RE: Mv after tar in a shell script problems

2005-05-18 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 5:01 AM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Mv after tar in a shell script problems On May 18 04:57, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: Unless tar is doing

RE: Mv after tar in a shell script problems

2005-05-18 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
Permission Denieds. Gat dang, and I was just itching to put McAff... er, I mean, a certain virus scanner manufacturer... back at the top of The List ;-). Hey Gary, Are you running Google Desktop Search, or anything else that might do automatic indexing of newly created files

RE: More: Recent increase in size

2005-05-16 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
are just mount table entries. Memory usage won't change regardless of the number or size of files in the directory a Cygwin mount table entry points to. So there's no consequence there. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports

RE: Why has GCC 2.95.3 been removed from Cygwin instillation

2005-05-12 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
tried to install it from GNU download but have been unsucessful. I need 2.95.3 how/can I get it built ? Aaron Because it's old and crusty. You almost certainly do not need 2.95.3; what is it you're doing that you think requires it? -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http

Strangerous behavior in Cygwin (was: RE: Strange-Dangerous behaviour in Cygwin)

2005-05-11 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
[snip] Sorry, I just felt I needed make the obvious contraction in the subject line there. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ

RE: ls finds file1 but ls file1 does not

2005-05-10 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
to make that little ` visible to my old eyes. I always use $(...) instead; it's equivalent to `...` and much easier to read. ... And suffers from far fewer nesting problems. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports

RE: please test new setup

2005-05-09 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
Only UI problem I saw was on the Choose a download site page: Add button overlaps the adjacent edit control. I think that's due to the theme and/or the button was too close before anyway. Oh, found another bullet item for you: - Get rid of the Installation complete dialog box. -- Gary R. Van

RE: pwd vs $PWD, bash, cygwin vs Linux

2005-05-04 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
, is this thing on? Am I invisible all of a sudden? Do you guys hear that tapping? ;-) -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ

RE: Counter-ITP of doxygen (was: Re: Please upload: doxygen-1.4.2_20050410-1 (n'th take))

2005-05-03 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
there. -- Gary R. Van Sickle

RE: Counter-ITP of doxygen (was: Re: Please upload: doxygen-1.4.2_20050410-1 (n'th take))

2005-05-03 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
is a very useful package, and it would be sad for the Cygwin immune system to reject its inclusion on the basis that somebody did too much work. -- Gary R. Van Sickle

RE: Welcoming Brian Dessent as setup maintainer

2005-05-03 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
is trying to do really can't be done materially better in some other way, in which case the requirements need to be reevaluated. -- Gary R. Van Sickle

RE: Trojan associated with rsync and wget

2005-05-03 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
and it hasn't caused me any problems that I know of. Yet. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

RE: Best antivirus for cygwin? - was Norton antivirus and the Trojans

2005-05-03 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
they scan files as they're being written and/or read from disk. With any AV I use, I *always* turn these off and always turn the incoming-email scanning on. I can't recall ever having an AV-related problem since implementing that policy. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http

RE: pwd vs $PWD, bash, cygwin vs Linux

2005-05-03 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
that might cause. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

RE: Can cygwin create a ramdisk which is a cygwin filesystem?

2005-05-02 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
slows them down, but those are mainly related to permissions and such. Unless you're actually having some sort of showstopping disk speed problems, I'd just stick to normal NTFS partitions and not worry about a few percentage points of speed. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http

RE: Bespoke installations: simple elegance of setup.exe when setup.ini is absent

2005-05-02 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
extent in the forseeable future. I know it may come as small comfort, but it used to be worse. If you are able to, I am certain that any effort you can lend to the development of setup will be appreciated. -- Gary R. Van Sickle - Original Message - From: Gary R. Van Sickle [EMAIL

RE: Bespoke installations: simple elegance of setup.exe when setup.ini is absent

2005-05-02 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
addressed in my response to you, to the best of my knowledge nobody is working on this. As to the question of can, the answer there is a most resounding yes. There's plenty that needs doing in setup. -- Gary R. Van Sickle - Original Message - From: Christopher Faylor [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Bespoke installations: simple elegance of setup.exe when setup.ini is absent

2005-05-02 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
-Original Message- From: Brian Ford Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 5:45 PM To: Gary R. Van Sickle Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: RE: Bespoke installations: simple elegance of setup.exe when setup.ini is absent On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, 20:58:44 -0500 Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: As one

