patches...

2004-02-05 Thread Edward S. Peschko
(ps - whoops, just saw this: "If you just want to send email to the cygwin-patches mailing list without receiving email you can send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This will allow you to send email to the list without receiving any of the email traffic. Be advised however, that you may miss some mes

patch for additional args to setup.exe

2004-02-05 Thread Edward S. Peschko
hey all, below is a relatively small patch to setup.exe that adds the following command line options: -E: use IE connection settings for downloading -H: give a proxy name to use ... -P: give a proxy port to use ... -a: install everything -u: uninstall everythi

RE: Plausibility of sendmail?

2004-02-05 Thread Joaquin
On another angle for this discussion. Consider that for one M$ $FU 3.5 has sendmail. Before this many commercial solutions charging quite a lot of $$ for sendmail under Windows. Microsoft even compiled a version of sendmail for the earliest versions of Windows NT 3.51 long ago and posted it on t

RE: Plausibility of sendmail?

2004-02-05 Thread Joaquin
Hi. Essentially, I would probaly never utilize Cygwin as a production system. Actually, truth be told, I would never personally use Windows as a prodcution system. The thought just scares me. But I don't want to go there... However, I do use Windows as a development system, where I test client

Snapshots are *fun* (Re: problem w/ lftp & cygwin)

2004-02-05 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 08:36:50PM -0800, Bill Priest wrote: >With the latest released cygwin 1.5.7 and latest lftp I get the >following accompanied by infinite cpu usage by lftp until I kill it w/ >task manager. I've reproduced it on two different machines. Here are >the steps: > >from bash >lft

Re: ldd equivalent

2004-02-05 Thread Frédéric L. W. Meunier
On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Edward S. Peschko wrote: > well, I was there - I'm referring to the link *inside* the message. > It points to some site which no longer exists. I uploaded the 2 ldd (I got from Google some time ago) to http://www.pervalidus.net/cygwin/ldd/ -- http://www.pervalidus.net/contac

problem w/ lftp & cygwin

2004-02-05 Thread Bill Priest
All, With the latest released cygwin 1.5.7 and latest lftp I get the following accompanied by infinite cpu usage by lftp until I kill it w/ task manager. I've reproduced it on two different machines. Here are the steps: from bash lftp ~ (Unknow command ~) ~ bash-2.05b$ lftp lftp :~> ~ Unknown

Re: ldd equivalent

2004-02-05 Thread Larry Hall
At 09:42 PM 2/5/2004, Edward S. Peschko you wrote: >On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 09:38:33PM -0500, Larry Hall wrote: >> At 09:10 PM 2/5/2004, Edward S. Peschko you wrote: >> >hey, >> > >> >I was wondering if - when you ran cygcheck - it gave equivalent output to >> >ldd. >> > >> >If so, why isn't it ca

Re: ldd equivalent

2004-02-05 Thread Edward S. Peschko
On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 09:38:33PM -0500, Larry Hall wrote: > At 09:10 PM 2/5/2004, Edward S. Peschko you wrote: > >hey, > > > >I was wondering if - when you ran cygcheck - it gave equivalent output to > >ldd. > > > >If so, why isn't it called ldd? > > > >If not, what's the equivalent? > > > >I se

Re: ldd equivalent

2004-02-05 Thread Larry Hall
At 09:10 PM 2/5/2004, Edward S. Peschko you wrote: >hey, > >I was wondering if - when you ran cygcheck - it gave equivalent output to >ldd. > >If so, why isn't it called ldd? > >If not, what's the equivalent? > >I see mention of an 'ldd-like script' in > >http://sources.redha.com/ml/binutils/2002-

ldd equivalent

2004-02-05 Thread Edward S. Peschko
hey, I was wondering if - when you ran cygcheck - it gave equivalent output to ldd. If so, why isn't it called ldd? If not, what's the equivalent? I see mention of an 'ldd-like script' in http://sources.redha.com/ml/binutils/2002-09/msg00353.html but unfortunately, the link internal to the m

Signal handling failed when using msgrcv - CYGWIN 1.5.7

2004-02-05 Thread Luc . VanKeer
I have a process that waits on a message queue (with msgrcv) and has installed a signal handler. When another process send a signal (e.g. SIGTERM) to this process, the signal handler is not called. This was working in version 1.5.5 using the ipc2-deamon, but stopped working after switching to ve

