Re: Windows XP Support

On Mon, 11 Jan 2016, Erik Soderquist wrote: Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 15:26:39 -0500 From: Erik Soderquist Subject: Re: Windows XP Support Greetings, Erik, On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 2:59 PM, cyg Simple wrote: Arguments like this is the reason I had to spend years searching through COBOL code

Problems with lxml package

Dear list, is anyone else experiencing problems with the current versions of the lxml package for python 3 (python-lxml-3.2.3-1 and python-lxml-3.4.4-1, 64 bit)? It seems to install correctly (and so do the dependencies) but then it seems to be incomplete: $ python3.4 Python 3.4.3 (default, May

Error "exit code=-1073741819" while upgrading Cygwin remotely through sshd

Hello I am trying to upgrade Cygwin on Win7 remotely through sshd, using some small scripts but without success it always show: Changing gid back to original running: c:\cygwin\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/0p_000_autorebase.dash" abnormal exit: exit code=-1073741819 running:

Re: Question about incorrect System path from cygpath with case-sensitivity enabled

On Jan 10 22:54, Bryan Henry wrote: > Hi Corinna, > > Sorry for the delay getting back to you. I tested out the cygpath > binary from the latest snapshot and confirmed that it fixes my issue. > Thank for you making the change! You're welcome. Thanks for testing. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen

[newlib-cygwin] select(2): Drop checking descriptors in case of immediate timeout.

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=20ddde2f552afedf7ef662bb21fec7a56f50040f commit 20ddde2f552afedf7ef662bb21fec7a56f50040f Author: Corinna Vinschen Date: Mon Jan 11 10:36:33 2016 +0100 select(2): Drop checking descriptors in case of immediate

Re: cygwin.dll: bug with select on Windows console

On Jan 10 05:04, John Hood wrote: > On 1/9/2016 9:41 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >I fixed the code and took the opportunity to clean it up a little using > >>basically the (fixed) patch I proposed two days ago. > >> > >>I've just uploaded new developer snapshots tohttps://cygwin.com/snapshots/ >

Re: Windows XP Support

Greetings, Warren Young! > On Jan 10, 2016, at 4:52 PM, Juan Miguel Navarro Martínez wrote: >> >> No software version can live forever > Indeed, not even Linux. > There’s a thread over on the CentOS mailing list right now started by > someone who’s trying to get something working on CentOS 3,

Re: Problems with lxml package

On 2016-01-11 16:58, Christian-Manuel Röderer wrote: is anyone else experiencing problems with the current versions of the lxml package for python 3 (python-lxml-3.2.3-1 and python-lxml-3.4.4-1, 64 bit)? Those are for Python 2.7. For Python 3.4 you need python3-lxml. -- Yaakov -- Problem

cygmagic-1.dll - access violation by accessing the lib via python

Hi there, I'm using a python wrapper (python-magic, https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic) checking some filetypes in a small script. The wrapper works fine under Unix-like system, but I got an access violation error under cygwin. I already tried an older version of file including libmagic

Re: Windows XP Support

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 2:59 PM, cyg Simple wrote: > Arguments like this is the reason I had to spend years searching through > COBOL code for 2 digit years. Old habits seem hard to die. Either > upgrade or forever pay the penalty yourself to keep the old code running. Actually I agree

Re: Pipes Again -- a simple test case

On Jan 8 17:30, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Jan 8 17:12, Houder wrote: > > On 2016-01-08 16:19, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > >On Jan 4 10:24, Houder wrote: > > >>On 2016-01-04 09:52, Marco Atzeri wrote: > > >>>On 04/01/2016 09:03, Houder wrote: > > Hi Corinna, > > > > I have been

Re: Windows XP Support

On Jan 10 13:12, Herbert Stocker wrote: > Hi, > > i have read that beginning this month Cygwin wants to drop support > for Windows XP. Though the home page and FAQ entry 12 do not talk > about this. Are they out of date or is WinXP still supported? So far, nothing has changed, XP is still

[newlib-cygwin] Return unique inode numbers when calling stat/fstat on pipes and IP sockets

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=a10d96923188977446ebd84323b47f7085fb5cb4 commit a10d96923188977446ebd84323b47f7085fb5cb4 Author: Corinna Vinschen Date: Mon Jan 11 12:35:41 2016 +0100 Return unique inode numbers when calling stat/fstat on

Re: Windows XP Support

On Jan 11, 2016, at 4:52 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > Continuing support for XP and Server 2003 is really becoming a > burden. It requires to code and maintain workarounds which are not > required anymore in newer OSes, so I really would like to get rid of > that

