setup preremove postremove

2004-06-05 Thread John Morrison
Hi everyone Sorry if this post should have gone elsewhere (I'm sure somebody will correct it ;) I'm museing about trying to get /etc/profile to update itself. What I'm currently debating is a script which runs before the new files are installed which compares /etc/profile with

Re: setup preremove postremove

2004-06-05 Thread Robert Collins
Preremove is to do things like removing cached rebased .dll's etc - things you can only do while the rest of your package is installed. postremove is to do cleanup that you cannot do while the rest of your package is installed. Rob -- GPG key available at: http://www.robertcollins.net/keys.txt.

Re: lcms-1.13-1

2004-06-05 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Hallo Gerrit, Am Freitag, 4. Juni 2004 um 17:07 schriebst du: Hello, I want to contribute/maintain lcms. Homepage: http://www.littlecms.com/ It is used as color management engine in many projects, e.g. Libmng, Scribus, Inkscape. BTW, ImageMagick is also able to make use of it. Gerrit --

Re: Fw: 1.5.10: startx hangs intermittently

2004-06-05 Thread Kensuke Matsuzaki
Jerry and Jesper, Is /tmp binmode or textmode? How about mount -b c:/cygwin/tmp /tmp? Kensuke Matsuzaki

xwin start error

2004-06-05 Thread Kyle Costello
Hello, I recently downloaded and installed cygwin (all packages) according to the directions at: http://www.cs.usask.ca/grads/wew036/latex/xfig.html When I try to start xwin I receive the following error message and xwin immediately shuts down. What do I need to do in order to get xwin

Re: 1.5.10: startx hangs intermittently

2004-06-05 Thread Jesper Hansen
On Jun 5, 2004, at 09:02, Kensuke Matsuzaki wrote: Jerry and Jesper, Is /tmp binmode or textmode? I didn't have a /tmp mount, but / is mounted textmode. How about mount -b c:/cygwin/tmp /tmp? That did the trick, now XWin -multiwindow starts each time :) -- Jesper Hansen

Re: xwin start error

2004-06-05 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004, Kyle Costello wrote: Hello, I recently downloaded and installed cygwin (all packages) according to the directions at: http://www.cs.usask.ca/grads/wew036/latex/xfig.html Why didn't you follow the directions on the main Cygwin site or the Cygwin/X site? When I try to

Re: xwin start error

2004-06-05 Thread Will Senn
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kyle, I'm sorry, this was not answered. Igor pointed me to the same FAQ that I referenced as not being sufficient.If you find an answer that works for you, will you please post it? These RTFM folks can be a litte tiresome. Thanks, Will Igor

Re: xwin start error

2004-06-05 Thread Will Senn
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kyle and Igor, Love it when I'm wrong. OK, so the faq is correct to a limited extent. Take out the diagnostic section and the fix works. 1. the mount correctly pointed at the fonts directory 2. their were hundreds of fonts files in the directory

Re: xwin start error

2004-06-05 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 10:15:56AM -0500, Will Senn wrote: OK, the setup program didn't have a ReInstall option as the FAQ said it would Strike two? The setup program *does* have a reinstall option.

Re: xwin start error

2004-06-05 Thread Will Senn
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nope, maybe the mirror was screwed up, maybe the setup, either way - no reinstall option present (it usually is). Christopher Faylor wrote: | On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 10:15:56AM -0500, Will Senn wrote: | | OK, the setup program didn't have a ReInstall

Re: Remote session: Solaris/CDE login menues and input fields lack visible text

2004-06-05 Thread Holger Krull
Terje J. Hanssen schrieb: $ XWin.exe -query Solaris_CDE_host_name After a while (too long with a shelving timestamp) I got the CDE login screen. All CDE menues lacked text (empty), and my keyboard input and password didn't become visible. Yet, I was able to login and exit from CDE. What can be

src/winsup/w32api ChangeLog include/commctrl.h

2004-06-05 Thread infidel
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004-06-05 13:01:07 Modified files: winsup/w32api : ChangeLog winsup/w32api/include: commctrl.h Log message: 2004-06-02 Rocher Laurent [EMAIL PROTECTED] *

src/winsup/w32api ChangeLog include/winbase.h

2004-06-05 Thread infidel
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004-06-05 13:39:36 Modified files: winsup/w32api : ChangeLog winsup/w32api/include: winbase.h Log message: 2004-06-05 Luke Dunstan [EMAIL PROTECTED] *

