[RFC] Removing .la files from x86

Libtool .la files are generally a waste of time and space. They slow down linking of other libraries with libtool, and they cause otherwise unnecessary private dependencies to be pulled in by -devel packages. Therefore, the major distros generally remove them from their packages unless they

Re: /dev/ptmx fails with Azure accounts

[I'm so sorry I'm messing up the mailing list by not replying to the proper email I only just got it through my thick skull now to subscribe to the mailing list. I think my brain is on vacation already] Unfortunately your prediction was correct - RunAs Administrator CMD gives this:

Re: /dev/ptmx fails with Azure accounts

Hi, On Aug 2 11:44, rm...@aboutgolf.com wrote: > Thank you! Just a small request, please don't cc the corinna-cygwin account, just send to the list. Thank you. > C:\Users\RussellMora>whoami /all > > USER INFORMATION > > > User Name SID > ===

Re: Cygwin got V E R Y slow after network switchover

On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 2:26 AM, Andrey Repin wrote: > You could probably speed it up by running cygserver, which will provide > credentials caching for all Cygwin processes running in the system. Thanks for suggesting this. I ran the setup script and verified the cygserver service was running.

Re: /dev/ptmx fails with Azure accounts

Though I am going on vacation in a couple of days until the 15th C:\Users\RussellMora>whoami azuread\russellmora C:\Users\RussellMora>whoami /fqdn ERROR: Unable to get Fully Qualified Distinguished Name (FQDN) as the current logged-on user is not a domain user.

[PATCH setup 10/10] Reserve paths starting "." for package metadata

Reserve pathnames starting "." (i.e. dotfiles in the root directory) for package metadata, so don't extract them. There are no current uses of these pathnames --- install.cc | 9 + 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/install.cc b/install.cc index f54acdc..8aad3a5 100644 ---

[PATCH setup 09/10] Add an additional filter view, showing packages which were user picked

Add an additional filter view, showing installed packages which were selected for installation by the user, not installed as dependencies. Future work: Why is PickView::views is not an enum? The view button would make more sense as a pop-up menu, allowing a specific filter view to be directly

[PATCH setup 04/10] Downgrade "Running preremove script" logging to debug

This is emitted for every package, regardless of it has any scripts or not. Actual script execution is logged separately. Also a cosmetic fix to remove a doubled space. --- install.cc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/install.cc b/install.cc index

[PATCH setup 05/10] Properly report progress in PrereqChecker::isMet

Properly report progress in PrereqChecker::isMet after additional dependency work is found. --- prereq.cc | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/prereq.cc b/prereq.cc index bdc609e..a5083ed 100644 --- a/prereq.cc +++ b/prereq.cc @@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ PrereqChecker::isMet ()

[PATCH setup 06/10] Remove obsolete installed_from member from packagemeta

This just stores a made-up tarfile name read from installed.db, and is never used. --- package_db.cc | 2 +- package_meta.cc | 2 +- package_meta.h | 11 ++- 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/package_db.cc b/package_db.cc index 73dfbf6..87da922 100644

[PATCH setup 03/10] Add lex and yacc generated files to .gitignore

--- .gitignore | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore index 2186aac..8b81166 100644 --- a/.gitignore +++ b/.gitignore @@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ make.out CVS tags autoconf.h.in* +inilex.cc +iniparse.cc +iniparse.hh -- 2.8.3

Re: Size limitation for NcFsd drive?

Hi Franz, On Aug 2 16:26, Franz Sirl wrote: > Am 2016-07-29 um 16:38 schrieb Corinna Vinschen: > > On Jul 29 16:18, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > In the first place it would be prudent to find out why the > > > FileAllInformation info class fails on this drive. And in the second > > > place it

Re: Size limitation for NcFsd drive?

Am 2016-07-29 um 16:38 schrieb Corinna Vinschen: On Jul 29 16:18, Corinna Vinschen wrote: In the first place it would be prudent to find out why the FileAllInformation info class fails on this drive. And in the second place it would be important to find out how to fix this. Potential checks:

Re: /dev/ptmx fails with Azure accounts

On Aug 2 11:54, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Aug 1 22:24, Thomas Wolff wrote: > > For Azure Domain users (and I do not really know what that means), > > pts handling does not seem to work, at least not for mintty, where forkpty() > > fails. > > Please check

Re: [PATCH setup] (Usability improvement) Implement half-second wait for user to finish typing before searching packages

On 02/08/2016 04:17, Ronald Ramos wrote: @@ -397,10 +396,10 @@ ChooserPage::OnMessageCmd (int id, HWND hwndctl, UINT code) { case IDC_CHOOSE_CLEAR_SEARCH: { -std::string value; -eset (GetHWND (), IDC_CHOOSE_SEARCH_EDIT, value); -chooser->SetPackageFilter (value); -

Re: [PATCH setup] (Usability improvement) Implement half-second wait for user to finish typing before searching packages

Am 02.08.2016 um 11:22 schrieb Corinna Vinschen: On Aug 1 23:17, Ronald Ramos wrote: commit 357c1e7576586349efb8514dc9d8d03950e225ee Author: Ronald Ramos Date: Mon Aug 1 23:05:44 2016 -0400 * proppage.h (PropertyPage) New member OnTimerMessage (delegates

Re: /dev/ptmx fails with Azure accounts

On Aug 1 22:24, Thomas Wolff wrote: > For Azure Domain users (and I do not really know what that means), > pts handling does not seem to work, at least not for mintty, where forkpty() > fails. > Please check https://github.com/mintty/mintty/issues/563 for a discussion, > and my comment >

Re: [PATCH setup] (Usability improvement) Implement half-second wait for user to finish typing before searching packages

On Aug 1 23:17, Ronald Ramos wrote: > commit 357c1e7576586349efb8514dc9d8d03950e225ee > Author: Ronald Ramos > Date: Mon Aug 1 23:05:44 2016 -0400 > > * proppage.h (PropertyPage) > New member OnTimerMessage (delegates similarly to OnMouseWheel) > > *

Re: [PATCH setup] README: Fixed mailing list address (typo)

On Aug 1 20:24, Ronald Ramos wrote: > commit 5d7c3beee3317926eb3256dd7a1bed8f55a6952b > Author: Ronald Ramos > Date: Mon Aug 1 20:21:47 2016 -0400 > > * README: Fixed which mailing list this app belongs to > > diff --git a/README b/README > index 9ad78b6..a05b18f

Re: Cygwin got V E R Y slow after network switchover

Greetings, Jim Reisert AD1C! > Our company recently switched to an "active directory" network, with > different login credentials. Don't ask me what that is exactly. Ever > since, anything having to do with Cygwin takes seconds or minutes, > whereas it used to be instantaneous. Even having

Re: Emacs will not execute, always reports 24.5.1 as version

On 01/08/2016 23:16, Brian Kuhn wrote: Thanks for the response. Same result with 'emacs -Q' as well, i'm afraid. Then maybe an strace will help. Please give the following command: strace -o strace.out /usr/bin/emacs-nox.exe -Q This is interseting. $ strace -o strace.out