Re: Windows XP Support

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 9:38 AM, wilson wrote: > I'd like to say a sincere thank you to Corina (and the rest of the team) for > supporting XP for this long, and I hope she stays so busy the issue of > removing XP support never becomes a priority. :) I rather expect it will more be a matter of a

Re: Windows XP Support

On Jan 10, 2016, at 5:12 AM, Herbert Stocker wrote: > > WinXP is still a good OS. That was only true while Microsoft was maintaining it. Now there are many known security vulnerabilities which will never be patched. I expect there are other problems with it, too, like

Re: Pipes Again -- a simple test case

Corinna Vinschen cygwin.com> writes: > Can you please provide the socket testcase? Trying to send you what you ask for (using gmane.org, I have to copy/paste) - t_stat3.c: /*\ * Copyright (C) Michael

Re: Cannot Run Executable Files

On 1/11/2016 7:41 AM, Warren Young wrote: On Jan 9, 2016, at 2:11 AM, Zac G. Al Wakeel wrote: For the archives, would you say which software was causing the problem? I was using Avast, free software. Then I recommend uninstalling it and switching to Windows

RE: Windows XP Support

Windows XP still accounts for about 10% of desktop users... Similar to the total number of Mac users. Maybe some browser OS stats from cygwin.com would be illuminating. Jon -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

Re: Cannot Run Executable Files

On Jan 9, 2016, at 2:11 AM, Zac G. Al Wakeel wrote: > >> For the archives, would you say which software was causing the problem? > > I was using Avast, free software. Then I recommend uninstalling it and switching to Windows Defender. I predict that your problems will

Re: Windows XP Support

On Jan 10 13:12, Herbert Stocker wrote: Hi, i have read that beginning this month Cygwin wants to drop support for Windows XP. Though the home page and FAQ entry 12 do not talk about this. Are they out of date or is WinXP still supported? So far, nothing has changed, XP is still supported. I

Re: Pipes Again -- a simple test case

Corinna Vinschen cygwin.com> writes: > > > As a final point, I also tested FIFOs and (unix domain) sockets. > > > > > > FIFOs pass the test, sockets do not. > > > > Yes, that's expected. The underlying hack^Wmethod is the same for sockets > > and pipes, while FIFOs have a real path on a real

Re: Windows XP Support

On Jan 10, 2016, at 4:52 PM, Juan Miguel Navarro Martínez wrote: > > No software version can live forever Indeed, not even Linux. There’s a thread over on the CentOS mailing list right now started by someone who’s trying to get something working on CentOS 3, which is

[newlib-cygwin] Fix previous fix for generating unique inode numbers for sockets

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=27086d628e814b7b73a5c858ff2d9138c22d5543 commit 27086d628e814b7b73a5c858ff2d9138c22d5543 Author: Corinna Vinschen Date: Mon Jan 11 19:10:45 2016 +0100 Fix previous fix for generating unique inode numbers for

[newlib-cygwin] Revert "autoload.cc: Drop using full paths for system DLLs"

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=b4cf3f454d8c2a05d6956fbc1eae3942d2f1730a commit b4cf3f454d8c2a05d6956fbc1eae3942d2f1730a Author: Corinna Vinschen Date: Mon Jan 11 18:46:01 2016 +0100 Revert "autoload.cc: Drop using full paths for system

Re: Pipes Again -- a simple test case

On Jan 11 16:13, Henri wrote: > Corinna Vinschen cygwin.com> writes: > > Can you please provide the socket testcase? > > Trying to send you what you ask for (using gmane.org, I have to copy/paste) Thanks! I applied a patch and created a new developer snapshot. I'll also upload a new cygwin

[ANNOUNCEMENT] TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 2.4.0-0.18

Hi Cygwin friends and users, I released TEST version 2.4.0-0.18 of Cygwin. This is the last test release if nothing unexpected happens. I plan to release officially on Friday. What's new: --- - New, unified implementation of POSIX permission and ACL handling. The new ACLs now

Re: Windows XP Support

On Jan 11 09:25, Warren Young wrote: > On Jan 11, 2016, at 4:52 AM, Corinna Vinschen > wrote: > > > > Continuing support for XP and Server 2003 is really becoming a > > burden. It requires to code and maintain workarounds which are not > > required anymore in newer

Re: Windows XP Support

On 1/11/2016 12:05 PM, Erik Soderquist wrote: > On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 6:52 PM, Juan Miguel Navarro Martínez wrote: >> No software version can live forever, ... > > Personally, I have to disagree with this statement, or at least offer > an amendment... > > I have some things still running in