Re: Segfault in _cygwin_dll_entry

2004-02-05 Thread Peter A. Castro
On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Larry Hall wrote: > > > At 06:10 AM 2/5/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: > > >Hello! > > > > > >I have been trying to get LibGGI to build and work on cygwin and > > >I have the following problem: Interestingly enough this is the

Re: Cygwin and mkfifo status question

2004-02-05 Thread Brian Ford
On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Andrews Harold G II Maj USAFA/DFCS wrote: > Hello, > > I was hoping to use mkfifo (4.1 according to mkinfo --version) for something > earlier today in Cygwin (1.5.7-1). I got the following error message: > > $ mkfifo test > mkfifo: cannot create fifo ``test'': Function not imp

Cygwin and mkfifo status question

2004-02-05 Thread Andrews Harold G II Maj USAFA/DFCS
Hello, I was hoping to use mkfifo (4.1 according to mkinfo --version) for something earlier today in Cygwin (1.5.7-1). I got the following error message: $ mkfifo test mkfifo: cannot create fifo ``test'': Function not implemented Doing some additional research I discovered that this is not yet

RE: compile needs netfilter_ipv4.h

2004-02-05 Thread Rafael Kitover
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Henning >Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 2:18 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: compile needs netfilter_ipv4.h > >Hi > >I just installed cygwin and am trying to compile 'reaim' which requires >'netfilte

compile needs netfilter_ipv4.h

2004-02-05 Thread Henning
Hi I just installed cygwin and am trying to compile 'reaim' which requires 'netfilter_ipv4.h' - a linux kernel header. Is there a package that contains the cygwin equivalent? or is it safe to simply copy the files it needs from the linux kernel sources? $ make gcc -o reaim reaim.c -g -Wall rea

Re: performance under XP

2004-02-05 Thread Brian Ford
On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, R. Timothy Tomaselli wrote: > hi -- > > installed cygwin so that i could use the x-window emulation. > i have a dell 1100, 256m memory, xp home. > > the performance is so slow as to be unusable. for example, dragging > a window takes many seconds. > > any ideas? > Several. F

performance under XP

2004-02-05 Thread R. Timothy Tomaselli
hi -- installed cygwin so that i could use the x-window emulation. i have a dell 1100, 256m memory, xp home. the performance is so slow as to be unusable. for example, dragging a window takes many seconds. any ideas? thanks, tim -- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#u

Re: cannot run POPFile with cygrunsrv anymore

2004-02-05 Thread Larry Hall
At 02:36 PM 2/5/2004, dAniel hAhler you wrote: >Hello cygwin-list, > >on Thu, 05. Feb 2004 at 12:56:12 -0500 Larry Hall wrote: > >btw: what would be changed, when running cygwin-setup.exe and going >from "Installed for Just Me" to "All Users"? >>>L> What changed is the mount type for the de

Re: cygdrive path

2004-02-05 Thread Larry Hall
At 01:36 PM 2/5/2004, Jan Buys you wrote: >Hello, > >Sorry if this is a dumb newbie question. I am a dumb newbie to cygwin after >all :-) > >I use the gcc compiler under cygwin to make some big builds. gdb is used to >debug. However : I want to use a DDD-style visual front-end to gdb and my >

Re: cygdrive path

2004-02-05 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Jan Buys wrote: > Hello, > > Sorry if this is a dumb newbie question. I am a dumb newbie to cygwin after > all :-) > > I use the gcc compiler under cygwin to make some big builds. gdb is used to > debug. However : I want to use a DDD-style visual front-end to gdb and my > fi

cygdrive path

2004-02-05 Thread Jan Buys
Hello, Sorry if this is a dumb newbie question. I am a dumb newbie to cygwin after all :-) I use the gcc compiler under cygwin to make some big builds. gdb is used to debug. However : I want to use a DDD-style visual front-end to gdb and my first choice was GNAT/GPS (looks DDD-like :) ). T

Re: cannot run POPFile with cygrunsrv anymore

2004-02-05 Thread dAniel hAhler
Hello cygwin-list, on Thu, 05. Feb 2004 at 12:56:12 -0500 Larry Hall wrote: btw: what would be changed, when running cygwin-setup.exe and going from "Installed for Just Me" to "All Users"? >>L> What changed is the mount type for the default mount points created by >>L> setup.exe. They ch

Re: Segfault in _cygwin_dll_entry

2004-02-05 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Larry Hall wrote: > At 06:10 AM 2/5/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: > >Hello! > > > >I have been trying to get LibGGI to build and work on cygwin and > >I have the following problem: > > > >When I run an application linked against the resulting cygggi-2.dll > >it segfaults i

Re: Segfault in _cygwin_dll_entry

2004-02-05 Thread Larry Hall
At 06:10 AM 2/5/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: >Hello! > >I have been trying to get LibGGI to build and work on cygwin and >I have the following problem: > >When I run an application linked against the resulting cygggi-2.dll >it segfaults in [EMAIL PROTECTED] (according to gdb) before main >is

Re: Is it possible to move emacs from one computer to another?

