SSH access to desktop

I need to be able to SSH into a Windows machine with Cygwin installed and be able to run Windows programs and see the Windows they create. That is, when I run "notepad" I need to see the Window it creates. And, I need multiple users to be able to do this. In the past, I did this by having each

[ANNOUNCEMENT] TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 2.5.0-0.13

Hi Cygwin friends and users, I just released a new Cygwin TEST version 2.5.0-0.13. This test release only contains one noticable patches on top of -0.12: - Fix a problem in the new console reporting code which seems to be the culprit for the vim hang reported in

Re: cygwin 2.5.0-0.12 questions, vim and nextafterl()

On Apr 6 13:07, Tim Prince wrote: > 1) vim usually hangs if run under bash, but works fine under mintty > (same in previous snapshot) There's a patch in git master which seems to fix this problem. I'll release a 0.13 RSN. > 2) gcc testsuite cases which attempt to link nextafterl() have

cygwin 2.5.0-0.12 questions, vim and nextafterl()

1) vim usually hangs if run under bash, but works fine under mintty (same in previous snapshot) 2) gcc testsuite cases which attempt to link nextafterl() have continued failing as before. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: Home directory has blank space, X resources not recognized

> So I have moved my Cygwin ~ (home) directory to that folder. I > configured nsswitch.conf as follows: > > db_home: /cygdrive/c/Users/reisert/Box%_Sync/Home > > Most things are working. However, my Xterms are coming up in the > default 80x24 format with black text on a white background.

Home directory has blank space, X resources not recognized

Hi, My employer is making us use Box Sync for backup. We have to move all directories we want backed up into the Box Sync folder. So I have moved my Cygwin ~ (home) directory to that folder. I configured nsswitch.conf as follows: db_home: /cygdrive/c/Users/reisert/Box%_Sync/Home Most

[PATCH] cygport: propagate exit status

The commands compile, check, inst, package and all currently return the exit status of the last command in the pipeline, tee, which they pass their output through. I guess we don't want to just turn on pipefail, since pkg_pkg very carefully turns it on and off in a particular place, so use

Re: Noto fonts missing from cygwin

On 4/6/2016 7:36 AM, David Boerschlein wrote: It seems the "noto" fonts are missing from the Cygwin LaTeX distribution. I am using the "mirrors.kernel.org" CTAN (https://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/noto?lang=en) says they are supposed to be in TeX Live. I will be updating TeX Live

Re: Fwd: Re: [PATCH] Be truthful about reporting whether readahead is available

Hi Thomas, On Tue, 5 Apr 2016, Thomas Wolff wrote: > > > Betreff: Re: [PATCH] Be truthful about reporting whether readahead is > > > available > > > > > > Thomas? > > > > > > Any input? > > > > Yes, let's fix the patch so. Sorry for the flaw. No big deal, thanks for the ACK! Ciao, Johannes

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mutt-1.6.0-1

Hi, On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote: > On 06/04/2016 11:32, Ismail Donmez wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Marco Atzeri >> wrote: >>> >>> A counter example: >>> >>>

Re: Package choosing algorithm ... more clarification

For those interested, see attached file (chooser_overview.txt). Regards, Henrichooser_overview.txt: 2016-04-05 // Another attempt to create an overview ... = precondition - assume a "database" which reflects the info from setup.ini ... (packagedb::packages) - it list each package and

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mutt-1.6.0-1

On 06/04/2016 11:32, Ismail Donmez wrote: Hi, On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote: A counter example: http://chbrauner.blogspot.de/2014/02/mutt-compiled-against-ncurses-and.html try and let me know I am not using a mutt colorscheme but a mintty one

Re: Package choosing algorithm ...

Title: Re: Package choosing agorithm ... Hi Corinna, (Of course I am formally addressing the project leader, but Achim, Jon, Yaakov, others? are welcome to correct me if I am wrong below). D w/o I = Download without Install I f LD = Install from Local Directory As a reminder: I reported

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mutt-1.6.0-1

Hi, On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote: > A counter example: > http://chbrauner.blogspot.de/2014/02/mutt-compiled-against-ncurses-and.html > > try and let me know I am not using a mutt colorscheme but a mintty one which mutt fails to render. I will,

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mutt-1.6.0-1

On 06/04/2016 11:13, Ismail Donmez wrote: On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote: On 05/04/2016 18:35, Ismail Donmez wrote: Hi, On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote: New versions 1.6.0-1 of mutt is

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mutt-1.6.0-1

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote: > > > On 05/04/2016 18:35, Ismail Donmez wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Marco Atzeri >> wrote: >>> >>> New versions 1.6.0-1 of >>> >>>mutt >>> >>> is available in the

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mutt-1.6.0-1

On 05/04/2016 18:35, Ismail Donmez wrote: Hi, On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Marco Atzeri wrote: New versions 1.6.0-1 of mutt is available in the Cygwin distribution: CHANGES Last upstream release. First 1.6.x Thanks for the update! Could you maybe build it

Re: How can I try a newly build package locally?

thoni56 junovagen.se> writes: > We use CMake so there is a packager available, and it's easy to create a > .bz2 package. Cygwin packages have moved to .tar.xz for quite a while. Also, please build and package with cygport. > Once I've created the package, how can I try it locally? In Linux