Re: msi installer file?

[Antonio Petrelli]

Il giorno mer 9 mar 2022 alle ore 20:31 Monica Parker <
monicapar...@cymertek.com> ha scritto:

> Hi,
> I just want to know if there is an MSI installer file? If not, can one be
> created? Im trying to create a package for SCCM and it wont accept exe
> files.
>

I don't know if it is an option, but there is a cygwin package in
Chocolatey.

Antonio

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[ITP] sshfs

[Mark Geisert]

This is a Cygwin port of the FUSE app sshfs that can be found in various 
Linux distributions.  It allows mounting a remote directory via ssh onto a 
local directory.  It requires cygfuse.


sshfs is a subproject of the Linux-focused libfuse project.

The initial project files for review are located at:
http://maxrnd.com/~mark/cygwin/sshfs/sshfs.cygport
http://maxrnd.com/~mark/cygwin/sshfs/sshfs-3.7.2-1-src.tar.xz

Thanks for reading and for any feedback you might have,

..mark

[ITP] cygfuse

[Mark Geisert]

This is a Cygwin version of libfuse{,3} that can be found in various Linux 
distributions.  It is a couple of link libraries and additions to 
/usr/include to allow porting of FUSE apps.  FUSE: File System In User 
Space.  I will shortly be providing an sshfs FUSE app, to be covered by a 
separate ITP.


Importantly, cygfuse depends on an underlying Windows FUSE implementation: 
WinFSP.  In fact the Cygwin library code was provided by the author of 
WinFSP.  I'm just providing a bona-fide Cygwin package for the code.


WinFSP, and thus cygfuse, is made available under GPLv3 for Free/Libre and 
Open Source Software or under a commercial license.


If another Windows FUSE provider shows interest in supporting Cygwin, I 
suspect it could be supported with alternatives(8).


The initial project files for review are located at:
http://maxrnd.com/~mark/cygwin/cygfuse/cygfuse.cygport
http://maxrnd.com/~mark/cygwin/cygfuse/cygfuse-3.2.0-1-src.tar.xz
http://maxrnd.com/~mark/cygwin/cygfuse/cygfuse-3.2.0-1.src.patch

Thanks for reading and for any feedback you might have,

..mark

Re: msi installer file?

[Adam Dinwoodie]

On Wed, Mar 09, 2022 at 02:27:01PM -0500, Monica Parker wrote:
> Hi,
> I just want to know if there is an MSI installer file? If not, can one be
> created? Im trying to create a package for SCCM and it wont accept exe
> files.

There isn't, and I don't think it's likely that anyone here will create
one; I'm not very familiar with the requirements for MSI installers, but
I very strongly expect that converting Cygwin's current installer to
work as an MSI installer would be *a lot* of work, if it's possible at
all.

In particular, the Cygwin installer is really a tool for selecting from
over 10,000 separate packages, calculating the potentially-complex
dependencies between them, then downloading and installing each
individual requested component.

If you want to provide a Cygwin installer in an environment where MSI
packages are acceptable but users can't run any executables, I expect
your best bet might be to decide what set of packages you want to
provide, install those using the regular Cygwin installer, then bundle
up the resultant installation directory into an MSI yourself.  That's
not going to be trivial to get working reliably, and obviously users
will lose the ability to select their own packages or get updates
until/unless you repackage them, but it's the best idea I can think of.

(I'm not familiar with SCCM, but given just how many Windows installers
come as executables, I'd have expected any management system that wanted
to intstall anything more than a very tightly controlled set of
applications would need to handle .exe installers.  I know Microsoft are
keen to get more people offering applications through their storefront,
but they're also actively working on winget, which can and does handle
.exe installers...)

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keyboard problem under X and last snapshot (2022-03-01)

[Denis Excoffier]

Hello,

I tried the last snapshot (dated 2022-03-01), which seems to work well, until i 
failed to launch X/Windows, giving the
following message in a Windows popup: Failed to activate virtual core keyboard: 
2

Under the preceding snapshot (dated 2022-02-17) everything works perfectly.

Below the full content of the failing XWin.0.log. Any ideas?

Regards,
Denis Excoffier.

Welcome to the XWin X Server
Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project
Release: 1.21.1.3
OS: CYGWIN_NT-10.0-17763 PC17470 3.4.0-341.x86_64.snap 2022-03-01 00:05 UTC 
x86_64
OS: Windows 10  [Windows NT 10.0 build 17763] x64
Package: version 21.1.3-1 built 2022-01-14

XWin was started with the following command line:

/usr/bin/XWin -nodecoration -emulate3buttons -unixkill 
 -nowinkill -auth (…redacted...)/Xauthority :0 

ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
winInitializeScreenDefaults - primary monitor w 1920 h 1080
[ 27622.062] (II) xorg.conf is not supported
[ 27622.062] (II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more 
information
[ 27622.062] winUpdateDpi - primary monitor native DPI x 96 y 96
[ 27622.062] LoadPreferences: (…redacted...)/.XWinrc not found
[ 27622.109] LoadPreferences: Loading /etc/X11/system.XWinrc
[ 27622.109] LoadPreferences: Done parsing the configuration file...
[ 27622.125] winDetectSupportedEngines - RemoteSession: no
[ 27622.218] winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed, allowing 
ShadowDDNL
[ 27622.218] winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 0005
[ 27622.218] winSetEngine - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
[ 27622.218] winScreenInit - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per pixel
[ 27622.265] winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00ff ff00 00ff
[ 27622.265] MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support
[ 27622.265] XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due 
to lack of shared memory support in the kernel
[ 27622.265] (EE) AIGLX: No native OpenGL in modes with a root window
[ 27622.687] (II) IGLX: Loaded and initialized swrast
[ 27622.687] (II) GLX: Initialized DRISWRAST GL provider for screen 0
[ 27622.859] (EE) Error compiling keymap (server-0) executing 
'"/usr/bin/xkbcomp" -w 1 "-R/usr/share/X11/xkb" -xkm "/tmp/xkb_w55Azw" -em1 
"The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:" -emp "> " -eml "Errors from 
xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server" "/tmp/server-0.xkm" >/tmp/xkb_G5ywI7 
2>&1'
[ 27622.859] (EE) xkbcomp exit status 0x
[ 27622.859] (EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap
[ 27622.859] (EE) XKB: Failed to load keymap. Loading default keymap instead.
[ 27622.875] (EE) Error compiling keymap (server-0) executing 
'"/usr/bin/xkbcomp" -w 1 "-R/usr/share/X11/xkb" -xkm "/tmp/xkb_zJBPAR" -em1 
"The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:" -emp "> " -eml "Errors from 
xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server" "/tmp/server-0.xkm" >/tmp/xkb_hBHkrn 
2>&1'
[ 27622.875] (EE) xkbcomp exit status 0x
[ 27622.875] (EE) XKB: Couldn't compile keymap
[ 27622.875] XKB: Failed to compile keymap
[ 27622.875] Keyboard initialization failed. This could be a missing or 
incorrect setup of xkeyboard-config.
[ 27622.875] (EE) Fatal server error:
[ 27622.875] (EE) Failed to activate virtual core keyboard: 2(EE) 
[ 27622.875] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.


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Re: msi installer file?

[Bill Stewart]

On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 12:30 PM Monica Parker wrote:

Hi,
> I just want to know if there is an MSI installer file? If not, can one be
> created? Im trying to create a package for SCCM and it wont accept exe
> files.
>

There is no MSI package; sorry.

Bill

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msi installer file?

[Monica Parker]

Hi,
I just want to know if there is an MSI installer file? If not, can one be
created? Im trying to create a package for SCCM and it wont accept exe
files.

Thanks so much.

Monica

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alternatives-1.3.30c-10 has download errors - tried many Mirror sites

[Knappe III, Edmond via Cygwin]

I am still having Download Errors on alternatives-1.3.30c-10 package.

>From cygwin.com, the Setup script downloaded is "Cygwin setup 2.918 (64-bit)"
Using https://mirrors.kernel.org I am still receiving download Errors.

Maybe it is an issue with Cygwin setup 2.918?

How can I get "Cygwin setup 2.917" that worked for your install?

Edmond Knappe

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Re: alternatives-1.3.30c-10 has download errors - tried many Mirror sites

[Doug Henderson]

On Wed, 9 Mar 2022 at 10:24, Knappe III, Edmond via Cygwin
 wrote:
>
> CYGWIN,
>
> In trying to install CYGWIN today, I am getting a Download Error on the
> required "alternatives-1.3.30c-10 package".  Since this is a REQUIRED package,
> I am unable to continue.  I have tried multiple Mirror sites and get the
> same Download Error with this package.

WFM
I just reinstalled the alternatives-1.3.30c-10 package after removing
the cached alternatives files. The install worked successfully using
https://mirrors.kernel.org as the mirror site. I used cygwin setup
2.917 (64 bit).

1. Use cygwin setup 2.917 (64 bit).
2. Shutdown all cygwin processes before running setup. This includes
any background servers and services.
3. Check that the internet proxy settings are correct.
4. Verify that other packages can be installed, and that all available
updates have been installed.

Doug
alternatives maintainer

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alternatives-1.3.30c-10 has download errors - tried many Mirror sites

[Knappe III, Edmond via Cygwin]

CYGWIN,

In trying to install CYGWIN today, I am getting a Download Error on the
required "alternatives-1.3.30c-10 package".  Since this is a REQUIRED package,
I am unable to continue.  I have tried multiple Mirror sites and get the
same Download Error with this package.

Edmond Knappe
edmond.kna...@ecolab.com

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alternatives-1.3.30c-10 has download errors - tried many Mirror sites

[Knappe III, Edmond via Cygwin]

CYGWIN,

In trying to install CYGWIN today, I am getting a Download Error on the
required "alternatives-1.3.30c-10 package".  Since this is a REQUIRED package,
I am unable to continue.  I have tried multiple Mirror sites and get the
same Download Error with this package.


Edmond Knappe
SENIOR SCIENTIST, AUTOMATION DEPARTMENT

NALCO Water | An Ecolab Company 1601 W. DIEHL ROAD, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563
T (331)-237-2122 E edmond.kna...@ecolab.com

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what process does cygwin/sshd invoke when opens a port-forwarded xterm?

[n952162]

*ps -ef* only shows /xterm /instances that are created by the window
manager, not those created by sshd - at least, not with the name "xterm".


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