Can the repository be updated for Octave 2.9.12 please?

2007-06-02 Thread malik martin
hi you currently have the latest windows release of Octave in the repository. but the problem is it's a very buggy version and the owner says those bugs are fixed in version 2.9.12. could you please update the repository for this latest version? I'm sure you get these kinds of questions a lot

[Patch] strace ./app.exe probably runs application from /bin

2007-06-02 Thread Christian Franke
Running an application with strace from current directory may not work as expected. The ./ is not passed to CreateProcess() and the default app search rules apply (1. strace.exe directory, 2. cwd, ..., 6. PATH) Therefore, an old version of the same app already installed in /bin may be run

Re: [Patch] strace ./app.exe probably runs application from /bin

2007-06-02 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 04:51:31PM +0200, Christian Franke wrote: Running an application with strace from current directory may not work as expected. The ./ is not passed to CreateProcess() and the default app search rules apply (1. strace.exe directory, 2. cwd, ..., 6. PATH) Therefore, an old

Re: [Patch] strace ./app.exe probably runs application from /bin

2007-06-02 Thread Christian Franke
Christopher Faylor wrote: ... Thanks for the problem report and test case but this is pretty clearly not the right way to deal with the issue. Putting a special case catch of ./ around a function call which is intended to deal with paths is pretty clearly a band-aid. Yes. Let me

Re: [Patch] strace ./app.exe probably runs application from /bin

2007-06-02 Thread Brian Dessent
Christopher Faylor wrote: Let me rephrase the problem: cygpath does not properly deal with the current directory Thanks for the patch but we won't be applying it in this form. I've been meaning to take a look at fixing this myself, because I'm tired of: $ cd /usr/bin $ cygcheck ./ls

RE: scripting and cygwin

2007-06-02 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
From: Phil Betts [] You're comparing chalk cheese and complaining that your mouth's full of grit. snort Oh man, that's goin' in the act! ;-) -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports:

Re: Is cygwin much slower on Core 2 Duo

2007-06-02 Thread morgan gangwere
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 nenad wrote: Hmm... I don't quite know what to say. Some people are just inherently abusive. morgan gangwere 0.fractalus at gmail.com writes: Nenad Antic (KI/EAB) wrote: I see some posts about cygwin being a bit slow on core duo processors.

Re: Is cygwin much slower on Core 2 Duo

2007-06-02 Thread Tim Prince
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this eliminates alot of problems. the reason i ask is its hard to get a computer now without vista. Apparently, a BIOS upgrade is recommended for Vista Home Premium on Core 2 Duo, and more may be on the way. -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: Is cygwin much slower on Core 2 Duo

2007-06-02 Thread morgan gangwere
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tim Prince wrote: 0.fractalus letsnotfeedthespammers gmail.com wrote: this eliminates alot of problems. the reason i ask is its hard to get a computer now without vista. Apparently, a BIOS upgrade is recommended for Vista Home Premium on Core 2

Re: Is cygwin much slower on Core 2 Duo

2007-06-02 Thread Tim Prince
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tim Prince wrote: 0.fractalus letsnotfeedthespammers gmail.com wrote: this eliminates alot of problems. the reason i ask is its hard to get a computer now without vista. Apparently, a BIOS upgrade is recommended for

EMACS-22.1 RELEASED

2007-06-02 Thread Angelo Graziosi
As described here http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs Emacs 22.1 has been released. Non-official Cygwin binaries can be found here http://www.webalice.it/angelo.graziosi/Emacs.html To install see the emacs-22.1.release.README file. Good Emacs! Regards, Angelo. --

Can the repository be updated for Octave 2.9.12 please?

2007-06-02 Thread malik martin
hi you currently have the latest windows release of Octave in the repository. but the problem is it's a very buggy version and the owner says those bugs are fixed in version 2.9.12. could you please update the repository for this latest version? I'm sure you get these kinds of questions a lot

Re: Build problems - unistd.h

2007-06-02 Thread Scott Peterson
You really should not edit unistd.h or any other system header, ever. That's a very bad practice to get into. If #undef pipe in dbus-binding-tool-glib.c works, then go with that, but even that's a horrible hack. The best way would be to find out why this macro that seems to be relevant only to