RE: postinstall: fontconfig abnormal exit

2020-09-11 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
> On 2020-09-10 04:57, Fergus Daly via Cygwin wrote: > >>>> Sorry if this has been asked 4 million times already. > > > >>> $ head /etc/postinstall/{fontconfig_dtd,libxml2}.* > >>==> /etc/postinstall/fontconfig_dtd.sh.do

RE: postinstall: fontconfig abnormal exit

2020-09-10 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
>>> Sorry if this has been asked 4 million times already. >> $ head /etc/postinstall/{fontconfig_dtd,libxml2}.* >==> /etc/postinstall/fontconfig_dtd.sh.done <== >> if [ -x /usr/bin/xmlcatalog ] ; then > /usr/bin/xmlcatalog --noout --add "system" "fonts.dtd" >

RE: postinstall: fontconfig abnormal exit

2020-09-08 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
> Greetings, Fergus Daly! >> Sorry if this has been asked 4 million times already. >> During postinstall, both at ground-zero installation and at every update >> thereafter, and for both Cygwin-32 and -64, >> (both using the appropriate setup-x86[_64].exe) I get: >> running:

RE: postinstall: fontconfig abnormal exit

2020-09-16 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
>> Fergus and Hamish, the problem you reported should be fixed with >> fontconfig 2.13.1-2 and libxml2-2.9.10-2. Yes: all good now. For me, anyway: I tried setup-x86.exe -P texlive-collection-latex -mn (i.e. just Base + TeX) which earlier caused the problem: no errors. Thank you! -- Problem

RE: Current setup timestamp 1590343308

2020-05-25 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
-Original Message- From: marco atzeri [mailto:marco.atz...@gmail.com] Sent: 25 May 2020 13:13 To: Fergus Daly Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Current setup timestamp 1590343308 On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 2:08 PM Fergus Daly via Cygwin wrote: > > Current setup timestamp 1590

Re: Current setup timestamp 1590343308

2020-05-25 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
>> It looks to me that /etc/setup/timestamp is updated by the last successful >> setup >> (upgrade?) run, and contains a copy of the selected mirror's setup.ini >> setup_timestamp field as of the last successful setup (upgrade?) run, a few >> hours earlier than the last successful setup

RE: heic to jpg conversion

2020-08-13 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
>> Does Cygwin include the capability to convert heic to jpg (or png or >> anything else Windows-readable)? >> I tried "convert" (previously all-powerful) but that does not work (in any >> obvious way, anyway). >> Thank you! > Works for me. What does `type convert` say? I have this: ~/tmp>

Setting appearance in bash / mintty

2020-06-19 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
This is a bash question, but it is posed only because I am experiencing a lack of parallel alignment between bash and mintty in Cygwin. Hope OK to ask. The file /etc/minttyrc [or equivalent] [or R-click in the mintty console] can be used to set FG and BG colours, font style and size. When using

Needing readline to build a local 64-bit exec

2020-07-26 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
Of more than 640 *.c files incorporated into a locally-built executable, exactly one contains many references to readline, such as "#include ". The 32-bit build proceeds impeccably to completion: there is a subdirectory x86/release/readline in the Cygwin resource and a paragraph for @ readline

xterm stackdump

2020-07-22 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
Lately I have been experiencing an xterm stackdump with varying triggers but all leading to a forced exit. Here is typical output. Exception: STATUS_INTEGER_DIVIDE_BY_ZERO at eip=0045D5EF eax=0092 ebx=80080300 ecx= edx= esi=800D4C88 edi= ebp=0004 esp=006BC820

Re: heic to jpg conversion

2020-08-16 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
> The just uploaded ImageMagick 7 is able to convert > from heic to both jpg and png (and more I assume ..) > I also added libheif and libde265 needed for the job. All working well. THANK YOU! -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/

Starting xterm as a DOS Command Prompt one-liner

2020-11-26 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
This one-line DOS command to start an xterm terminal: D:\cygwin> bin\run bin\XWin -clipboard -nolock -multiwindow 2> nul & timeout 4 > nul 2> nul & bin\xterm -display :0.0 2> nul & bin\kill -KILL -- -1 (broken here after each "&" for clarity of presentation only) works, and is a neat and

gnuplot post-install : exit code 1

2020-12-05 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
Both cygwin32 and cygwin64, both up-to-date: Following recent update to gnuplot I'm getting post-install errors as follows in both setup logs: running: D:\cygwin..\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/gnuplot.sh" abnormal exit: exit code=1 My installed.db shows gnuplot-X11

