[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: ruby-1.8.5-2

2006-11-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
I have updated the version of ruby on cygwin.com to 1.8.5-2. This is a security update. It fixes a DOS vulnerability as described in the official message: === DoS Vulnerability in CGI Library A

RE: couldn't allocate heap error

2006-11-12 Thread Dave Korn
On 12 November 2006 06:04, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 09:25:39PM -0800, Vincent Castellano wrote: I am running on Vista RC2, build/SDL_bmp.lo 4 [main] ? (2844) C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe: *** fatal error - C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe: *** couldn't allocate heap, Win32 error

best practice?: make admin user root, edit passwd to make uid 0

2006-11-12 Thread Tom Rodman
I searched the FAQ and a portion of my cygwin email archives. Quite a few posts show ls -l output w/either a cygwin user or group root. rsync -a was not preserving ownership for me. If I create an account root and edit /etc/passwd to make the uid 0, rsync *does* preserve ownership. So what is

Re: screen-3.9.15: configure fails

2006-11-12 Thread Borg
Okey. I was able to find why ./configure was failing in random places. It was bash fault... Problem with cygwin-1.5.21 and Permision denied remains unresolved. I reverted back to cygwin-1.3.2, recompiled few of my tools and everything works stable now.. Too bad screen doesnt have his full

Re: Problem with C app compiled under cygwin on win32

2006-11-12 Thread * *
On 11/10/06, P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I have an C program (japach) that I compiled under cygwin on Windows NT. That application runs fine on all versions of win32 but problem arises when I ran it on Windows x64. Should it be compatible on x64 since it has WOW which would allow

Re: screen-3.9.15: configure fails

2006-11-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 04:30:59PM +, Borg wrote: Okey. I was able to find why ./configure was failing in random places. It was bash fault... Or it was your fault for not doing your homework on what was new with bash. Easier to blame a program, though, eh? Problem with cygwin-1.5.21 and

Startup and X problem with 1.5.21 WOW64 kernel on AMD64

2006-11-12 Thread Yuval Krymolowski
Hello, I am using the current 1.5.21 kernel with the configuration shown below (from cygcheck output). I run Windows XP x64 pro. Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics Windows 2003 Server Ver 5.2 Build 3790 Service Pack 1 Running under WOW64 on AMD64 Things worked ok on the 1.5.19 kernel

Re: screen-3.9.15: configure fails

2006-11-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 12:38:23PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 04:30:59PM +, Borg wrote: Okey. I was able to find why ./configure was failing in random places. It was bash fault... Or it was your fault for not doing your homework on what was new with bash. Easier

Bash process remains after I close rxvt in certain ways

2006-11-12 Thread Eric Lilja
Hello, I never open the default cygwin command window anymore. Instead I use rxvt (a program I was introduced to after using cygwin for more than a year and I immediately fell in love with it). In my quicklaunch bar I have the following rxvt shortcut: C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -tn

RE: Startup and X problem with 1.5.21 WOW64 kernel on AMD64

2006-11-12 Thread Dave Korn
On 12 November 2006 19:16, Yuval Krymolowski wrote: Hello, I am using the current 1.5.21 kernel with the configuration shown below (from cygcheck output). I run Windows XP x64 pro. Things worked ok on the 1.5.19 kernel but after upgrading I see that: - the cygwin window starts

Re: Cygintl-3.dll was not found

2006-11-12 Thread neoclassical
Christopher Faylor-2 wrote: Bye, bye Mr. Anonymous Coward. Abusing your authority by re-classifying my email address as spam does not win an argument. In fact, it speaks poorly of your character. -- View this message in context:

Re: Cygintl-3.dll was not found

2006-11-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 02:22:49PM -0800, neoclassical wrote: Christopher Faylor-2 wrote: Bye, bye Mr. Anonymous Coward. Abusing your authority by re-classifying my email address as spam does not win an argument. In fact, it speaks poorly of your character. And I should care about your

Re: Cygintl-3.dll was not found

2006-11-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 05:26:37PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 02:22:49PM -0800, neoclassical wrote: Christopher Faylor-2 wrote: Bye, bye Mr. Anonymous Coward. Abusing your authority by re-classifying my email address as spam does not win an argument. In fact,

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: tiff-3.8.2-3, libtiff5-3.8.2-3, libtiff-devel-3.8.2-3 NEW: tiff-doc-3.8.2-3, libtiffxx-3.8.2-3, libtiffxx-devel-3.8.2-3

