[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: a2ps-4.14-3

2014-06-03 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
The following package has been updated for the Cygwin distribution: *** a2ps-4.14-3 GNU a2ps is a filter which generates PostScript from various formats, with pretty-printing features, strong support for many alphabets, and customizable layout. This release includes patches for CVE-2014

Re: setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-28 Thread Charles Wilson
On 7/28/2013 5:47 PM, Jon TURNEY wrote: On 25/07/2013 05:24, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: I downloaded a fresh setup-x86_64.exe from cygwin.com and then ran the update again. Now I get only this postinstall error: Package: xinit xinit.sh exit code 134 I can reproduce this problem, so

Re: setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-28 Thread Jon TURNEY
On 25/07/2013 05:24, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > I downloaded a fresh setup-x86_64.exe from cygwin.com and then ran > the update again. > > Now I get only this postinstall error: > > Package: xinit > xinit.sh exit code 134 I can reproduce this problem, so I had a go at investigating and fi

Re: setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-24 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
. I was warned that my setup.ini was newer than my setup*.exe so I terminated the update. I downloaded a fresh setup-x86_64.exe from cygwin.com and then ran the update again. Now I get only this postinstall error: Package: xinit xinit.sh exit code 134 The a2ps and bash postinstall

Re: setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-24 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Charles Wilson! >>> But even if /bin/bash is elevated, it doesn't follow that any of the >>> tools launched within a script -- via cygwin's fork/exec method -- >>> ALSO retain that elevation. >>> >>> Does it? >> >> Yes, it does. CreateProcess propagates its own user token untouched. >>

Re: setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-24 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jul 24 09:04, Charles Wilson wrote: > On 7/23/2013 3:23 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >On Jul 23 15:08, Charles Wilson wrote: > >>But even if /bin/bash is elevated, it doesn't follow that any of the > >>tools launched within a script -- via cygwin's fork/exec method -- > >>ALSO retain that eleva

Re: setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-24 Thread Charles Wilson
On 7/23/2013 3:23 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Jul 23 15:08, Charles Wilson wrote: But even if /bin/bash is elevated, it doesn't follow that any of the tools launched within a script -- via cygwin's fork/exec method -- ALSO retain that elevation. Does it? Yes, it does. CreateProcess propag

Re: setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-24 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jul 23 14:50, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > On 2013-07-23 03:59, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >On Jul 23 03:27, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > >>On 2013-07-23 02:21, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >>>On Jul 22 23:40, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > echo letter > /etc/papersize > >>> > >>>I'd prefer `echo a4 > /

Re: setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
ependency loop which let bash.sh run before base-cygwin? > FWIW, I wonder why this entire script isn't handled by base-files. > > >Package: a2ps > > a2ps.sh exit code 2 > > This is due to a missing papersize(5) file. I'm working on a fix, > but a workar

Re: setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-23 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
On 2013-07-23 03:59, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Jul 23 03:27, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: On 2013-07-23 02:21, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Jul 22 23:40, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: echo letter > /etc/papersize I'd prefer `echo a4 > /etc/papersize' ;) I suppose you would. :-) Any idea how to prov

Re: setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jul 23 15:08, Charles Wilson wrote: > On 7/23/2013 2:46 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >On Jul 23 14:14, Charles Wilson wrote: > >>>I believe your report has to do with error handling when attempting > >>>to modify the All User's Desktop, when you don't actually retain the > >>>elevated permissio

Re: setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-23 Thread Charles Wilson
On 7/23/2013 2:46 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Jul 23 14:14, Charles Wilson wrote: I believe your report has to do with error handling when attempting to modify the All User's Desktop, when you don't actually retain the elevated permissions necessary to do so. Is there are way for setup.exe

Re: setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jul 23 14:14, Charles Wilson wrote: > On 7/23/2013 12:40 AM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > >On 2013-07-22 19:52, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: > >>Postinstall errors: > >> > >>Package: xinit > >> xinit.sh exit code 134 > > > >This is from a SIGABRT in mkshortcut. Chuck? > > From xinit.sh: > /u

Re: setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-23 Thread Charles Wilson
On 7/23/2013 12:40 AM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: On 2013-07-22 19:52, Kenneth Wolcott wrote: Postinstall errors: Package: xinit xinit.sh exit code 134 This is from a SIGABRT in mkshortcut. Chuck? From xinit.sh: /usr/bin/mkshortcut $CYGWINFORALL -P . where $CYGWINFORALL is p

