Re: CMake Previous versions

2005-12-06 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 5 20:49, William A. Hoffman wrote: Thanks for fixing the typo. Is it possible to put back 2.0.6? For CMake we like to leave the last patch of the previous major version. So, 2.2.2 should be removed and 2.0.6 should be the previous version. This is because we sometimes break backwards

Re: CMake Previous versions

2005-12-06 Thread William A. Hoffman
At 04:48 AM 12/6/2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote: Done. It would be better to tell us for each new release, which old one to remove ;-) I will. We used to have it in the setup.hint file, but at some point I was told to remove the cur and prev fields out of that file. If I put them back would it

Re: CMake Previous versions

2005-12-06 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 6 11:09, William A. Hoffman wrote: At 04:48 AM 12/6/2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote: Done. It would be better to tell us for each new release, which old one to remove ;-) I will. We used to have it in the setup.hint file, but at some point I was told to remove the cur and prev

Please upload: smartmontools-5.33cvs20051205

2005-12-06 Thread Christian Franke
Please upload: http://franke.dvrdns.org/cygwin/setup.hint http://franke.dvrdns.org/cygwin/smartmontools-5.33cvs20051205-1.tar.bz2 http://franke.dvrdns.org/cygwin/smartmontools-5.33cvs20051205-1-src.tar.bz2 The regular expression error message reported recently is fixed in this new release.

Please upload: curl-7.15.1-1 curl-devel-7.15.1-1 libcurl3-7.15.1-1

2005-12-06 Thread Brian Dessent
This is a new upstream release which fixes a buffer overflow. http://dessent.net/cygwin/release/curl/curl-7.15.1-1-src.tar.bz2 http://dessent.net/cygwin/release/curl/curl-7.15.1-1.tar.bz2 http://dessent.net/cygwin/release/curl/curl-devel/curl-devel-7.15.1-1.tar.bz2

Install hangs when installing xorg-x11-fenc-6.8.1.0-2

2005-12-06 Thread Peter Andersson
Hi! It downloads correctly, but when installing: usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/adobe-dingbats.enc.gz it stops. If left alone for some hours it eats up all memory and crashes. Have tried with previous versions, but setup stops when encountering the first .gz file. Using setup.exe

Re: XTerm problem- xinit

2005-12-06 Thread Reid Thompson
Afro_PL wrote: Hello there. I have little problem when in XTerm i write xinit: A fatal error has ocurred and Cygwin/X will now exit. Please open /tmp/Xwin.log for more information. Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.8.2.0-4 Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the

RE: Problem with numerical input for certain applications in Cygwin

2005-12-06 Thread scott Langford
-Original Message- From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 7:26 PM To: scott Langford Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com; cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Problem with numerical input for certain applications in Cygwin On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, scott Langford

Re: How to add a title to xterm

2005-12-06 Thread fergus
How to add a title to xterm? I start cygwinx by startx. The following commands does not work: xterm -T columbia xterm -title columbia xterm -title columbia I do not use startx: for me, it sets up unnecessary or inconvenient defaults. 1. Start bash then 2. run XWin

Re: 1.5.18-1 gcc path weirdness

2005-12-06 Thread cyg_question
What does type gcc report? $ type gcc gcc is /usr/bin/gcc $ which gcc /usr/bin/gcc I notice that your PATH setting in cygcheck has some strange things at the end, like a directory of just Z and .\ three times. Is there a chance that there is some kind of improper string at the end? I'll

Re: octave-forge dependency?

2005-12-06 Thread John W. Eaton
On 6-Dec-2005, Christopher Faylor wrote: | On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 01:14:13AM -0500, John W. Eaton wrote: | On 6-Dec-2005, Charles Wilson wrote: | Why does package octave-forge depend on tetex-bin? As far as I can | tell, octave-forge contains .oct and .m files, and few text and info | files

Re: 1.5.18-1 gcc path weirdness

2005-12-06 Thread cyg_question
I notice that your PATH setting in cygcheck has some strange things at the end, like a directory of just Z and .\ three times. Is there a chance that there is some kind of improper string at the end? I'll check that. I've got some obsolete tools in my path, so it's time for me to do

Re: gcj file input problem, available incorrect

2005-12-06 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Martin Gusenbauer wrote: I found your (old) question on cygwin.com, but no answer. Do you have any solution yet? In came over a similar problem yesterday, available of system.in always returns 0, but only if compiled on gcj and run as exe on xp. Thanks, Martin

Re: rysnc hangs when backing up multiple /cygdrive/* dirs

2005-12-06 Thread Jim Kleckner
H.S. wrote: ... I don't know why, but it is working now. I exluded the .lnk files and backup the d drive folder separately first. Then I included other directories to backed up. Now I am backing up only '/cygdrive/d/sukh /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings' and it seems tobe working great.

Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Svend Sorensen
On 12/4/05, nidhog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/4/05, Christopher Faylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 12:20:57PM +0100, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: I have a little open-source project, which eases Windows administration a bit. In some of the scripts, I use usernames

Re: rysnc hangs when backing up multiple /cygdrive/* dirs

2005-12-06 Thread H.S.
Jim Kleckner wrote: H.S. wrote: ... I don't know why, but it is working now. I exluded the .lnk files and backup the d drive folder separately first. Then I included other directories to backed up. Now I am backing up only '/cygdrive/d/sukh /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings' and it

Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Svend Sorensen schrieb: On 12/4/05, nidhog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/4/05, Christopher Faylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 12:20:57PM +0100, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: I have a little open-source project, which eases Windows administration a bit. In some of the

Size difference reported by /proc/partitions and lseek(SEEK_END) on block device

2005-12-06 Thread Loh, Joe
Hello folks, We have created the following test case to illustrate the behavior that we observed. Hopefully someone out there can shed some light into the subject matter.This behavior is observed running CYGWIN_NT-5.2 P3PANDA 1.5.18(0.132/4/2) 2005-07-02 20:30 i686 unknown unknown Cygwin.

Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 08:36:07PM +0100, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: Svend Sorensen schrieb: On 12/4/05, nidhog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/4/05, Christopher Faylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 12:20:57PM +0100, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: I have a little open-source

Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Jim Drash
Don't put the user names or passwords in the script put them in a file only readable by SYSTEM On 12/6/05, Tomasz Chmielewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Svend Sorensen schrieb: On 12/4/05, nidhog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/4/05, Christopher Faylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Dec

Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Wayne Willcox
that would not solve the requirement of protecting the passwords if the disk was stolen. The scripts are supposedly already readable by system and admin only. On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 02:58:15PM -0500, Jim Drash wrote: Don't put the user names or passwords in the script put them in a file only

Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Wayne Willcox schrieb: On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 02:58:15PM -0500, Jim Drash wrote: Don't put the user names or passwords in the script put them in a file only readable by SYSTEM that would not solve the requirement of protecting the passwords if the disk was stolen. The scripts are

Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Brian Dessent
Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: That's exactly what I mean (they are already readable by SYSTEM and admins only). If the disk is stolen, it would add some extra time before the password is compromised. Someone gave a clue here: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-12/msg00181.html instead of

Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: Wayne Willcox schrieb: On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 02:58:15PM -0500, Jim Drash wrote: Don't put the user names or passwords in the script put them in a file only readable by SYSTEM that would not solve the requirement of protecting the

Re: 1.5.18-1 gcc path weirdness

2005-12-06 Thread Alan Miles
All, Sorry this isn't from my regular mailer ... - Message from x on Mon, 5 Dec 2005 17:33:22 -0600 - To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject:Re: 1.5.18-1 gcc path weirdness What does ls -l /usr/bin/*gcc* show you? From bash, it looks like: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/bin $ ls

Re: 1.5.18-1 gcc path weirdness

2005-12-06 Thread cyg_question
Could it be possible that you are running the Jun 7 version of gcc.exe when you are thinking that you are running the gcc pointed to by the symlink? As a WAG I think you might be and bash/cygwin is trying to figure out which command to ** actually ** use. Excellent! I just tried deleting

Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Jim Drash
If someone can get physical access to the disk, then there is not a single thing you can do to stop someone who is: 1) Knowledgeable 2) Determined 3) has time 4) is a criminal Nothing can stop them, The best you can do is slow them down, know that it is happening maybe while it is happening or

command-line archiver that understands Windows ACLs?

2005-12-06 Thread Mark McWiggins
I'm working with a company that deploys tar files from Unix to Windows where the Windows administrators set their directories up with various ACLs. Cygwin's default TAR program destroys these ACLs when files are unpacked into these directories. Is there a command-line program that can unpack

Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
Jim Drash schrieb: If someone can get physical access to the disk, then there is not a single thing you can do to stop someone who is: 1) Knowledgeable 2) Determined 3) has time 4) is a criminal But I could certainly stop someone who is *not* knowledgeable nor determined, and his criminal

Re: command-line archiver that understands Windows ACLs?