Re: rxvt, ssh and utf8

2004-06-05 Thread Baurjan Ismagulov
On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 10:19:01AM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote: I'd love to know why one or the other terminal setting can't just work for everything. This happens due to the following difference in the terminfo entries: - acsc=``aaffggjjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz{{||}}~~, +

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: ssmtp-2.60.9-1

2004-06-05 Thread Robert R Schneck-McConnell
I have updated the version of ssmtp to 2.60.9-1. Upstream, there's a new maintainer; along with some minor changes, two format string vulnerabilities were removed. See http://packages.debian.org/testing/mail/ssmtp Meanwhile, I've changed the config file generator (/usr/bin/ssmtp-config). A

Re: cygwin gcc performance

2004-06-05 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Hallo Matthieu, Could someone explain me why gcc cygwin compiler take so long to build a simple hello world program compared with mingw ? The system calls go through cygwin1.dll and not directly to the system (for every for executable linked against cygwin1.dll). You may speed up your

Re: cygwin gcc performance

2004-06-05 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Hello Tim, Igor wrote: Also, in the future, please *attach* your cygcheck output to your messages Tim wrote: Looking at the Cygwin page on reporting errors, it says: Run cygcheck -s -v -r cygcheck.out and include that file as an attachment in your report. Text attachments need a .txt

Changing the default user for an ssh login

2004-06-05 Thread Gregg C Levine
Hello from Gregg C Levine I have a question. How can I change the default user of the Cygwin version of SSH from my login name to that of the host that I am going to be logging into? In this case it is a Linux box, and the user is root. Examining the man page for this version of SSH did not

Problem on Cygwin with gdb: segy input can't be tty

2004-06-05 Thread Don McCarley
In trying to debug code with gdb, any program taking stdin on the command line complains that tty (keyboard) is already taken by gdb, so it can't use tty. Is there a way that you can get the input data into the program other than stdin; or force it in with stdin? Example of problem: --- $ gdb

Re: Changing the default user for an ssh login

2004-06-05 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Gregg C Levine (2004-06-05 18:50 +0100) I have a question. How can I change the default user of the Cygwin version of SSH from my login name to that of the host that I am going to be logging into? In this case it is a Linux box, and the user is root. Examining the man page for this

Re: Changing the default user for an ssh login

2004-06-05 Thread Larry Hall
At 12:50 PM 6/5/2004, you wrote: Hello from Gregg C Levine I have a question. How can I change the default user of the Cygwin version of SSH from my login name to that of the host that I am going to be logging into? In this case it is a Linux box, and the user is root. Examining the man page for

Re: Problem on Cygwin with gdb: segy input can't be tty

2004-06-05 Thread Larry Hall
At 12:59 PM 6/5/2004, you wrote: In trying to debug code with gdb, any program taking stdin on the command line complains that tty (keyboard) is already taken by gdb, so it can't use tty. Is there a way that you can get the input data into the program other than stdin; or force it in with

Re: Problem on Cygwin with gdb: segy input can't be tty

2004-06-05 Thread Don McCarley
Larry, Yes, I can type cat and enter text and it is returned to me. How can I try cat with suresamp? You lost me there. Thanks for looking at this. Don Larry Hall wrote: At 12:59 PM 6/5/2004, you wrote: In trying to debug code with gdb, any program taking stdin on the command line

Re: Problem on cygwin with gdb: segy input can't be tty

2004-06-05 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 11:59:51AM -0500, Don McCarley wrote: In trying to debug code with gdb, any program taking stdin on the command line complains that tty (keyboard) is already taken by gdb, so it can't use tty. Is there a way that you can get the input data into the program other than

Re: cygwin gcc performance

2004-06-05 Thread Tim Prince
At 09:23 AM 6/5/2004, you wrote: Hello Tim, Igor wrote: Also, in the future, please *attach* your cygcheck output to your messages Tim wrote: Looking at the Cygwin page on reporting errors, it says: Run cygcheck -s -v -r cygcheck.out and include that file as an attachment in your report.

