FW: path to /etc/profile.default

2002-11-17 Thread Ronald Landheer-Cieslak
Hi y'all, After brushing up on my C++, getting married, etc. etc. I decided to check out the source of cygwin to see if there's anything I can do on the work I kinda promised a while ago. Had to apply a little "patch" to the CVSROOT though, so to help you incite others to help you, here's the

RE: cygwin release

2002-11-17 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> On Sunday 17 Nov 02, Igor Pechtchanski writes: > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Lapo Luchini wrote: > > > > > Dennis Lubert wrote: > > > > > > > just saw the new cygwin release, and since I don't know who to ask, I > > > > ask you ;) Is there any other shell, oder shell-like program I can use > > > > cyg

Re: ls problem

2002-11-17 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Carlo Florendo wrote: > Hello, > > I've been using cygwin for 3 years now and last week, I downloaded the > latest cygwin from one of the mirrors and everything in well except for one > problem. I noticed that whenever I type 'ls -', the output gets delayed for > a few second

Re: cygwin release

2002-11-17 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, David Starks-Browning wrote: > On Sunday 17 Nov 02, Igor Pechtchanski writes: > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Lapo Luchini wrote: > > > > > Dennis Lubert wrote: > > > > > > > just saw the new cygwin release, and since I don't know who to ask, I > > > > ask you ;) Is there any other s

ls problem

2002-11-17 Thread Carlo Florendo
Hello, I've been using cygwin for 3 years now and last week, I downloaded the latest cygwin from one of the mirrors and everything in well except for one problem. I noticed that whenever I type 'ls -', the output gets delayed for a few seconds. This never happened to me using the old cygwin. I

Re: gcc 3.2 string link problem

2002-11-17 Thread Nigel Stewart & Fiona Smith
Digging around the gcc.gnu.org site, came across PR 4764 in the bugs database: http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl *Description:* On Solaris 8, std::wstring is not available, because libstdc++/aclocal.m4 checks for too many functions The followi

No such file, but it's right there

2002-11-17 Thread Shing-Fat Fred Ma
>Well the files are, of course, ftp.exe and telnet.exe. >Cygwin's automagical .exe workarounds seems to not be working when going >through a mount where there is no underlying directory. > >Max. > > Cygwin follows the Windows convention of using file file name suffix > ".exe" for its binary execu

Re: No such file, but it's right there

2002-11-17 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 01:05:10AM -, Max Bowsher wrote: >Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So, if you have a file called foo.exe 'ls -l foo' will work but >> 'cat foo.exe' won't work. > >You mean 'cat foo', don't you? Yes. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#u

Re: No such file, but it's right there

2002-11-17 Thread Max Bowsher
Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 12:35:57AM -, Max Bowsher wrote: >> Randall R Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Cygwin follows the Windows convention of using file file name suffix >>> ".exe" for its binary executable files. While Cygwin will locate

Re: No such file, but it's right there

2002-11-17 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 12:35:57AM -, Max Bowsher wrote: >Randall R Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Cygwin follows the Windows convention of using file file name suffix >>".exe" for its binary executable files. While Cygwin will locate and >>execute files files given only the base name (sa

Re: No such file, but it's right there

2002-11-17 Thread Max Bowsher
Randall R Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cygwin follows the Windows convention of using file file name suffix > ".exe" for its binary executable files. While Cygwin will locate and > execute files files given only the base name (sans suffix), other > uses ("cat," "less," or more apropos "nm,"

Re: No such file, but it's right there

2002-11-17 Thread Randall R Schulz
Fred, Cygwin follows the Windows convention of using file file name suffix ".exe" for its binary executable files. While Cygwin will locate and execute files files given only the base name (sans suffix), other uses ("cat," "less," or more apropos "nm," "size" or "file") demand the full file nam

Re: No such file, but it's right there

2002-11-17 Thread Max Bowsher
Shing-Fat Fred Ma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I try to "ls" a file I know to be > there, I'm told it isn't: No, as you show below, ls works, less doesn't. > $ cd /usr/bin > $ ls -l ftp telnet > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 unknown unknown 57344 Jan 6 2002 ftp* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 unknow

