On 2017-11-12 12:07, Ken Brown wrote: > On 11/12/2017 1:39 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: >> Having responded to some of these posts and being prompted by the suggestion >> in >> a reply to one by "Cyg simple", I attach an offering, in the off chance that >> anyone affected might actually check the FAQ or find it in a search. ;^> > > Even if they don't find it, we can refer them to the FAQ rather than > re-writing > variations on the same answer each time. But your patch should be to > winsup/doc/faq-using.xml.
Darn, it looked generated but I only looked around htdocs for sources. Resubmitting against original winsup/doc/ source, which was much easier to edit. ;^> -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
>From ebd6307c5aed2fc4b48945a335fcd216fa46ca01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Inglis <brian.ing...@systematicsw.ab.ca> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2017 14:25:32 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] add FAQ 4.46. How do I fix find_fast_cwd warnings? --- winsup/doc/faq-using.xml | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml index b6b152e4e..165da5c68 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml @@ -1419,4 +1419,37 @@ such as virtual memory paging and file caching.</para> difficult to make <literal>fork()</literal> work reliably.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> + +<qandaentry id='faq.using.fixing-find_fast_cwd-warnings'> + <question><para>How do I fix <literal>find_fast_cwd</literal> warnings?</para></question> + <answer> + <para>Some ancient Cygwin releases asked users to report problems that were + difficult to diagnose to the mailing list with the message:</para> + + <screen>find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report + this problem to the public mailing list cyg...@cygwin.com</screen> + + <para>These problems were fixed long ago in updated Cygwin releases.</para> + <para>Unfortunately some projects and products still distribute these ancient + Cygwin releases, which do not support newer Windows releases, rather than + having their product install the current Cygwin release over the Internet. + They also provide no information about keeping Cygwin up to date with + upgrades and fixes.</para> + <para>The fix is simply downloading and running Cygwin Setup, using the + instructions at: + <ulink url="https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html"> + setup-net.html</ulink>.</para> + <para>When running Setup, you should not change most of the values + presented, just select the <strong>Next</strong> button in most cases, + as you already have a Cygwin release installed and only want to upgrade + your current installation. You should make your own selection if the + internet connection to your system requires a proxy, and to pick the + nearest up to date Cygwin download (mirror) site to your system for + faster downloads.</para> + <para>Cygwin Setup will download and apply updates to all packages required + for Cygwin itself and installed applications. + Any problems with applying updates or the application after updates should be + reported to the project or product vendor for follow up action.</para> + </answer> +</qandaentry> </qandadiv> -- 2.15.0