RE: Trouble with setting ini files : gnuplot and vi

2020-12-21 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
>> Despite best efforts I cannot find a way of setting user preferences >> for vi (e.g. preferred syntax-sensitive settings) and gnuplot (e.g. >> preferred line colours / thickness). >> I have tried editing /etc/vimrc, /etc/virc for vi; and >> /etc/X11/app-defaults/Gnuplot for gnuplot

RE: Trouble with setting ini files : gnuplot and vi

2020-12-21 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
>> Despite best efforts I cannot find a way of setting user preferences >> for vi (e.g. preferred syntax-sensitive settings) and gnuplot (e.g. >> preferred line colours / thickness). >> I have tried editing /etc/vimrc, /etc/virc for vi; and >> /etc/X11/app-defaults/Gnuplot for gnuplot

RE: Trouble with starting XWin, "(EE) Can't read lock file /tmp/.XO-lock"

2020-11-19 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
-Original Message- From: Cygwin On Behalf Of rt...@sciencetools.com Sent: 18 November 2020 22:03 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Trouble with starting XWin, "(EE) Can't read lock file /tmp/.XO-lock" Hey everyone, SUPER long time Cygwin user, seldom need help, and my versions are all

Cygwin-64 on W10-64 : the only game in town?

2020-11-01 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
With W7 no longer supported, W10-32 supported but no longer provided on new machines (Microsoft states that, "Beginning with Windows 10, version 2004, all new Windows 10 systems will be required to use 64-bit builds and Microsoft will no longer release 32-bit builds for OEM distribution .. the

RE: rename using regexpr - is it possible?

2021-10-24 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
>> I might be wrong but: >> The Cygwin implementation of rename seems completely different from "the" >> (my) Linux version. >> (Almost unique? Otherwise the matching in Cygwin of all syntax - >> vocab, switches, outcomes - to Linux, seems almost perfect.) >> Can I rename a set of files *.d

Re: Portable CygWin version for Windows?

2021-11-14 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
Am 14.11.2021 um 11:32 schrieb Marco Atzeri via Cygwin: > On 14.11.2021 08:37, Peter Steiner via Cygwin wrote: >> On webpage >> >> https://cygwin.com/ >> >> I found only a CgyWin Installer to download. >> >> I prefer to put CygWin on an USB flash drive and run it on various >> computers without

terminfo packaging glitch?

2021-11-17 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
Does this: $ ls /usr/share/terminfo/terminfo lrwxrwxrwx /usr/share/terminfo/terminfo -> /usr/share/terminfo/ serve a purpose, or supply a workaround .. or .. is it a packaging glitch? (Only in Cygwin64, not Cygwin32.) -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

RE: rename using regexpr - is it possible?

2021-10-25 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
-Original Message- From: Eliot Moss Sent: 24 October 2021 17:11 To: Fergus Daly ; 'cygwin@cygwin.com' Subject: Re: rename using regexpr - is it possible? On 10/24/2021 4:55 PM, Fergus Daly wrote: >>> I might be wrong but: >>> The Cygwin implementation of rename seems completely

New installation of Cygwin64: xinit.sh exit code 3

2023-10-21 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
I made a new installation of Cygwin 64 on a new USB stick, including the package xinit. (I use setup -P followed by a longish but far from complete list of required packages ..,..,xinit,..,..) At this first use of setup I got a single error message: Package: _/xinit xinit.sh exit code 3 At

RE: New installation of Cygwin64: xinit.sh exit code 3

2023-10-21 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
Should have added: the file /var/log/setup.log shows no detail beyond 2023/10/21 09:29:46 running: G:\console64\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/xinit.sh" 2023/10/21 09:29:49 abnormal exit: exit code=3 -Original Message- I made a new installation of Cygwin 64 on a new

RE: New installation of Cygwin64: xinit.sh exit code 3

2023-10-21 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
>> Should have added: the file /var/log/setup.log shows no detail beyond >> 2023/10/21 09:29:46 running: G:\console64\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile >> "/etc/postinstall/xinit.sh" >> 2023/10/21 09:29:49 abnormal exit: exit code=3 >> >> -Original Message- >> >> I made a new installation

RE: New installation of Cygwin64: xinit.sh exit code 3

2023-10-23 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
<< Detail >> >> When I used Explorer to visit C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start >> Menu\Cygwin-X I was told: >> "You don't currently have permission to access this folder" >> and clicking on Continue to get access I was told: >> "You have been denied permission to access this folder"

RE: gcc v.11.3.0 failing - possible cause gcc or libreadline.a?

2022-12-19 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
>>> In a gcc build script terminating with the instruction >>> gcc -w -static -o myexe -O3 ./myarchive.a -lreadline -lncurses -lm >>> I have suddenly started getting very many instances of both of >>> ld: /usr/src/debug/readline-8.2-2/terminal.c:nn various: undefined >>> reference to

RE: gcc v.11.3.0 failing - possible cause gcc or libreadline.a?

