Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

2006-02-08 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 01:25:12PM -0600, Brian Ford wrote: On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote: I believe that Brian Ford is looking into modifying the new CW_SETUP_WINENV code to perform the proper conversion of POSIX style to Windows style. We're still debating aproaches for

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

2006-02-08 Thread Michael Schaap
On 8-Feb-2006 16:41, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 01:25:12PM -0600, Brian Ford wrote: On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote: I believe that Brian Ford is looking into modifying the new CW_SETUP_WINENV code to perform the proper conversion of POSIX style

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

2006-02-08 Thread Michael Schaap
On 8-Feb-2006 18:49, Michael Schaap wrote: On 8-Feb-2006 16:41, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 01:25:12PM -0600, Brian Ford wrote: On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote: I believe that Brian Ford is looking into modifying the new

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

2006-02-08 Thread Michael Schaap
On 8-Feb-2006 18:54, Michael Schaap wrote: winpathlist = (char *) malloc(cygwin_posix_to_win32_path_list_buf_size(val)); To correct myself before anyone else does so: This needs a + 1, of course. :-[ - Michael -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

2006-02-08 Thread Brian Ford
On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 01:25:12PM -0600, Brian Ford wrote: On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote: I believe that Brian Ford is looking into modifying the new CW_SETUP_WINENV code to perform the proper conversion of POSIX style to Windows

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

2006-02-07 Thread David Picton
On 2/3/06, Igor Peshansky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, David Picton wrote: I have encountered a strange bug when starting Microsoft Word when it is started by the cygstart command, e.g. cygstart Index.doc, with the current version of the Cygwin dll. The symptoms are as

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

2006-02-07 Thread Michael Schaap
On 7-Feb-2006 3:31, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 11:40:22PM +0100, Michael Schaap wrote: What we basically need to do, is copy the Cygwin environment to the Windows environment, taking care of path conversion for all the appropriate variables. Maybe start

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

2006-02-07 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 06:59:43PM +0100, Michael Schaap wrote: On 7-Feb-2006 3:31, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 11:40:22PM +0100, Michael Schaap wrote: What we basically need to do, is copy the Cygwin environment to the Windows environment, taking care of path

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

2006-02-06 Thread David Picton
On 2/3/06, Igor Peshansky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, David Picton wrote: I have encountered a strange bug when starting Microsoft Word when it is started by the cygstart command, e.g. cygstart Index.doc, with the current version of the Cygwin dll. The symptoms are as

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

2006-02-06 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 11:40:22PM +0100, Michael Schaap wrote: What we basically need to do, is copy the Cygwin environment to the Windows environment, taking care of path conversion for all the appropriate variables. Maybe start with:

strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

2006-02-03 Thread David Picton
I have encountered a strange bug when starting Microsoft Word when it is started by the cygstart command, e.g. cygstart Index.doc, with the current version of the Cygwin dll. The symptoms are as follows: 1. Word appears to start normally, and the file can be edited on screen. 2. However, when

Re: strange cygstart bug with current Cygwin versions

2006-02-03 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, David Picton wrote: I have encountered a strange bug when starting Microsoft Word when it is started by the cygstart command, e.g. cygstart Index.doc, with the current version of the Cygwin dll. The symptoms are as follows: 1. Word appears to start normally, and the