RE: Bespoke installations: simple elegance of setup.exe when setup.ini is absent

2005-05-02 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 4:16 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Bespoke installations: simple elegance of setup.exe when setup.ini is absent On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 03:39:51PM -0500, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: - I am glad that Chris' comments

RE: cygwin-1.5.16-1: FIFOs broken

2005-04-30 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
. A 'ps' shows an 'O' for this stuck shell. You have to do a kill -9 on the shell to terminate it. FIFOs are not fully implemented in Cygwin yet, but thank you for the test case. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports

RE: Bespoke installations: simple elegance of setup.exe when setup.ini is absent

2005-04-30 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
setup.ini is absent On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 07:06:43PM -0500, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 08:58:44PM -0500, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: [snip] Ahem. As one of the many people responsible for setup, I take issue with the accusation that it is either simple or elegant

RE: No version of mutt since 2003-10-13

2005-04-29 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
Gary, Please release a new version of mutt ASAP. There has been no release since 2003-10-13 and the mutt web page recommends upgrading from the 1.4.1 version that is currently in the cygwin release. Thank you. Yep, she's getting a little stale. I'll see what I can do about

RE: Bespoke installations: simple elegance of setup.exe when setup.ini is absent

2005-04-29 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 08:58:44PM -0500, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: [snip] Ahem. As one of the many people responsible for setup, I take issue with the accusation that it is either simple or elegant. ;-) In this case, responsible for setup == submitted some patches in 2003

RE: mkstemp bug

2005-04-29 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 09:01:07PM -0500, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: [snip] So when I say fifos just barely work you felt the need to inform me that they don't work? And that advances the discussion how, exactly? I did not just tell you that they are broken. I also gave you a test

RE: mkstemp bug

2005-04-29 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
* Gary R. Van Sickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-04-28 21:01:07 -0500]: [snip] So when I say fifos just barely work you felt the need to inform me that they don't work? And that advances the discussion how, exactly? I did not just tell you that they are broken. I also gave

RE: mkstemp bug

2005-04-29 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 10:19:56AM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote: * Gary R. Van Sickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-04-28 21:01:07 -0500]: [snip] So when I say fifos just barely work you felt the need to inform me that they don't work? And that advances the discussion how, exactly

RE: $PATHEXT not sufficient to run script from BASH without specifying extension on Windows XP?

2005-04-28 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
don't quite get the issue here though; if you're doing this interactive, just TAB-complete, and if you're doing it from a script, just specify the full name. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com

RE: [PATCH] Fix newly exposed bug [was RE: RFC: Fix partial NaN-parsing problem [was RE: sscanf problem]]

2005-04-28 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
version). And we haven't even mentioned the lack of INF support yet :) However I'm on UK time, so it won't be happening today! cheers, DaveK You should switch to UTC. ;-) -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem

RE: Bespoke installations: simple elegance of setup.exe when setup.ini is absent

2005-04-28 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
[snip] Ahem. As one of the many people responsible for setup, I take issue with the accusation that it is either simple or elegant. ;-) -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html

RE: mkstemp bug

2005-04-28 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
and debugging. Dude, you are just *asking* for one heck of a zinger! ;-) -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http

RE: mkstemp bug

2005-04-27 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
pathological touchiness serves what purpose exactly? Take your meds already. Christ. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ

RE: Cygwin with Gcc-3.2?

2005-04-24 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
to that: easy once you've done it. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

[OT] RE: Multi-threaded application using STL crashes

2005-04-22 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
that threadsafe-ifies the underlying object. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

RE: screen

2005-04-20 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
progam is, and I have yet to meet anybody who can tell me why. -- Gary R. Van Sickle

RE: Vital information for anyone debugging setup.exe

2005-04-19 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
a search-n-replace on the setup source. -- Gary R. Van Sickle

RE: Spice on cygwin?

2005-04-18 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
of it's config files. Why in the [EMAIL PROTECTED]@$ don't people just use the autotools and be done with it? -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com

RE: ReMOVE ME FROM YR MAILING LIST FOR THE LAST TIME FUK OFF

2005-04-18 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
, everyone would have overgrown lawns and no fingers. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

RE: ReMOVE ME FROM YR MAILING LIST FOR THE LAST TIME FUK OFF

2005-04-13 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
skillz to set up email forwarding. ;-) -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

RE: FDA-conform validation - any hints?