Re: setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-23 Thread Corinna Vinschen
y package that depends on base-cygwin is cygwin itself, and > neither depend on bash. A deps loop could screw this up. What does the full setup log say to the deps order? Maybe that gives us a hint... > >>>Package: a2ps > >>> a2ps.sh exit code 2 > >>

Re: setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-23 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
which let bash.sh run before base-cygwin? The only package that depends on base-cygwin is cygwin itself, and neither depend on bash. Package: a2ps a2ps.sh exit code 2 This is due to a missing papersize(5) file. I'm working on a fix, but a workaround is to run the following command, t

Re: setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-22 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
run 'mkdir -p /dev' (without the quotes) and then try rerunning setup-x86_64.exe? I suspect this will work then. FWIW, I wonder why this entire script isn't handled by base-files. Package: a2ps a2ps.sh exit code 2 This is due to a missing papersize(5) file. I'm wor

setup-x86_64: postinstall errors: Package bash 1, Package a2ps 2 and xinit 134

2013-07-22 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
1 Package: a2ps a2ps.sh exit code 2 Package: xinit xinit.sh exit code 134 Thanks, Ken Wolcott -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: a2ps-4.14-1

2011-11-05 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
The following package has been updated for the Cygwin distribution: *** a2ps-4.14-1 GNU a2ps is a filter which generates PostScript from various formats, with pretty-printing features, strong support for many alphabets, and customizable layout. This is an update to the latest upstream release

Re: a2ps on Cygwin quietly exits with code 127 on Windows 7

2010-09-29 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
> > 182 /usr/include/string.h:58: error: parse error before "void" > > I got the same error, but haven't had a chance to figure it out. If the > a2ps maintainer doesn't appear soon then I'll try to take another look > at it. Sorry for the dela

Re: a2ps on Cygwin quietly exits with code 127 on Windows 7

2010-08-02 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 8/2/2010 7:37 AM, Rasputin Paskudniak wrote: On the Cygwin side of the blame: In every Unix/Linux I used, if a shared library cannot be found, we get a very clear message, something like: ... Missing library In this case, all I got was the quiet death of the program. echo $? typical

Re: a2ps on Cygwin quietly exits with code 127 on Windows 7

2010-08-02 Thread Rasputin Paskudniak
On 7/27/2010 1:33 AM, Rasputin Paskudniak wrote: On 7/26/2010 11:53 PM, Dave Korn wrote: On 23/07/2010 21:23, Beau Nanaz wrote: Greetings. I have a new Windows-7 machine and one of the first things I downloaded was Cygwin, making sure to include a2ps and ps2pdf. Unlike the flawless running

Re: strace on a2ps complains about \Device\Harddisk4\DR4

2010-08-02 Thread Rasputin Paskudniak
On 7/26/2010 11:20 PM, René Berber wrote: Rasputin Paskudniak wrote: [snip] I have a new Windows-7 64-bit box and Cygwin (1.75) was my first download. At the installation stage, I included a2ps (4.13). My problem: When I run it, I just get back to my shell prompt. This is even when I run

Re: a2ps on Cygwin quietly exits with code 127 on Windows 7

2010-07-30 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
FILE=\"/usr/local/etc/a2ps.cfg\" -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I../intl > -I. -g -O2 -c path-concat.c -o path-concat.o > 181 In file included from path-concat.c:30: > 182 /usr/include/string.h:58: error: parse error before "void" I got the same error, but haven't ha

Re: strace on a2ps complains about \Device\Harddisk4\DR4

2010-07-27 Thread Dave Korn
On 27/07/2010 06:36, Rasputin Paskudniak wrote: > In another thread, DaveK suggested: > > Try installing libintl2 > > That worked GREAT! Problem solved. > > Q: How could I have discovered this if not for Dave's assistance? Error 127 pretty much always means a missing DLL, and running "c

Re: strace on a2ps complains about \Device\Harddisk4\DR4

2010-07-27 Thread Csaba Raduly
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 5:20 AM, René Berber wrote: > Rasputin Paskudniak wrote: >> First step: What is the exit code?  echo $? displays 127. (errno.h tells >> me this is related to sockets.  Highly unlikely.)  So I decided to run >> it with strace: > > ... you followed the wrong procedure. > > To

