the tip - I will see if preloading the dll makes a > difference. I am using the 32 bit version; so this may not do anything. It will have no effect on the 32 bit version. Do you have administrator privileges? > It sounds like you had issues after the install. Is that correct? > Co

RE: Windows Vista and CygWin

2006-12-06 Thread McArdle, Christian
> Has anyone successfully installed Cygwin onto a Windows Vista box?  Are > there any tips which can be provided for the less fortunate of us? Mine is working fine now. There is an issue with 64 bit versions, which require you to install the cygwin1.dll from the following link: http://cygwin.com

RE: Vista 64 users, please test snapshot

2006-12-06 Thread McArdle, Christian
> I've applied a patch to Cygwin which should workaround what appears to > be a compatibility bug in WOW64 on Vista 64. If you want details, see > the huge comment in the sources, file dcrt0.cc, get_cygwin_startup_info(). It's looking good here! Now, I just need to get Visual Studio 2003 cl.exe

Vista x64 STARTUPINFO Issue

2006-12-04 Thread McArdle, Christian
As I understand it, cygwin doesn't yet work on Vista x64. Does anyone know if a fix is under development? >From what I have read, it is related to Windows no longer using the >STARTUPINFO reserved parameters to pass information onto the new process. I >have no idea exactly how cygwin does this,