2022-12-15 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
>> In a gcc build script terminating with the instruction >> gcc -w -static -o myexe -O3 ./myarchive.a -lreadline -lncurses -lm >> I have suddenly started getting very many instances of both of >> ld: /usr/src/debug/readline-8.2-2/terminal.c:nn various: undefined >> reference to

gcc v.11.3.0 failing - possible cause gcc or libreadline.a?

2022-12-14 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
In a gcc build script terminating with the instruction gcc -w -static -o myexe -O3 ./myarchive.a -lreadline -lncurses -lm I have suddenly started getting very many instances of both of ld: /usr/src/debug/readline-8.2-2/terminal.c:nn various: undefined reference to `{various}' ld:

Long lines in posts to this mailing list

2022-12-14 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
What causes long lines without word wrap in posts to this list (such as the immediately preceding "gcc v.11.3.0 failing") and how can they be avoided? (They are very inconvenient - sorry!) -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/

Contents of /dev/

2023-01-08 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
Until recently my Cygwin installation (which is of considerable size though far from complete) consisted entirely of directories (here about 3300), files (49000), links (2300) and just 1 socket. Now under /dev/ I find 3 directories 0 files 4 links 12 type b being block (buffered) special 17

Strange link /bin/rungs in 32-bit Cygwin

2023-03-23 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
Maybe of diminishing interest (32-bit Cygwin) - but: Out of nowhere (but see below (*)) a link has occurred /bin/rungs -> /usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/rungs.tlu which is, I think, a typo for /usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/rungs.lua Can anybody confirm? (*) Weird. For no particular

RE: Strange link /bin/rungs in 32-bit Cygwin

2023-03-25 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
>> Maybe of diminishing interest (32-bit Cygwin) - but: >> Out of nowhere (but see below (*)) a link has occurred >> /bin/rungs -> /usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/rungs.tlu >> which is, I think, a typo for /usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/rungs.lua >> Can anybody confirm? > The symlink

A query about latest update to "make"

2023-02-21 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
I update my local Cygwin using setup-x86_64.exe. The latest setup.ini file includes the lines setup-timestamp: 1676945925 setup-version: 2.924 @ make version: 4.4-1 [prev] version: 4.3-1 [test] version: 4.4.0.91-1 I definitely do not use the switch -t (for test

Has anybody managed to build FSArchiver?

2023-04-15 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
A visit to https://www.fsarchiver.org/ yields references to versions 0.8.x but at ./configure (though at a very late stage) presents the error msg configure: error: Unsupported system type Cygwin The application looks very competent. Has anybody managed to hack it for Cygwin? -- Problem

Re: Error running setup-x86_64.exe: syntax error in setup.zst

2023-04-07 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
>> I'm concerned that the bad setup.zst might propagate to other mirrors. Yes, identical error arising at https://cygwin.mirror.uk.sargasso.net/x86_64/setup.zst and elsewhere. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

bash shell script: recently running, now failing

2023-04-05 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
I have a "hash bang" bash shell script i.e. first line #! /bin/sh or equivalently #! /bin/bash For various reasons I want this file to be identified as binary so its second line is the single character null \x00 showing up in some editors e.g. nano as ^@ This does not prevent the script from

Cygwin x86 end-of-life instructions worked really well

2023-02-10 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
Just to say: the instructions at https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-announce/2022-November/010810.html work really well. I used the following single command at the Command Prompt: "setup-x86-2.924.exe --allow-unsupported-windows --site

Re: Updated: openssl 1.1.1u-1

2023-06-05 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
During today's update (not test 3.0.9-0.1) this probably unimportant error msg occurred: running: D:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/openssl.sh" can't run /etc/postinstall/openssl.sh: No such file -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

exit code 2 from /etc/preremove/python39-pip.sh

2024-02-14 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
I don't think it matters much (or at all*) but while installing today's python39 update I got: running: .. .. \bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/preremove/python39-pip.sh" abnormal exit: exit code=2 On inspection the .sh file contains the single command:

Some repeated tasks at every update

2024-02-24 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
There are 12 tasks never shown ".done" in /etc/postinstall/ (6 .dash and 6 .sh) and therefore repeated at every update. (Other users' installations might have 12 +/-.) They are not particularly intrusive (though they can take a while) but nor is their inclusion or the exclusion of many others

Re: Some repeated tasks at every update

2024-02-25 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
>> A list of those would be useful unless access to your system is available? Thank you Brian. For info my very reduced but entirely adequate Cygwin installation (to my purposes) is driven by setup-x86_64 -P ImageMagick,R,autoconf,automake,bash-completion,bc,binutils,bison,byacc,