Re: a2ps on Cygwin quietly exits with code 127 on Windows 7

2010-07-26 Thread Rasputin Paskudniak
ay by some other package but now the last other thing that used to use v2 of libintl has been updated to a more recent one so there's nothing left to cause it to be installed any more.) The a2ps maintainer is David Hudson, who has AFAICS not been heard from on these lists since October 200

Re: strace on a2ps complains about \Device\Harddisk4\DR4

2010-07-26 Thread Rasputin Paskudniak
vered newsgroup server. I have a new Windows-7 64-bit box and Cygwin (1.75) was my first download. At the installation stage, I included a2ps (4.13). My problem: When I run it, I just get back to my shell prompt. This is even when I run "a2ps -- version". Mystery? First step: What i

Re: a2ps on Cygwin quietly exits with code 127 on Windows 7

2010-07-26 Thread Rasputin Paskudniak
On 7/26/2010 11:53 PM, Dave Korn wrote: On 23/07/2010 21:23, Beau Nanaz wrote: Greetings. I have a new Windows-7 machine and one of the first things I downloaded was Cygwin, making sure to include a2ps and ps2pdf. Unlike the flawless running (after diddling $HOME/.a2ps/a2psrc) I had under my

Re: a2ps on Cygwin quietly exits with code 127 on Windows 7

2010-07-26 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
e last > other thing that used to use v2 of libintl has been updated to a more recent > one so there's nothing left to cause it to be installed any more.) The a2ps maintainer is David Hudson, who has AFAICS not been heard from on these lists since October 2005. In the meantime, besides thi

Re: strace on a2ps complains about \Device\Harddisk4\DR4

2010-07-26 Thread Dave Korn
On 27/07/2010 04:20, René Berber wrote: > Rasputin Paskudniak wrote: > $ net helpmsg 127 > > The specified procedure could not be found. > > That usually means the program, a2ps, can't find one or more of the > dynamic libraries it needs. > > To find what lib

Re: a2ps on Cygwin quietly exits with code 127 on Windows 7

2010-07-26 Thread Dave Korn
On 23/07/2010 21:23, Beau Nanaz wrote: > Greetings. > > I have a new Windows-7 machine and one of the first things I downloaded > was Cygwin, making sure to include a2ps and ps2pdf. > > Unlike the flawless running (after diddling $HOME/.a2ps/a2psrc) I had > under my previou

Re: strace on a2ps complains about \Device\Harddisk4\DR4

2010-07-26 Thread René Berber
Rasputin Paskudniak wrote: [snip] > I have a new Windows-7 64-bit box and Cygwin (1.75) was my first > download. At the installation stage, I included a2ps (4.13). > > My problem: When I run it, I just get back to my shell prompt. This is > even when I run "a2ps -- ver

a2ps on Cygwin quietly exits with code 127 on Windows 7

2010-07-26 Thread Beau Nanaz
Greetings. I have a new Windows-7 machine and one of the first things I downloaded was Cygwin, making sure to include a2ps and ps2pdf. Unlike the flawless running (after diddling $HOME/.a2ps/a2psrc) I had under my previous XP box, This one is misbehaving: It does nothing visible, even for

strace on a2ps complains about \Device\Harddisk4\DR4

2010-07-26 Thread Rasputin Paskudniak
x and Cygwin (1.75) was my first download. At the installation stage, I included a2ps (4.13). My problem: When I run it, I just get back to my shell prompt. This is even when I run "a2ps -- version". Mystery? First step: What is the exit code? echo $? displays 127. (errno.h tells me

Re: a2ps missing dll

2010-01-29 Thread Bernd Prager
Found it on my own. I had to install the package "libintl-1". Shouldn't that be added as a dependency when one select "a2ps"? -- Bernd On 1/29/2010 2:14 PM, Bernd Prager wrote: Launching a2ps reports: /usr/bin/a2ps.exe: error while loading shared libraries: cygintl-

a2ps missing dll

2010-01-29 Thread Bernd Prager
Hi, I am running CYGWIN_NT-5.1 xxx 1.7.1(0.218/5/3) 2009-12-07 11:48 i686 Cygwin. Launching a2ps reports: /usr/bin/a2ps.exe: error while loading shared libraries: cygintl-2.dll: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. Apparently the current a2ps (4.13-1) is compiled

Re: Fix your packages! (attention: a2ps, tetex-bin, nfs-server, gv, uw-imap, and xerces-c maintainers)