2005-04-12 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan Schormann Jim and Gary, thanks for your hints. Maybe I'm unnecessarily nervous. I'm still working on a good definition for enough testing around the intended use, and to what level of detail

RE: FDA-conform validation - any hints?

2005-04-12 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Korn Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 8:15 AM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: RE: FDA-conform validation - any hints? Original Message From: Gary R. Van Sickle Sent: 12 April 2005 14:01

How do I get titlebars on client application windows in non-multiwindow mode?

2005-04-11 Thread Gary Taylor
I've recently installed cygwin-xfree 6.8.2.0-1 and cannot figure out how to get titlebars on my windows. How is this done? Thank-you, Gary --- ~ cat startwin.bat @echo off SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 SET CYGWIN_ROOT=\cygwin SET PATH=.;%CYGWIN_ROOT%\bin;%CYGWIN_ROOT%\usr\X11R6\bin;%PATH

RE: FDA-conform validation - any hints?

2005-04-11 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
hints? Thanks all! Jan. What Jim said, and also the FDA tends to be more concerned with test processes and results. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation

RE: floppy disk being accessed but shouldn't

2005-04-11 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
changed to do this? -- Ken Shaffer This has been fixed. .14 is old already, try .15 (the latest). -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com

RE: cygwin startup problems fixed by latest snapshot?

2005-04-05 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
Starts for me. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 4:24 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: cygwin startup problems fixed by latest snapshot? The latest cygwin

RE: rxvt with libW11 bug: doubled KP_Subtract and KP_Add

2005-03-30 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
. If nobody beats me to it I might perhaps take a look. SteveO, how active are you in maintaining rxvt these days? If I get a patch together can we get it deployed in short order (weeks, not months)? -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem

RE: GCC header libraries ... ?

2005-03-30 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
are installed with what package, etc? In this particular instance, I think the issue you're running into is that Cygwin uses newlib instead of glibc (the GNU C library used on Linux). Glibc tends to be more comprehensive in the networking department. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info

RE: rxvt with libW11 bug: doubled KP_Subtract and KP_Add

2005-03-29 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
it fixed in a forecoming release of the rxvt package ? Regards, Pierre I thought this went away ages ago, but I just checked and whadda ya know, it's still there. It must have retrained me to always use the non-keypad -. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml

RE: compile in cygwin (can't create configure file)

2005-03-08 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
sent a half-megabyte email to all of Cygwin-land. That isn't going to make you any friends with folks on dialup. -- Gary R. Van Sickle

RE: compile in cygwin (can't create configure file)

2005-03-08 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
sent a half-megabyte email to all of Cygwin-land. That isn't going to make you any friends with folks on dialup. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com

RE: apparent bug: incorrect file position after write()

2005-03-05 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
this if you have to: #ifndef O_BINARY #define O_BINARY 0 -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com

RE: setup package format v. rpm, reasoning?

2005-02-15 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
. ;-) -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

RE: RXVT copy/paste behavior

2005-02-08 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
that Unix was invented. Progress (dare I say, innovation?) has in fact occurred since the first line of C code was written, the last VT-100 terminal was thrown in the trash, and the X-Windows mess was thought up. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml

RE: hyperthreading fix, try #1

2005-02-07 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
Um... I say Gold Star for this explanation alone, which somehow is completely free from any hint of sarcasm, WJMness, and passive aggression. Bad day Chris? ;-) Oh, and double-gold stars to any and all who coughed up the dough. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: odd behavior of symlinks on Win XP

2005-02-06 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
Cygwin1.dll. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

RE: cygwin bughunt

2005-01-20 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
1.5.12 or even a snapshot? No. I'm using 1.5.10, and it still smells *real* fresh, I think ;-). Step 1: Update Cygwin. Step 2: Step 3: Profit! -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html

RE: cygwin programs called from non-cygwin programs mauling \ in args

2005-01-19 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
? -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

RE: _beginthreadex

2005-01-19 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
asking for trouble? I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this one, but just for posterity -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ

RE: Installing cygwin on Win XP Pro for multiple users

2005-01-12 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
to try it), but I think the answer is also yes. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

RE: Fortune potty-mouth and those who demand it

2005-01-11 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
On Jan 10 21:56, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: Oh, one more thing: I'd prefer it if any threats to 'censor' or 'ban' me from this forum also be sent to this forum, and not to me personally, so any hilariously blatant hypocrisy said threats may or may not contain can be judged