2004-02-05 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Charles Plager wrote: > Joe Buehler wrote: > > > Charles Plager wrote: > > > >> Is there a way I can get the cygwin source (or binarys for that > >> matter) for emacs 21.1.something? > > > > I believe that 21.2 is the version I first ported, so there isn't any > > 21.1. > > > >

Re: rsync 2.6.0-1 coredump with Cygwin 1.5.7-1

2004-02-05 Thread Larry Hall
At 09:25 AM 2/5/2004, Greg Larkin you wrote: >Hello, > >I have been using rsync to perform some remote backups for a while, and it >is has been working well. Here are the details: > >Remote host: Redhat Linux 9, openssh-3.5p1-11 RPM (has backported Redhat >security fixes) >Backup host: Windows XP,

Re: Signal handling problem in 1.5.7 ? - Was: Re: Program randomly hangs.....

2004-02-05 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 10:23:16AM +0100, Michael Haubenwallner wrote: >I'm using make (not dmake) with SHELL=/bin/sh to build my project, >and it also died unexpectedly on different locations. > >So i've attached an extract of my Makefile, where i got the problem. >I did this on a Windows Server 2

Security Alert ! Hello

2004-02-05 Thread Nemx Power Tools for MS Exchange Server_DATALEX_NT_0
This message had a ".scr" attachment and was deleted as a precaution against a possible virus attack -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: h

Re: Is it possible to move emacs from one computer to another?

2004-02-05 Thread Charles Plager
Joe Buehler wrote: Charles Plager wrote: Is there a way I can get the cygwin source (or binarys for that matter) for emacs 21.1.something? I believe that 21.2 is the version I first ported, so there isn't any 21.1. 21.4, when released, is supposed to support Cygwin out of the box. Assuming

Re: cannot run POPFile with cygrunsrv anymore

2004-02-05 Thread Larry Hall
At 04:29 AM 2/5/2004, dAniel hAhler you wrote: >Hello cygwin-list, > >on Wed, 04. Feb 2004 at 23:33:20 -0500 Larry Hall wrote: > >>>and after deleting /var/log/popfile.log (which had no permissions for >>>SYSTEM), it now works.. >L> Excellent! > > >>>If I understood correctly, the mount settings ar

Re: Is it possible to move emacs from one computer to another?

2004-02-05 Thread Joe Buehler
Charles Plager wrote: Is there a way I can get the cygwin source (or binarys for that matter) for emacs 21.1.something? I believe that 21.2 is the version I first ported, so there isn't any 21.1. 21.4, when released, is supposed to support Cygwin out of the box. Assuming I get around to seeing

Re: Is it possible to move emacs from one computer to another?

2004-02-05 Thread Joe Buehler
Charles Plager wrote: 1) Do I just get the source from http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/? No -- get the Cygwin src package for emacs. 2) Are there special cygwin build procedures? When I typed 'configure' (a script that came with emacs), it simply said: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> configure loading cach

Re: adding a user in cygwin

2004-02-05 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 5 18:06, Baurjan Ismagulov wrote: > Hello, Tony. > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 03:29:35PM +, Tony wrote: > >We have setup cygwin on an 2000 server and have the need to add a user to > > the box. We have added the user to the local admins and want to update > > the /etc/passwd file

Re: howto build a debug version of a Cygwin package, and debug it

2004-02-05 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Sorry, pressed "Send" prematurely. On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > [snip] > P.S. Many configures support the "--enable-debugging" flag. I don't have > the emacs source, but perhaps someone else can ...provide more information on how emacs is packaged for Cygwin. --

1.5.7: make hangs on XP (with HT)

2004-02-05 Thread Rolf Campbell
I've been trying to narrow the problem I've been having with make (-j) and processes locking up. And I've made some progress. First, this happens with 1.5.6 -> 1.5.7 (and every snapshot in-between). I've tried this test on 3 configurations: WinXP (HyperThreaded): fails quickly (between 20 secon