2006-10-01 Thread Angelo Graziosi
'cygcheck -c --verbose' says: -- ... tetex3.0.0-3OK Missing file: /etc/postinstall/post-texmf.sh from package tetex-base tetex-base 3.0.0-3Incomplete tetex-bin3.0.0-3OK tet

Re: Fix your packages! (attention: a2ps, tetex-bin, nfs-server, gv, uw-imap, and xerces-c maintainers)

2006-10-01 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Sat, 30 Sep 2006, Angelo Graziosi wrote: > Could this be the reason for which I obtain that > > tetex-base 3.0.0-3Incomplete > tetex-extra 3.0.0-3Incomplete > tetex-tiny 3.0.0-3Incomplete > > from cygcheck

Re: Fix your packages! (attention: a2ps, tetex-bin, nfs-server, gv, uw-imap, and xerces-c maintainers)

2006-09-30 Thread Angelo Graziosi
Could this be the reason for which I obtain that tetex-base 3.0.0-3Incomplete tetex-extra 3.0.0-3Incomplete tetex-tiny 3.0.0-3Incomplete from cygcheck -c, even if I reinstall them ? Cheers, Angelo.

RE: a2ps header clipping problem

2003-11-14 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Hughes, Bill wrote: > Sent: 14 November 2003 16:30 From: Igor Pechtchanski > ..snip.. > > > Should a2ps be configured to default to "Letter" instead of "A4"? > ..snip.. > >Yes, IMO - see <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2

Re: a2ps header clipping problem

2003-11-14 Thread Jason Tishler
Igor, On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:29:32AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Jason Tishler wrote: > > Should a2ps be configured to default to "Letter" instead of "A4"? > > Yes, IMO - Thanks for your concurrence. > see <http://cygwin

RE: a2ps header clipping problem

2003-11-14 Thread Hughes, Bill
Sent: 14 November 2003 16:30 From: Igor Pechtchanski ..snip.. > > Should a2ps be configured to default to "Letter" instead of "A4"? ..snip.. >Yes, IMO - see <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-11/msg00193.html>. Why? It doesn't seem evident from the ref

Re: a2ps header clipping problem

2003-11-14 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
gt; > Doh! Thanks! > > All, > > Should a2ps be configured to default to "Letter" instead of "A4"? > > Jason Yes, IMO - see <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-11/msg00193.html>. Igor -- http:/

Re: a2ps header clipping problem

2003-11-14 Thread Jason Tishler
Igor, On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 10:34:36AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Jason Tishler wrote: > > Has anyone else noticed this problem too? Or, is it just me? > > Yep. See below. Doh! Thanks! All, Should a2ps be configured to default to "Le

Re: a2ps header clipping problem

2003-11-14 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Jason Tishler wrote: > After upgrading to the official a2ps package from my private 4.13 build, > I started to notice the a2ps header is clipped off from the top of the > page. If I revert back to my build, then all is well again. > > Has anyone else noticed t

a2ps header clipping problem

2003-11-14 Thread Jason Tishler
After upgrading to the official a2ps package from my private 4.13 build, I started to notice the a2ps header is clipped off from the top of the page. If I revert back to my build, then all is well again. Has anyone else noticed this problem too? Or, is it just me? Thanks, Jason -- PGP/GPG

Re: a2ps

2003-02-17 Thread Ajay Simha
On Mon Feb 17 16:25:37 2003, David Starks-Browning wrote: > On Monday 17 Feb 03, Ajay Simha writes: > > hi, > > > > I tried to run configure on a2ps-4.13 and get this error: > > > > [asimha@ASIMHA-W2K /tmp/a2ps-4.13]$ ./configure > > ... > > check

a2ps

2003-02-17 Thread David Starks-Browning
On Monday 17 Feb 03, Ajay Simha writes: > hi, > > I tried to run configure on a2ps-4.13 and get this error: > > [asimha@ASIMHA-W2K /tmp/a2ps-4.13]$ ./configure > ... > checking for flex... no > checking for lex... no > checking for flex... ${SHELL} /tmp/a2ps-4.1

a2ps

2003-02-17 Thread Ajay Simha
hi, I tried to run configure on a2ps-4.13 and get this error: [asimha@ASIMHA-W2K /tmp/a2ps-4.13]$ ./configure creating cache ./config.cache checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for mawk... no checking for gawk