2005-12-06 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 01:21:54PM -0800, Mark McWiggins wrote: I'm working with a company that deploys tar files from Unix to Windows where the Windows administrators set their directories up with various ACLs. Cygwin's default TAR program destroys these ACLs when files are unpacked into these

Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Wayne Willcox
I view disk data encryption sort of like locking your car doors. If they want your car all they really need is a pickup truck and a car tow kit. If someone really wants to get to your data they will. The question is how badly do they want that data? How much effort will the expend to get it?

Re: command-line archiver that understands Windows ACLs?

2005-12-06 Thread Mark McWiggins
Cygwin is installed as part of a proposed deployment solution that's competing with MSI (*shudder*), so it's indeed a Cygwin problem. The current archiver on the Unix (Solaris) side happens to be tar, but anything that could be packed under Solaris and unpacked with a Cygwin command line in

Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Jim Drash
Can you make it harder? Yes. I can think of lots of ways to make it harder. The easiest is to prompt them for the userid and passwords that they need when they need them and don't store them at all. On 12/6/05, Tomasz Chmielewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Drash schrieb: If someone can get

Re: octave-forge dependency?

2005-12-06 Thread James R. Phillips
The octave-forge legend command requires tetex-bin. This came up in: http://www.octave.org/mailing-lists/help-octave/2005/4239 I promised to fix it, and I did. Everyone who complains about long downloads should get broadband ;) Everyone who complains about many files should get a bigger hard

Re: command-line archiver that understands Windows ACLs?

2005-12-06 Thread Jim Drash
If you pack something using Solaris, then you unpack it with Solaris attributes. You can easily write a script that does what you need: unpacks, then sets the attributes to want. On 12/6/05, Mark McWiggins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cygwin is installed as part of a proposed deployment solution

RE: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)?

2005-12-06 Thread Williams, Gerald S \(Jerry\)
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: But I don't really know where to start (which tool should I use for it?) Umm, crypt? Or better yet, ccrypt. Check its manpage. gsw -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports:

Re: octave-forge dependency?

2005-12-06 Thread Charles Wilson
James R. Phillips wrote: The octave-forge legend command requires tetex-bin. This came up in: http://www.octave.org/mailing-lists/help-octave/2005/4239 Ok, thanks, that makes sense. I had a feeling the texinfo/makeinfo subthread was a red herring. I'll uninstall octave and all the, err,

Re: command-line archiver that understands Windows ACLs?

2005-12-06 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 01:21:54PM -0800, Mark McWiggins wrote: I'm working with a company that deploys tar files from Unix to Windows where the Windows administrators set their directories up with various ACLs. Cygwin's default TAR program destroys these ACLs when files are unpacked into

Re: cygcheck bug when listing services (Was Re: Parallel writes to a single FIFO do not queue, and deadlock cygwin)

2005-12-06 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 09:40:01AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Running cygcheck under strace shows that after listing all the available services, it invokes cygrunsrv --query grunsrv.exe --list, which results in the above message. I think this may be because the output of cygrunsrv --list

gdb error...

2005-12-06 Thread Sumit Naiksatam
Hello, I am a cygwin newbie. I am trying to use gdb and I get the following error: GNU gdb 6.3.50_2004-12-28-cvs (cygwin-special) Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute

Re: gdb error...

2005-12-06 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 04:59:22PM -0800, Sumit Naiksatam wrote: Hello, I am a cygwin newbie. I am trying to use gdb and I get the following error: GNU gdb 6.3.50_2004-12-28-cvs (cygwin-special) Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public

Re: [PATCH] cygcheck bug when listing services (Was Re: Parallel writes to a single FIFO do not queue, and deadlock cygwin)

2005-12-06 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 09:40:01AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Running cygcheck under strace shows that after listing all the available services, it invokes cygrunsrv --query grunsrv.exe --list, which results in the above message. I

Re: [PATCH] cygcheck bug when listing services (Was Re: Parallel writes to a single FIFO do not queue, and deadlock cygwin)

2005-12-06 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 08:41:24PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 09:40:01AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Running cygcheck under strace shows that after listing all the available services, it invokes cygrunsrv

Re: [PATCH] cygcheck bug when listing services

2005-12-06 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 08:41:24PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: [snip] That needs a comment in the code. Fair enough: [snip] + /* Add two nulls to avoid confusing strtok() when the