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
The tiff package provides libraries and utilities for manipulating TIFF image files. This is a security fix release. tiff-3.8.2-3 libtiff5-3.8.2-3 libtiff-devel-3.8.2-3 libtiffxx5-3.8.2-3 (* new package) libtiffxx-devel-3.8.2-3 (* new package) tiff-doc-3.8.2-3 (* new package)

rsync hangs (maybe due to cron?) when getting data from Windows to Linux PC

2006-11-12 Thread H.S.
Hello, I backup a windows laptop on my home lan everynight using rsync and cygwin. The backups are made on a Linux PC running Debian Etch and 2.6.17 kernel. The Windows laptop is running Windows XP Pro. fully updated, and cygwin, also fully updated (which has sshd and rsyncd running). On

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: bzip2-1.0.3-2, libbz2_1-1.0.3-2 NEW: libbz2-devel-1.0.3-2

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
bzip2 provides the bzip2.exe / bunzip2.exe executables, a patent-unencumbered but highly effective compression tool. CHANGES: * Incorporate Debian bugfixes * Add .info documentation * Switch to cygport build framework * Split development files into separate package -- Charles Wilson bzip2

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mingw-bzip2-1.0.3-2, mingw-libbz2_1-1.0.3-2

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
mingw-bzip2 provides the static library, DLL import library, and header files for building non-cygwin applications (like setup.exe) which need access to bzip2 compression algorithms. mingw-libbz2_1 provides the corresponding DLL. The libraries in the mingw-* packages are built using the

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: pkg-config-0.21-1

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
The pkg-config program is used to retrieve information about installed libraries in the system, including the CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, and other information necessary to compile and link against one or more libraries. CHANGES: * routine update to latest upstream release * switch to cygport build

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xsri-2.1.0-2

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
X Set Root Image This is a simple app that does nothing much -- and uses a bazillion gtk2 libraries to do it. However, that means it can do nothing much, but with STYLE. CHANGES: * add man page from Fedora 6 * allow to build with glib-2.10.x + gtk2-2.6.x (requires enabling use of

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: checkx-0.2.0-1

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
checkX is a little utility I wrote that tests to see if (a) the X11 client DLLs are installed on the machine, and (b) the Xserver on $DISPLAY (or -d x.x.x.x:x) is running and usable. CHANGES: * switch to cygport build framework * massive internal reorganization of code. Instead of one big .c

Re: rsync hangs (maybe due to cron?) when getting data from Windows to Linux PC

2006-11-12 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
H.S. wrote: snip Recenly, I noticed that I can run that backup rsync command manually on the Linux PC and it worked. But running that command via a script did not work. So, at this point I am not sure what is going wrong, maybe it is my script. I run the same command from the command line

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: automake1.9-1.9.6-2

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards. This package contains the latest version of the automake system in the automake-1.9.x series, automake-1.9.6. This cygwin package, automake1.9, can be installed without conflict

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: automake1.8-1.8.5-3

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards. This package contains the latest version of the automake system in the automake-1.8.x series, automake-1.8.5. This cygwin package, automake1.8, can be installed without conflict

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: automake1.7-1.7.9-3

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards. This package contains the latest version of the automake system in the automake-1.7.x series, automake-1.7.9. This cygwin package, automake1.7, can be installed without conflict

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: automake1.6-1.6.3-3

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards. This package contains the latest version of the automake system in the automake-1.6.x series, automake-1.6.3. This cygwin package, automake1.6, can be installed without conflict

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: automake1.5-1.5-2

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards. This package contains the latest (actually, the ONLY) version of the automake system in the automake-1.5.x series, automake-1.5. This cygwin package, automake1.5, can be installed

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: automake1.4-1.4p6-4

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards. This package contains the latest version of the automake system in the automake-1.4-pX series, automake-1.4-p6. This cygwin package, automake1.4, can be installed without conflict

Re: llrint() into math.h

2006-11-12 Thread Sven Köhler
I will ask in newlib list, as you have kindly suggested. I have interest in llrint too. What did the newlib-guys answer? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

RE: llrint() into math.h

2006-11-12 Thread Dave Korn
On 13 November 2006 01:51, Sven Köhler wrote: I will ask in newlib list, as you have kindly suggested. I have interest in llrint too. What did the newlib-guys answer? Victor never asked, from the looks of it. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today --

Re: best practice?: make admin user root, edit passwd to make uid 0

2006-11-12 Thread Tom Rodman
related links: http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2006-06/msg00567.html http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: cygwin + gcc3.3

2006-11-12 Thread Igor Peshansky
Alexis, http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PPIOSPE. I've set Reply-To: to the correct forum, please make sure your mailer respects it. More below. On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, COTHENET Alexis MILLENNIUM wrote: Hi, I'd like to download a version of cygwin X with gcc 3.3. Could you indicate me a location