Re: gcc 3.2 string link problem

2002-11-17 Thread Nigel Stewart & Fiona Smith
Hi Danny, Thanks for the hint. Does this mean that I need to rebuild libstc++? My impression is that this is a bug: Either wchar_t is supported, or it isn't, but that should be compile-error rather than link-error. And also, since I've done a "full" Cygwin install, what more is needed for wchar_t

Re: minires + rblcheck works

2002-11-17 Thread Pierre A. Humblet
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 07:33:18PM -0800, Andrew Lynch wrote: > So I would like to know why is not minires a part of > cygwin? There are numerous packages ported to cygwin > using it, if I go by the cygwin mailing list. Is it > just the lack of someone to package it or is it a > policy issue? He

No such file, but it's right there

2002-11-17 Thread Shing-Fat Fred Ma
Hi, I'm using cygwin 1.3.15 in WinME: Cygwin DLL version info: DLL version: 1.3.15 DLL epoch: 19 When I try to "ls" a file I know to be there, I'm told it isn't: $ which ftp telnet /usr/bin/ftp /usr/bin/telnet $ cd /usr/bin $ ls -l ftp telnet -r

Re: gcc 3.2 string link problem

2002-11-17 Thread Danny Smith
gcc 3.2 string link problem From: Nigel Stewart & Fiona Smith To: cygwin at cygwin dot com Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:42:45 +1100 Subject: gcc 3.2 string link problem ===snip=== > $ g++ test.cpp > /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/nigels/LOCALS~1/Temp/ccHP4AMl.o(.text+0x25):test.cpp: > > undefined referenc

gcc 3.2 string link problem

2002-11-17 Thread Nigel Stewart & Fiona Smith
Hello all, Having happily upgraded my Cygwin to include gcc 3.2, I've encountered a show-stopper: The linker can't resolve symbols involving wide C++ strings. Here is an example: #include #include using namespace std; int main(int argc,char *argv[]) { std::string test; } -

Re: libxml2/libxslt binaries: libxml2 version mismatch in xsltproc

2002-11-17 Thread Robert Collins
On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 08:17, Yves Forkl wrote: > In various versions of the libxml2/libxslt binaries, the executable > "xsltproc" distributed with the latest libxslt package was compiled > against an older version of libxml2 than the latest release currently > distributed. ... > To get xsltproc wor

libxml2/libxslt binaries: libxml2 version mismatch in xsltproc

2002-11-17 Thread Yves Forkl
In various versions of the libxml2/libxslt binaries, the executable "xsltproc" distributed with the latest libxslt package was compiled against an older version of libxml2 than the latest release currently distributed. >From the most recent Cygwin releases of libxml2/libxslt: $ xsltproc -V Using

Re: cygwin release

2002-11-17 Thread David Starks-Browning
On Sunday 17 Nov 02, Igor Pechtchanski writes: > On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Lapo Luchini wrote: > > > Dennis Lubert wrote: > > > > > just saw the new cygwin release, and since I don't know who to ask, I > > > ask you ;) Is there any other shell, oder shell-like program I can use > > > cygwin with ? I us

dd command problem??

2002-11-17 Thread Bizhong Hu
Hello, I am using cygwin 1.3.10 on win2k system. recently while I try to write some file into a: using following command: dd if=myfile of=a: bs=512 count=1, the computer tried to write and then come back give me error message: dd open "a:", Permission denied. I switched to administrator account to

Re: Discussing NetworkSimplicity (was: Re: SSHD on NT4... (SOLVED!!!))

2002-11-17 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 08:48:48PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: >On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 20:35, Max Bowsher wrote: >> Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> But newbies wouldn't know to run it. > >1) Link on the home page. I don't think "Link on the home page" is ever a serious solution fo

wine under cygwin under wine under...