Re: howto build a debug version of a Cygwin package, and debug it

2004-02-05 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Thomas L Roche wrote: > Charles Plager: thanks for starting this thread, since I may also need > to go down this road :-( However, please continue it under this more > demonstrative Subject: line. Switched the subject as per the above request. On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Charles Plag

Re: adding a user in cygwin

2004-02-05 Thread Baurjan Ismagulov
Hello, Tony. On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 03:29:35PM +, Tony wrote: >We have setup cygwin on an 2000 server and have the need to add a user to > the box. We have added the user to the local admins and want to update > the /etc/passwd file to reflect this. Do you have to do a recreation of >

adding a user in cygwin

2004-02-05 Thread Tony
Hi, We have setup cygwin on an 2000 server and have the need to add a user to the box. We have added the user to the local admins and want to update the /etc/passwd file to reflect this. Do you have to do a recreation of the /etc/passwd file or is there a "useradd" command? regards Tony

Re: Is it possible to move emacs from one computer to another?

2004-02-05 Thread Charles Plager
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: I'm not particularly experienced at building large packages so I have a few questions: 1) Do I just get the source from http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/? No, you download the Cygwin source using setup.exe by checking the 'Src' box for the package. Note that by design

rsync 2.6.0-1 coredump with Cygwin 1.5.7-1

2004-02-05 Thread Greg Larkin
Hello, I have been using rsync to perform some remote backups for a while, and it is has been working well. Here are the details: Remote host: Redhat Linux 9, openssh-3.5p1-11 RPM (has backported Redhat security fixes) Backup host: Windows XP, cygwin 1.5.7-1, rsync 2.6.0-1, F-Secure SSH v5.3 bui

Re: XEmacs and Windows Fonts

2004-02-05 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
> "David" == David Rothenberger writes: David> Paul Stodghill wrote: >> I don't know if it is a 21.4.14 problem or a configuration problem. David> I believe it is a configuration problem of some sort. I am running a David> 21.4.14 that I built myself from CVS and did not enco

Segfault in _cygwin_dll_entry

2004-02-05 Thread peda
Hello! I have been trying to get LibGGI to build and work on cygwin and I have the following problem: When I run an application linked against the resulting cygggi-2.dll it segfaults in [EMAIL PROTECTED] (according to gdb) before main is reached. LibGGI consists of three core libraries: ggi, gii

Re: cannot run POPFile with cygrunsrv anymore

2004-02-05 Thread dAniel hAhler
Hello cygwin-list, on Wed, 04. Feb 2004 at 23:33:20 -0500 Larry Hall wrote: >>and after deleting /var/log/popfile.log (which had no permissions for >>SYSTEM), it now works.. L> Excellent! >>If I understood correctly, the mount settings are stored in registry >>and so I do not have to put anythi

Re: "FAQ as One Big HTML File" isn't

2004-02-05 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 4 15:09, Thomas L Roche wrote: > To the doc maintainer, if s/he exists: the FAQ has a link to > > FAQ as One Big HTML File > > However faq0.html == faq.html: it's just a table of contents, which is > not what I expected. By contrast, Did you try to scroll further down? Corinna -- Cor

permission denied error during compilation

2004-02-05 Thread Albert Maier
Hello, I am using Cygwin to run the network simulator ns-2 under WinXP. During the compilation of ns-2 I get a permission denied error (see below). Cygwin is installed on a FAT32 partition, so it shouldn't be any security issues. There is a similar question in the mailing list. They wrote that th

RE: [v2.416] Cannot install Cygwin, using setup.exe

2004-02-05 Thread Jochen Dehmer
Mail richtet sich an: Hannu E K Nevalainen > > >Some further stories about this pc: > > >[Windows 2000, German edition] > > >[P3 500Mhz, 768 MB RAM (SDRAM)] [...] > Or even better; look at > http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup.html > and find the instructions and link to setup 2.418 > htt

Re: setting IP address & mask via CLI

2004-02-05 Thread Benjamin Lindner
Victor, under windows2000 the tool you might use is netsh.exe. It's a kind of a scripting interface to network parameters by doing netsh interface dump you get the current configuration, which you can alter to your needs (IP, gateway, DHCP yes/no, DNS, WINS etc) save the configuration to a file