Re: cygwin + gcc3.3

2006-11-12 Thread Brian Dessent
Igor Peshansky wrote: Actually, Cygwin/X has nothing to do with gcc-3.3 (other than having been built with it at some point, I imagine). Before starting on a hunt for gcc-3.3, it may be worth looking into the features of the code you're trying to build to see what makes it incompatible with

Re: Startup and X problem with 1.5.21 WOW64 kernel on AMD64

2006-11-12 Thread Yuval Krymolowski
Hello, Thanks for helping, I un-installed cygwin and installed it again and the problem persists. Now the /home directory was not created and the PATH variable is not initialised. All the cygwin installation is as downloaded, there are no startup scripts other than those provided so

Re: gtk2/glib version mismatch?

2006-11-12 Thread Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Charles Wilson wrote: Gerritt -- can you update the gtk* packages to 2.10.x? Actually GNOME is mine now; I updated the non-GUI libs a while ago, thinking that the GUI would not be far behind, but I hit a snag. A while ago I started working on

Re: Failed build of Cygwin/X

2006-11-12 Thread Fernando Mauricio
I've installed an older version of libfontconfig-devel, so the build continued, thank you! Now, I've another problem. The program xcursorgen.exe, that generates cursors from PNG images, hangs (or at least it does not end in more than a whole hour) and the build is indefinitely stopped with the

X11 forwarding

2006-11-12 Thread Max Pfeiffer
Dear cygwin- Team i am training to connect my linux system from my windows XP system. I do it with putty and cygwin . but if i want start my x11 server. I get allways this error message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/X11 $ startx Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project

Xwin Crashes on exiting in Win98 SE

2006-11-12 Thread Dominique Brazziel
I do startx which fires up the server, then an xterm starts. When exiting, either via Alt-F4 or CONTROL-ALT-BACKSPACE (I have specified -unixkill as an option to the server), Xwin crashes every time at the same place with the same error (invalid page fault). Here is the fault log: Date

Re: X11 forwarding

2006-11-12 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
Max Pfeiffer wrote: Dear cygwin- Team i am training to connect my linux system from my windows XP system. I do it with putty and cygwin . but if i want start my x11 server. I get allways this error message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/X11 $ startx Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The

src/winsup/w32api ChangeLog include/winuser.h ...

2006-11-12 Thread dannysmith
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-11-13 02:11:45 Modified files: winsup/w32api : ChangeLog winsup/w32api/include: winuser.h winnt.h Log message: 2006-11-13 Daniel Schlyder [EMAIL PROTECTED] *

Updated: ruby-1.8.5-2

2006-11-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
I have updated the version of ruby on cygwin.com to 1.8.5-2. This is a security update. It fixes a DOS vulnerability as described in the official message: === DoS Vulnerability in CGI Library A

Updated: bzip2-1.0.3-2, libbz2_1-1.0.3-2 NEW: libbz2-devel-1.0.3-2

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
bzip2 provides the bzip2.exe / bunzip2.exe executables, a patent-unencumbered but highly effective compression tool. CHANGES: * Incorporate Debian bugfixes * Add .info documentation * Switch to cygport build framework * Split development files into separate package -- Charles Wilson bzip2

Updated: mingw-bzip2-1.0.3-2, mingw-libbz2_1-1.0.3-2

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
mingw-bzip2 provides the static library, DLL import library, and header files for building non-cygwin applications (like setup.exe) which need access to bzip2 compression algorithms. mingw-libbz2_1 provides the corresponding DLL. The libraries in the mingw-* packages are built using the

Updated: pkg-config-0.21-1

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
The pkg-config program is used to retrieve information about installed libraries in the system, including the CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, and other information necessary to compile and link against one or more libraries. CHANGES: * routine update to latest upstream release * switch to cygport build

Updated: automake1.8-1.8.5-3

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards. This package contains the latest version of the automake system in the automake-1.8.x series, automake-1.8.5. This cygwin package, automake1.8, can be installed without conflict

Updated: automake1.6-1.6.3-3

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards. This package contains the latest version of the automake system in the automake-1.6.x series, automake-1.6.3. This cygwin package, automake1.6, can be installed without conflict

Updated: automake1.5-1.5-2

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards. This package contains the latest (actually, the ONLY) version of the automake system in the automake-1.5.x series, automake-1.5. This cygwin package, automake1.5, can be installed

Updated: automake1.4-1.4p6-4

2006-11-12 Thread Charles Wilson
Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards. This package contains the latest version of the automake system in the automake-1.4-pX series, automake-1.4-p6. This cygwin package, automake1.4, can be installed without conflict