/usr/games to install games?
What is the proper location for games in Cygwin? According to FHS[1], I've used: /usr/games Jari [1] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#SPECIFICOPTIONS9 Chapter 4. The /usr Hierarchy Purpose /usr is the second major section of the filesystem. /usr is shareable, read-only data. That means that /usr should be shareable between various FHS-compliant hosts and must not be written to. Any information that is host-specific or varies with time is stored elsewhere. Specific Options . Directory Description X11R6 XWindow System, version 11 release 6 (optional) games Games and educational binaries (optional) libqual Alternate Format Libraries (optional) src Source code (optional) -- Welcome to FOSS revolution: we fix and modify until it shines
[GTG] Re: [ITP] vfu 4.06 -- A mc-like versatile text-based filemanager
Jari Aalto writes: In Debian stable: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/vfu Builds fine from source, packaging and setup.hint look good. GTG Volker
[GTG] Re: [ITP] tirc 1.2 -- Token's irc client
Jari Aalto writes: Included in Debian stable: http://packages.debian.org/tirc Builds fine from source, packaging and setup.hint look good. GTG Volker
[GTG] Re: [ITP] cdargs 1.35 -- Bookmarks and browsing for the cd command
Jari Aalto writes: Include din Debian stable: http://packages.debian.org/cdargs Builds fine from source and packaging looks good. Requires should be: requires: cygwin bash libncurses8 GTG Volker
[GTG] Re: [ITP] lv 4.51 -- Multilingual less-like viewer
Jari Aalto writes: Included in Debian stable: http://packages.debian.org/lv Builds fine from source, packaging and setup.hint look good. GTG Volker
Re: [ITP] iselect 1.4.0 -- An interactive line selection tool for ASCII files
* Thu 2008-03-13 Volker Zell [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://packages.debian.org/iselect /usr/bin.exe Fixed. mkdir iselect cd iselect wget\ http://cygwin.cante.net/iselect/setup.hint \ http://cygwin.cante.net/iselect/iselect-1.4.0-1-src.tar.bz2 \ http://cygwin.cante.net/iselect/iselect-1.4.0-1.tar.bz2 tar -xf iselect-1.4.0-1-src.tar.bz2 ./iselect*.sh --color all -- Welcome to FOSS revolution: we fix and modify until it shines
Re: [GTG] Re: [ITP] cdargs 1.35 -- Bookmarks and browsing for the cd command
* Fri 2008-03-14 Volker Zell [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://packages.debian.org/cdargs Builds fine from source and packaging looks good. requires: cygwin bash libncurses8 Fixed. mkdir cdargs cd cdargs wget\ http://cygwin.cante.net/cdargs/cdargs-1.35-1-src.tar.bz2 \ http://cygwin.cante.net/cdargs/cdargs-1.35-1.tar.bz2 \ http://cygwin.cante.net/cdargs/setup.hint tar -xf cdargs-1.35-1-src.tar.bz2 ./cdargs*.sh --color all Jari -- Welcome to FOSS revolution: we fix and modify until it shines
Re: [ITP] tirc 1.2 -- Token's irc client
On Mar 13 19:41, Jari Aalto wrote: http://cygwin.cante.net/tirc/tirc-1.2-1-src.tar.bz2 \ http://cygwin.cante.net/tirc/tirc-1.2-1.tar.bz2 \ http://cygwin.cante.net/tirc/setup.hint Uploaded. Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
Re: [ITP] vfu 4.06 -- A mc-like versatile text-based filemanager
On Mar 13 19:41, Jari Aalto wrote: http://cygwin.cante.net/vfu/vfu-4.06-1-src.tar.bz2 \ http://cygwin.cante.net/vfu/vfu-4.06-1.tar.bz2 \ http://cygwin.cante.net/vfu/setup.hint Uploaded. Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
Re: [GTG] Re: [ITP] cdargs 1.35 -- Bookmarks and browsing for the cd command
On Mar 14 11:11, Jari Aalto wrote: http://cygwin.cante.net/cdargs/cdargs-1.35-1-src.tar.bz2 \ http://cygwin.cante.net/cdargs/cdargs-1.35-1.tar.bz2 \ http://cygwin.cante.net/cdargs/setup.hint Uploaded. Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
Re: [RFU] robodoc-4.99.36-1
On Mar 13 20:58, Gergely Budai wrote: http://home.arcor.de/thuffir/cygwin/robodoc/robodoc-4.99.36-1-src.tar.bz2 \ http://home.arcor.de/thuffir/cygwin/robodoc/robodoc-4.99.36-1.tar.bz2 \ http://home.arcor.de/thuffir/cygwin/robodoc/setup.hint Uploaded. Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
Re: [ITA] sysvinit: A System-V Init Clone
Yaakov? We're waiting for almost a month now for the new util-linux package. Can you please update? On Mar 3 18:55, Corinna Vinschen wrote: Yaakov? Any chance you can do the update? On Feb 25 12:24, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Feb 20 11:48, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Feb 19 23:03, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: Hi I would like to adopt and maintain the 'sysvinit' package from Sergey Okhapkin. [...] wget http://volkerzell.de/cygwin/ITP/sysvinit/setup.hint wget http://volkerzell.de/cygwin/ITP/sysvinit/sysvinit-2.86-1-src.tar.bz2 wget http://volkerzell.de/cygwin/ITP/sysvinit/sysvinit-2.86-1.tar.bz2 Packaging looks good to me. Thanks for taking over! I have prepared a new inetutils package which doesn't provide logger.exe anymore. I uploaded the above package. I also uploaded a new inetutils package which was necessary due to a security problem in rshd. Now we just need a new util-linux package without last.exe. :) This is still the case. We still need the new util-linux package without last.exe. Yaakov? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
Re: /usr/games to install games?
