Re: Portable CygWin version for Windows?

2021-11-14 Thread Shaddy Baddah
On 15/11/21 3:36 am, Achim Gratz wrote: Andrey Repin via Cygwin writes: You will have to format the stick to NTFS, and run rebaseall for each time you insert your stick into a new system, which defeats the very idea of having a "portable Cygwin" - it will always be tied to a specific system. I

Re: cygport build injecting /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/ paths

2021-11-14 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2021-11-14 06:49, Brian Inglis wrote: On 2021-11-14 05:48, Achim Gratz wrote: Brian Inglis writes: Got these errors trying to build latest ncurses on my system, so retried on scallywag and got same result, with no clue where that is coming from! Unless there is absolutely no other way and

Editing with vim clears Windows 10 file system archive bit.

2021-11-14 Thread Steve Ward via Cygwin
Description of problem: While using vim 8.2 on cygwin 3.3 (x86_64) on Windows 10, when editing an existing file with vim and saving it, the Window’s file system archive bit is always left cleared (not modified state). This happens, whether the archive bit was set (is modified) or clear (not modifie

Re: How to convert heic to jpg

2021-11-14 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2021-11-14 05:30, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin wrote: On 14.11.2021 12:01, Fergus Daly via Cygwin wrote: Ages ago there was a thread about what package(s) to install in order to be able to $ convert img001.heic img002.jpg but I cannot now find it. Can anybody help? Note 1 Under Package Search "hei

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils 1.4.16-8 (Test)

2021-11-14 Thread Mark Geisert
Nov 14, 2021 7:24:43 PM Denis Excoffier : > Hello, > >> On 2021-11-03 10:59, Mark Geisert wrote: >> >> The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution: >> >> * cygutils-1.4.16-8 >> * cygutils-extra-1.4.16-8 >> * cygutils-x11-1.4.16-8 > > > The '-u' or '-d' option of getc

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils 1.4.16-8 (Test)

2021-11-14 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2021-11-14 10:23, Denis Excoffier wrote: On 2021-11-03 10:59, Mark Geisert wrote: The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution: * cygutils-1.4.16-8 * cygutils-extra-1.4.16-8 * cygutils-x11-1.4.16-8 The '-u' or '-d' option of getclip does not seem to work properly und

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygutils 1.4.16-8 (Test)

2021-11-14 Thread Denis Excoffier
Hello, > On 2021-11-03 10:59, Mark Geisert wrote: > > The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution: > > * cygutils-1.4.16-8 > * cygutils-extra-1.4.16-8 > * cygutils-x11-1.4.16-8 The '-u' or '-d' option of getclip does not seem to work properly under xterm. How to reprod

Re: Portable CygWin version for Windows?

2021-11-14 Thread Christian Franke
Peter Steiner via Cygwin wrote: On webpage https://cygwin.com/ I found only a CgyWin Installer to download. I occasionally use Cygwin installed to NTFS partitions of USB flash drives for many years now. No problems so far, but the use cases were typically limited to "rescue" purposes (mintt

Re: Portable CygWin version for Windows?

2021-11-14 Thread Achim Gratz
Andrey Repin via Cygwin writes: > You will have to format the stick to NTFS, and run rebaseall for each time you > insert your stick into a new system, which defeats the very idea of having a > "portable Cygwin" - it will always be tied to a specific system. It all depends on what you want to do w

Re: Portable CygWin version for Windows?

2021-11-14 Thread Andrey Repin via Cygwin
Greetings, Peter Steiner! > On webpage > https://cygwin.com/ > I found only a CgyWin Installer to download. > I prefer to put CygWin on an USB flash drive and run it on various > computers without leaving installation traces. You will have to format the stick to NTFS, and run rebaseall for eac

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cmus-2.9.1-1

2021-11-14 Thread Federico Kircheis via Cygwin-announce via Cygwin
Version 2.9.1-1 of cmus has been uploaded. The music player cmus reached version 2.9.1. On GitHub it is possible to find the changelog for the new release: https://github.com/cmus/cmus/releases Federico -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cyg

Re: cygport build injecting /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/ paths

2021-11-14 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2021-11-12 16:42, Duncan Roe wrote: On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 01:25:48PM -0700, Brian Inglis wrote: Now should I patch /usr/bin/libtool, libtoolize the sources, cygautoreconf, or upgrade libtool? >> Anyone have any ideas for the best approach? Or just go for it and try each in turn in case som

Re: cygport build injecting /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/ paths

2021-11-14 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2021-11-14 05:48, Achim Gratz wrote: Brian Inglis writes: Got these errors trying to build latest ncurses on my system, so retried on scallywag and got same result, with no clue where that is coming from! Unless there is absolutely no other way and you know exactly what you're doing, never

Re: cygport build injecting /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.4.0/ paths

2021-11-14 Thread Achim Gratz
Brian Inglis writes: > Got these errors trying to build latest ncurses on my system, so > retried on scallywag and got same result, with no clue where that is > coming from! Unless there is absolutely no other way and you know exactly what you're doing, never skip the cygautoreconf in src_compile.

Re: Portable CygWin version for Windows?

2021-11-14 Thread Marco Atzeri via Cygwin
On 14.11.2021 12:38, Fergus Daly via Cygwin wrote: Am 14.11.2021 um 11:32 schrieb Marco Atzeri via Cygwin: On 14.11.2021 08:37, Peter Steiner via Cygwin wrote: On webpage https://cygwin.com/ I found only a CgyWin Installer to download. I prefer to put CygWin on an USB flash drive and run i

Re: How to convert heic to jpg

2021-11-14 Thread Marco Atzeri via Cygwin
On 14.11.2021 12:01, Fergus Daly via Cygwin wrote: Ages ago there was a thread about what package(s) to install in order to be able to $ convert img001.heic img002.jpg but I cannot now find it. Can anybody help? Note 1 Under Package Search "heic" I found ImageMagick; but I have that already, to

Re: Portable CygWin version for Windows?

2021-11-14 Thread Larry W. Virden via Cygwin
https://sites.google.com/site/devinsezer/Home/software/portable-cygwin Is an older article but discusses it. On Sun, Nov 14, 2021, 6:16 AM Thomas Wolff wrote: > > > Am 14.11.2021 um 11:32 schrieb Marco Atzeri via Cygwin: > > On 14.11.2021 08:37, Peter Steiner via Cygwin wrote: > >> On webpage >

Re: Portable CygWin version for Windows?

2021-11-14 Thread Fergus Daly via Cygwin
Am 14.11.2021 um 11:32 schrieb Marco Atzeri via Cygwin: > On 14.11.2021 08:37, Peter Steiner via Cygwin wrote: >> On webpage >> >> https://cygwin.com/ >> >> I found only a CgyWin Installer to download. >> >> I prefer to put CygWin on an USB flash drive and run it on various >> computers without le

Re: Portable CygWin version for Windows?

2021-11-14 Thread Thomas Wolff
Am 14.11.2021 um 11:32 schrieb Marco Atzeri via Cygwin: On 14.11.2021 08:37, Peter Steiner via Cygwin wrote: On webpage https://cygwin.com/ I found only a CgyWin Installer to download. I prefer to put CygWin on an USB flash drive and run it on various computers without leaving installatio

Re: Portable CygWin version for Windows?

2021-11-14 Thread Marco Atzeri via Cygwin
On 14.11.2021 08:37, Peter Steiner via Cygwin wrote: On webpage https://cygwin.com/ I found only a CgyWin Installer to download. I prefer to put CygWin on an USB flash drive and run it on various computers without leaving installation traces. Is there really no portable version to download?