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-10 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
): An axiom is a basic statement of fact assumed to be true because of its obviousness. It is obviously true that if A does not exist, nobody could be offended by A. For any and all definitions of A. Now, Mr. DeFaria, do you or do you not agree with that axiom? -- Gary R. Van Sickle

RE: Fortune potty-mouth and those who demand it

2005-01-10 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
, and of the people. Thanks guys, I do appreciate it eversomuch. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary R. Van Sickle Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 9:05 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Fortune potty-mouth and those who

RE: New version of fortune - questions

2005-01-09 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
will result in the rise of a Fourth Reich, and government of the people, by the people, for the people shall perish from the earth. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-09 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
-Original Message- From: Daniel Reed Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 12:51 PM To: Gary R. Van Sickle Subject: RE: Obscene content in cygwin file. On 2005-01-08T17:57-0600, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: ) - The limericks in question are of interest only to junior-highschool-age

Fortune potty-mouth and those who demand it

2005-01-09 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
. Thank you for your understanding in this trying time of potty-mouth oppression and the subsequent fall of Western Civilization. -- Gary R. Van Sickle Brewer. Patriot. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-08 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
On Jan 8 01:37, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: Why would you suggest that expressing a thought, however you might disagree with it, should be illegal? For the silly reason that I happen to know that a lot of things related to Nazis or Hitler in Deutschland ung?ltig ist

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-08 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: For the silly reason that I happen to know that a lot of things related to Nazis or Hitler in Deutschland ungültig ist. Ferinstance, check out the German aircraft in MS's Combat Flight Simulator - no swastikas, 'cause if there were

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-08 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
On Fri, 07 Jan 2005, Gary R. Van Sickle might have said: Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: Good thing I didn't install it at work, and that I don't work at a Megacorp that has whole departments devoted to rooting through peoples' files looking for reasons to fire them

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-08 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
Gerrit P. Haase (who should know better) wrote: Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: The question stands: What is the reason Cygwin should provide this obscene content? Yes, why not? Because they're lousy with potty-mouth. Yes, it is traditional. Granted, off-color jokes are as old as time

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-08 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joshua Kolden Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 2:31 PM To: Gary R. Van Sickle Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Obscene content in cygwin file. The question stands: What is the reason Cygwin

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-08 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
-Original Message- From: Volker Bandke Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 4:03 PM To: Gary R. Van Sickle Subject: RE: Obscene content in cygwin file. [snip] But why aren't you putting fortune-o's in your siggy as well? I am not? [snip] No, you are not. Why is that? In your

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-07 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: Good thing I didn't install it at work, and that I don't work at a Megacorp that has whole departments devoted to rooting through peoples' files looking for reasons to fire them. IMHO, this is the single best reason for obfuscating the profanity with rot13

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-07 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
got this here right y'all: De-obscenifying fortune will directly lead to a New World Order of Stalinist-era dictatorial oppression. W. O. W. Come on Korny, sing it with me: Crazy, but that's how it goes... -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-07 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
Jerry Williams, not of the band Grateful Dead, wrote: == fortunes2-o == Would you please have another look at my nose and put in that cocaine stuff -- Adolf Hitler, quoted by Dr. Giesing in Nuremberg trial Is something like this even legal in Germany? -- Gary R

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-07 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
, I'd think just pulling the off-color material is the easiest solution from a legal, moral, technical, and argumentological standpoint. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation

RE: fortune maintainer wanted and question for Corinna (was Re: Obscene content in cygwin file.)

2005-01-07 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
of the package. How eloquent. How ironic. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-07 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: Perhaps. Could somebody tell me the single-best reason for providing the profanity at all? A number of people like them. Best, Rodrigo A number of people like hard pore cornography too. Cygwin doesn't provide that, at least

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-07 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
Jon Lambert wrote: Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: Perhaps. Could somebody tell me the single-best reason for providing the profanity at all? Hello? Anybody? Apparently some distros have split off the package into parts like fortune - the program with no data fortune-min

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-07 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
More DeFaria: Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: Jerry Williams, not of the band Grateful Dead, wrote: == fortunes2-o == Would you please have another look at my nose and put in that cocaine stuff -- Adolf Hitler, quoted by Dr. Giesing in Nuremberg trial Is something like