On Mar 14 08:32, Jari Aalto wrote: What is the proper location for games in Cygwin? According to FHS[1], I've used: /usr/games The original idea to put everything into /usr/bin (or better /bin since /usr/bin is just a mount) was to make sure that the normal applications are in the same dir as the DLLs they need for running. I'm not too sure that we should keep this scheme in the long run. The /bin dir is getting very big in a full install and /bin should be in $PATH anyway. For now we should probably stick to this scheme, but we should rethink this approach at least when we create the new package area for the Cygwin 1.7 release. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
Re: [ITP] greed 3.4 -- Curses-based clone of the DOS freeware game Greed
* Fri 2008-03-14 Volker Zell [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrong packaging: /usr/games/greed.exe - /usr/bin/greed.exe Moved. mkdir -p greed cd greed wget\ http://cygwin.cante.net/greed/greed-3.4-1-src.tar.bz2 \ http://cygwin.cante.net/greed/greed-3.4-1.tar.bz2 \ http://cygwin.cante.net/greed/setup.hint tar -xf greed-3.4-1-src.tar.bz2 ./greed*.sh --color all -- Welcome to FOSS revolution: we fix and modify until it shines
Re: [ITP] sudoku 1.0.1 -- Console based sudoku
* Fri 2008-03-14 Volker Zell [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrong packaging: /usr/games/sudoku.exe - /usr/bin/sudoku.exe Moved. mkdir sudoku cd sudoku wget\ http://cygwin.cante.net/sudoku/sudoku-1.0.1-1-src.tar.bz2 \ http://cygwin.cante.net/sudoku/sudoku-1.0.1-1.tar.bz2 \ http://cygwin.cante.net/sudoku/setup.hint tar -xf sudoku-1.0.1-1-src.tar.bz2 ./sudoku*.sh --color all -- Welcome to FOSS revolution: we fix and modify until it shines
Re: [ITP] ninvaders 0.1.1 -- A space invaders-like game using ncurses
* Thu 2008-03-13 Volker Zell [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrong packaging: /usr/games/ninvaders.exe - /usr/bin/ninvaders.exe Moved. mkdir ninvaders cd ninvaders wget\ http://cygwin.cante.net/ninvaders/ninvaders-0.1.1-1-src.tar.bz2 \ http://cygwin.cante.net/ninvaders/ninvaders-0.1.1-1.tar.bz2 \ http://cygwin.cante.net/ninvaders/setup.hint tar -xf ninvaders-0.1.1-1-src.tar.bz2 ./ninvaders*.sh --color all -- Welcome to FOSS revolution: we fix and modify until it shines
[GTG] Re: [ITP] iselect 1.4.0 -- An interactive line selection tool for ASCII files
Jari Aalto writes: * Thu 2008-03-13 Volker Zell [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://packages.debian.org/iselect /usr/bin.exe Fixed. Builds fine from source, packaging and setup.hint look good. GTG Volker
[GTG] Re: [ITP] pal 0.3.5 -- A cal-like calendar with day highlight and support for events
Jari Aalto writes: * Fri 2008-03-14 Volker Zell [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] requires: cygwin glib2 libiconv2 libintl3 libintl8 libncurses8 libreadline6 requires: cygwin glib2 libintl8 libreadline6 Fixed. Builds fine from source, packaging and setup.hint look good. GTG Volker
[GTG] Re: [ITP] ninvaders 0.1.1 -- A space invaders-like game using ncurses
Jari Aalto writes: * Thu 2008-03-13 Volker Zell [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrong packaging: /usr/games/ninvaders.exe - /usr/bin/ninvaders.exe Moved. Builds fine from source, packaging and setup.hint look good. GTG Volker
[GTG] Re: [ITP] sudoku 1.0.1 -- Console based sudoku
Jari Aalto writes: * Fri 2008-03-14 Volker Zell [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrong packaging: /usr/games/sudoku.exe - /usr/bin/sudoku.exe Moved. Builds fine from source, packaging and setup.hint look good. GTG Volker
[GTG] Re: [ITP] greed 3.4 -- Curses-based clone of the DOS freeware game Greed
Jari Aalto writes: * Fri 2008-03-14 Volker Zell [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrong packaging: /usr/games/greed.exe - /usr/bin/greed.exe Moved. Builds fine from source, packaging and setup.hint look good. GTG Volker
ash/bash postinstall dance [Was: Cygwin doesn't install on Windows Server 2008 (x64).]