2002-11-17 Thread Charles Wilson
Front page slashdot story: http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/02/11/17/1648220.shtml?tid=125 --Chuck -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Installing PostgreSQL on Windows using Cygwin

2002-11-17 Thread Chris Schneider
***For those accustomed to setting up on Linux, you do not need to run 'configure' and 'gmake' to install PostgreSQL...Cygwin performs the install for you, however it puts the executables in the /bin dir vs. the default PostgreSQL install dir of /usr/local/pgsql. ***

Re: cygwin release

2002-11-17 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Lapo Luchini wrote: > Dennis Lubert wrote: > > > just saw the new cygwin release, and since I don't know who to ask, I > > ask you ;) Is there any other shell, oder shell-like program I can use > > cygwin with ? I use is currently with the MS-DOS command-line, but I > > can't

Re: cygwin release

2002-11-17 Thread Lapo Luchini
Dennis Lubert wrote: just saw the new cygwin release, and since I don't know who to ask, I ask you ;) Is there any other shell, oder shell-like program I can use cygwin with ? I use is currently with the MS-DOS command-line, but I can't resize this, can't do copy/paste and so on... I would lik

cygwin release

2002-11-17 Thread Dennis Lubert
Hi, just saw the new cygwin release, and since I don't know who to ask, I ask you ;) Is there any other shell, oder shell-like program I can use cygwin with ? I use is currently with the MS-DOS command-line, but I can't resize this, can't do copy/paste and so on... I would like to use it like a

"Latest Cygwin DLL release version is" line on website doesn't seem to update when the rerelease (-1, -2, etc.) component of version number changes.

2002-11-17 Thread Max Bowsher
"Latest Cygwin DLL release version is" line on website doesn't seem to update when the rerelease (-1, -2, etc.) component of version number changes. I think I noticed this back with 1.3.14 too. Is this a manual process, or is it automatic? Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/m

Can't build gcc trunk or 3.2 branch under cygwin on Win XP/SP1

2002-11-17 Thread Christian Jönsson
I'm trying to build the gcc cvs sources from the 3.2 branch and trunk but I get the following problem: stage1/xgcc.exe -Bstage1/ -B/usr/local/gcc-binutils/i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ -g -O2 -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wtraditional -pedantic -Wno-long-l

Re: Discussing NetworkSimplicity (was: Re: SSHD on NT4...(SOLVED!!!))

2002-11-17 Thread Robert Collins
On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 20:35, Max Bowsher wrote: > Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But newbies wouldn't know to run it. 1) Link on the home page. 2) 'Help, installing cygwin fails. Run the pre-install checker from the homepage. Oh, that picked up *lots* of things, I've done what it s

Re: Help With PostgreSQL On Cygwin

2002-11-17 Thread Max Bowsher
Forwarding this to the list, so it may be of some help to anyone searching the archives... Max. Chris Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks a million, that worked like a charm! PostgreSQL is up and > running > > -Original Message- > From: Max Bowsher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >

Discussing NetworkSimplicity (was: Re: SSHD on NT4... (SOLVED!!!))

2002-11-17 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2002-11-16 at 09:00, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> In that vein, can anyone think of other improvements to cygcheck? >> For instance, maybe it could debug common /etc/passwd or /etc/group >> problems. Or, maybe it could detect a NetworkSimplicit

Re: gcc headers

2002-11-17 Thread Lapo Luchini
Robert Collins wrote: but there isn't and , though the "stl_*" version is there to be used. Is this normal/expected? Yes, have a look at www.sgi.com/tech/stl Ohh, they're still-not-standard extensions... so either I use them with bits/stl_multimap.h header or I don't use them at all,

Re: gcc headers

2002-11-17 Thread Robert Collins
On Sat, 2002-11-16 at 07:49, Lapo Luchini wrote: > I don't understand completely the logic behind STL headers... > e.g. there is that uses > and there is too > but there isn't and , though the "stl_*" version is > there to be used. > > Is this normal/expected? Yes, have a look at www.sgi.com

Re: SSHD on NT4... (SOLVED!!!)

2002-11-17 Thread Robert Collins
On Sat, 2002-11-16 at 09:00, Christopher Faylor wrote: > In that vein, can anyone think of other improvements to cygcheck? For > instance, maybe it could debug common /etc/passwd or /etc/group problems. > Or, maybe it could detect a NetworkSimplicity installation and optionally > uninstall it. I

Re: Problems with installer

2002-11-17 Thread Robert Collins
On Sat, 2002-11-16 at 06:37, Mark Bradshaw wrote: > Here. Sorry if there is some confusion. Frankly, considering the number of > installs I think the confusion has been minimal. As a side note I've many > times been in conversation with a user and suggested that it might be time > to can the pac