1.5.10-3: seems to break eCos configtool

2004-06-05 Thread Bill Hegardt
I find that running the eCos configtool after upgrading to 1.5.10-3 causes it to fail when it starts up and attempts to read the eCos repository (at least that's what I assume it is doing on start up). The configtool reports numerous warnings and repeatedly displays this package does not have

Re: Changing the default user for an ssh login

2004-06-05 Thread Brian Dessent
Gregg C Levine wrote: I have a question. How can I change the default user of the Cygwin version of SSH from my login name to that of the host that I am going to be logging into? In this case it is a Linux box, and the user is root. Examining the man page for this version of SSH did not

C:\cygwin sub folder will not delete after failed install of cygwi 1.5.10-3

2004-06-05 Thread James Bond
Hello all. I just got the new cygwin dll of the main site and commenced to install via the prefered method of internet install. I chose all the packages I wanted, left the Install for ALL USERS checked, also the DEFAULT TEXT FILE TYPE UNIX checked. Then I preceded top install, everything seemed to

Re: Changing the default user for an ssh login

2004-06-05 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Larry Hall (2004-06-05 19:04 +0100) At 12:50 PM 6/5/2004, you wrote: Hello from Gregg C Levine I have a question. How can I change the default user of the Cygwin version of SSH from my login name to that of the host that I am going to be logging into? In this case it is a Linux box, and the

BFD to Create ELFs

2004-06-05 Thread Scott Guthery
Is anybody out there using BFD to create ELF files? If so, a scrap of successful example code would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Scott

Re: 1.5.10-3: seems to break eCos configtool

2004-06-05 Thread Pierre A. Humblet
On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 11:55:05AM -0700, Bill Hegardt wrote: I find that running the eCos configtool after upgrading to 1.5.10-3 causes it to fail when it starts up and attempts to read the eCos repository (at least that's what I assume it is doing on start up). Isn't this already

Re: rxvt, ssh and utf8

2004-06-05 Thread James Garrison
Baurjan Ismagulov wrote: On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 10:19:01AM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote: I'd love to know why one or the other terminal setting can't just work for everything. This happens due to the following difference in the terminfo entries: -

Re: C:\cygwin sub folder will not delete after failed install of cygwi 1.5.10-3

2004-06-05 Thread Larry Hall
At 03:24 PM 6/5/2004, you wrote: Hello all. I just got the new cygwin dll of the main site and commenced to install via the prefered method of internet install. I chose all the packages I wanted, left the Install for ALL USERS checked, also the DEFAULT TEXT FILE TYPE UNIX checked. Then I

Re: rxvt, ssh and utf8 - partial success

2004-06-05 Thread James Garrison
James Garrison wrote: Baurjan Ismagulov wrote: On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 10:19:01AM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote: I'd love to know why one or the other terminal setting can't just work for everything. This happens due to the following difference in the terminfo entries: -

Re: C:\cygwin sub folder will not delete after failed install of cygwi 1.5.10-

2004-06-05 Thread James Bond
From: Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Cygwin List [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: James Bond [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: C:\cygwin sub folder will not delete after failed install of cygwi 1.5.10-3 Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 21:24:58 -0400 The message you state above telling

Re: C:\cygwin sub folder will not delete after failed install of cygwi 1.5.10-

2004-06-05 Thread Arturus Magi
James Bond wrote: I even tried renaming it and then trying to install cygwin again in a new c:\cygwin dir. But almost at the very end of the install it did the exact same thing as last time, it FORCE REBOOTED the system and didn't finish the install. Only this time I could and did delete the