Krzysztof Ostrowski wrote: What is the purpose of 00ash.sh, and what kind of system calls does it attempt at making? Surely, it must be something very unusual because I've got The strange thing about this is that 00ash should be totally superfluous on a new system. And syscalls? It's a shell script, it's just invoking programs, it doesn't really know waht a syscall is. A bit of background: For a long time in the past /bin/sh was really ash -- the ash package simply provided /bin/sh.exe, the bash package provided /bin/bash.exe, and that was that. There was no confusion or contention between the two. Except that ash sucks. It's not actively maintained, it's sort of buggy, not very POSIX compliant, and there are lots of shell scripts in the wild that start with #!/bin/sh but use bash-specific features since /bin/sh is bash on Linux. The reason for having ash as sh was because at some point in the very distant past it had been determined that because of ash's simplicity it was also faster than bash, which matters for Cygwin because process creation is really slow. We revisited this thinking a few years ago, sometime in mid 2005 I think. We determined that the fact that bash had a lot more builtins than ash compensated for any potential increase in complexity such that it was not in fact slower. We decided to change the packaging so that /bin/sh was bash. This was some time around mid-2005, so this is by far not a new change. Only we couldn't just stop providing ash as we needed a way of running the rebaseall script, which attempts to re-layout the ImageBase of all DLLs from Cygwin packages, which requires writing the new ImageBase to the .dll, which requires it not be in use. But bash links dynamically with libintl, libiconv, libreadline, and libcurses so those would be in use if bash were running the rebaseall script. ash only links with the Cygwin DLL so it is immune to this problem, so we decided to keep it around for that purpose. Under the new system, the ash package extracts /bin/ash.exe, the bash package extracts /bin/bash.exe and no package extracts /bin/sh.exe. That is handled between the ash and bash postinstall scripts. The reason for doing this was to make the upgrade safer: you could in thoery release a new ash that unpacks a /bin/ash.exe and a new bash package that unpacks both a /bin/sh.exe and a /bin/bash.exe. However, this leaves a potential route for the user having a broken system unless they install both updates at the same time. In the new system, the job of making sure there is a /bin/sh.exe (as well as keeping it updated) is covered by the postinstalls: 00bash.sh and 00ash.sh both try to ensure that if there is no /bin/sh.exe, or the /bin/sh.exe that exists is ash, that bash.exe is copied to sh.exe. The bash postinstall also does the copy if bash is newer than sh, so that when bash is upgraded the copy will be updated. (Note that it would be a lot easier to use a hard or soft link, but those won't work for various other reasons.) Anyway, the point of all this is that these postinstalls really only have one function: make sure /bin/sh is correct. And since you're not updating a system from 2005, you can simulate this entirely by copy c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe c:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe at a Command Prompt if for any reason it is not working correctly. That brings up an interesting, and I think valid question -- Why are we still catering to systems that might be stuck in 2005 with an ash /bin/sh? If we change the bash binary package to extract both /bin/sh and /bin/bash (the setup program expands hard links in the tarball as copies, so we can use a hard link there to save space) then that means that we don't have to worry about copying anything to sh.exe anymore, it will always be in sync with bash.exe. The ash postinstall could go away entirely and the bash postinstall (and startup!) could be simplified tremendously... Brian