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-06 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
Ah jeez deFaria: Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 22:54:16 -0600, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: My write-in candidate: [x] Not offended. Clean it up anyway. It's unprofessional in the extreme and can only result in embarassment and trouble. As a Christian, I agree

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-06 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
and leave it be. We shouldn't be forcing our views on other people. ...unless they're profane? -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-06 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-06 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
can easily be fulfilled elsewhere. You can say that about many other components of cygwin (say, games). No you can't. Unless, say games, includes similar obscenity. Jesus Tapdancing Christ you people, did I accidentally stumble into a junior highschool or something? -- Gary R. Van Sickle

Obscene Content Tiebreaker

2005-01-06 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
no great stretch to imagine the obscenity at hand being used as an excuse to fire somebody with cause, and no further stretch to envision a subsequent lawsuit directed towards the outfit carrying the bulk of the (c)'s to Cygwin. -- Gary R. Van Sickle Brewer. Patriot. -- Unsubscribe info: http

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-06 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: [snip] Jesus Tapdancing Christ you people, did I accidentally stumble into a junior highschool or something? Heh. You *just* noticed? :-D Igor BHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAH!! Touche, mon ami! Touche! -- Gary R. Van

RE: fortune maintainer wanted and question for Corinna (was Re: Obscene content in cygwin file.)

2005-01-06 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
century Andrew. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

RE: Obscene Content Tiebreaker

2005-01-06 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
this? PLEASE? Why? If you don't like these posts, don't read them. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http

RE: fortune maintainer wanted and question for Corinna (was Re: Obscene content in cygwin file.)

2005-01-06 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: Any company firing me for creating a hostile work environment for such a matter as this is, in my book, not a company I wish to work for. YMMV. Nor I. In fact, I doubt many would disagree. But then, many have mouths to feed, and may not have the luxury

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-05 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
That Be, and by a little I mean, No one who is not a sailor admitted without parent. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http

RE: Bug: link.exe

2005-01-05 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
Dave Korn wrote: How apposite that, in audio terms, feedback is synonymous with a loud whining noise! Except that in audio, negative feedback is the kind you want. :) ...until you're READY TO ROCK! -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml

RE: Bug: link.exe

2005-01-05 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
is better. But that also means that sometimes it isn't. There have been threads in the past where the list was flamed for *not* responding to a post. I suspect what Rob meant to say was, Sometimes not being an ass is better. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-05 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
On Wednesday, January 05, 2005 10:58 PM [EST], Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: Hi all, Not sure if the highly obscene limericks (/usr/share/fortune/limerick) are meant to be in the cygwin distro... Kalman Dee Canberra, OZ Um, yeah, I have to second that. And I don't even want

RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.

2005-01-05 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
. Change the project name to Cygpr0n and add packages of pron videos, jpgs, and fan fiction. Do the right thing Corinna/Chris/Whoever. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation

RE: Negative

2005-01-05 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
for it. But he's like a Weeble(tm); his passive-aggressive dish-it-out-but-cant-take-it demeanor may wobble temporarily, but it won't fall down for good. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html

RE: Negative

2005-01-04 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
, of course) on any other lists. This is just sad. Well, negative or positive, we cannot change how anyone responds to posts on this list nor can we change how people interpret those responses. Pshht, well certainly not with that attitude. ;-) -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info

RE: od wrong line endings and byte count

2005-01-02 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
he gave Moses POSIX: 1. O_BINARY 2. rb -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

RE: od wrong line endings and byte count

2005-01-02 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
? By one of the two ways God intended when he gave Moses POSIX: 1. O_BINARY 2. rb Umm, that's not what I think of as by default. I call that hardcoded. Right: hardcoded to work properly by default. -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml

RE: Bug: Missing va_end() in cygwin_internal() (OT)

2004-12-31 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
New Year! -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: binutils-20041228-1

2004-12-28 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
WOOT! I love my binutils updates! Won't be long until it's Visual Studio .WHAT? -- Gary R. Van Sickle -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 11:40 AM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject

RE: Executables removed by setup.exe?

2004-12-28 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
Install coreutils if you havent already (it should have been automatically installed). -- Gary R. Van Sickle -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 10:37 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com

RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: findutils-20041227-1

2004-12-27 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
Perhaps more importantly, this version includes a patch from Corinna Vinschen which should stop the dreaded floppy seek problem that was reported on the cygwin mailing list. Indeed it appears to do so. Cygwin is now usable again! -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http

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