Re: [PATCH] tcsetpgrp fails unexpectedly

2011-06-01 Thread Tor Perkins
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 02:59:04AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 09:45:09AM -0700, Tor Perkins wrote: 2011-03-28 Tor Perkins * fhandler_termios.cc (fhandler_termios::bg_check): Do not return EIO when a process group has no leader as this is allowed and does

Re: Why does windows have such probs with dynamically loaded libs?

2011-06-01 Thread Csaba Raduly
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:42 AM, Linda Walsh wrote:        Hmmm...I wonder...do you know if Interix setups COW pages on fork? If so, why in the heck would it perform so much more slowly than cygwin when running the same tasks (shell scripts and such that do lots of little forks)  its

Re: User name in screen caption not displaying with snapshot from 28th

2011-06-01 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Andrew Schulman (Tue, 31 May 2011 10:20:16 -0400) I have these two lines in my .screenr: backtick 0 0 0 echo $LOGNAME caption always %{= c}[%0`@%H:%n%f %{w}%t %{r}loadavg: %l %=%{g}%Y-% m-%d %0c:%s]%{d} Screen always displayed this until cygwin1-20110520.dll as

Re: Don't use snapshots until I send all-clear

2011-06-01 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Thorsten Kampe (Wed, 1 Jun 2011 00:29:11 +0200) * Edward Lam (Tue, 31 May 2011 10:58:51 -0400) On 31/05/2011 10:54 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote: Oh, and, btw: All clear! So cygwin1-20110531.dll.bz2 is good? It still has the screen issue I reported yesterday and that issue sounds

Re: mintty font test

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
On 6/1/2011 1:27 AM, Andy Koppe wrote: On 31 May 2011 16:17, Charles Wilson wrote: I think this file, as well as the font-test stuff, would be most accessible if added to the mintty wiki somewhere. I'm not keen on doing that. That's fine, it's your site and project. The point remains that

mintty and mouse cursor

2011-06-01 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Is there any way to set the mouse pointer in mintty to be more noticeable than the skinny I beam cursor in a non-contracting color? Can I set the color of the I beam or use another cursor shape like an arrow or something? -- Andrew DeFaria http://defaria.com The easiest way to find something

does readline need (min)tty?

2011-06-01 Thread Dima Pasechnik
Dear all, a quick question: Must a cygwin application that uses readline in a nontrivial way run in an environment with terminal capabilities missing in Windows 7 console? We have such an an application that (after upgrading to the current 1.7.9-1 version of Cygwin) works OK if started from a

Re: mintty font test

2011-06-01 Thread Andy Koppe
On 1 June 2011 16:44, Charles Wilson wrote: On 6/1/2011 1:27 AM, Andy Koppe wrote: and it's bound to always be somewhat out-of-date and incomplete. Well, of course.  Everything on the web is out of date 15 minutes after posting.  That doesn't mean it has no value. I don't want to have to

Re: does readline need (min)tty?

2011-06-01 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 04:10:35PM +, Dima Pasechnik wrote: Dear all, a quick question: Must a cygwin application that uses readline in a nontrivial way run in an environment with terminal capabilities missing in Windows 7 console? No, readline does not need mintty. bash uses readline and

Re: mintty and mouse cursor

2011-06-01 Thread Andy Koppe
On 1 June 2011 16:50, Andrew DeFaria wrote: Is there any way to set the mouse pointer in mintty to be more noticeable than the skinny I beam cursor in a non-contracting color? Can I set the color of the I beam or use another cursor shape like an arrow or something? Mintty uses the system's

Re: mintty font test

2011-06-01 Thread Thomas Wolff
Am 31.05.2011 20:19, schrieb Thomas Wolff: Am 31.05.2011 17:17, schrieb Charles Wilson: On 5/27/2011 1:29 AM, Andy Koppe wrote: On 27 May 2011 06:26, Andy Koppe wrote: On 26 May 2011 16:53, Warren Young wrote: It might be good if this xgraphics file you have were distributed with mintty in

Re: cygwin 1.7.5 psql does not run

2011-06-01 Thread Gabor Kincses
Reini Urban rurban at x-ray.at writes: David Einstein schrieb: Windows 7 64 bit When I run the cygwin provided psql it immediately returns. Even if I run 'psql --help' or 'psql -v'. I tried recompiling postgres from source, and got the same behavior. All the dlls seem to be in

Re: cygwin 1.7.5 psql does not run

2011-06-01 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 10:06:37PM +, Gabor Kincses wrote: BTW, why does the FAQ say that there is no single cygwin version? Can somebody please put uname -srv in the FAQ??? Please calm down. You are misinterpreting what the FAQ says. For instance, there is no such thing as cygwin 1.7.5

Re: mintty and mouse cursor

2011-06-01 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 06/01/11 11:28, Andy Koppe wrote: On 1 June 2011 16:50, Andrew DeFaria wrote: Is there any way to set the mouse pointer in mintty to be more noticeable than the skinny I beam cursor in a non-contracting color? Can I set the color of the I beam or use another cursor shape like an arrow or

[ANNOUNCEMENT] NEW: mingw-w32api-3.17-2

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
The mingw-w32api package provides the w32api headers and import libraries for the Win32 API, packaged in a manner suitable for use with the i686-pc-mingw32 cross compiler. It is intended to remain in sync with the original 'w32api' package, which contains the same products packaged for use with

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mingw-runtime-3.18-3

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
The mingw-runtime package provides public domain implementations of header files, import libraries, and other support for the MSVCRT C Runtime Library. It also provides several extension libraries that (optionally) override certain MSVCRT functions for better standards compliance. These headers

[ANNOUNCEMENT] NEW: mingw-pthreads-20110507-1

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
The mingw-pthreads package provides Pthreads-W32, for use with the MinGW cross toolchain. Pthreads-W32 provides a POSIX-compliant pthreads implementation for the Win32 platform. The MinGW cross toolchain's libgomp library, which provides openmp support for that compiler, is linked against

[ANNOUNCEMENT] NEW: mingw-binutils-2.21-1

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
The mingw-binutils package provides the GNU Binary Utilities for the MinGW (i686-pc-mingw32) toolchain. The GNU Binary Utilities include the linker (i686-pc-mingw32-ld), library archiver (i686-pc-mingw32-ar), and various other tools. These tools are used by the MinGW cross compiler, as well as

[ANNOUNCEMENT] NEW: mingw-gcc-{core,g++,fortran,objc}-4.5.2-1

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
The mingw-gcc packages provide the GNU Compiler Collection, configured as a cross compiler for the MinGW (that is, i686-pc-mingw32) target. The following languages are supported: C mingw-gcc-core C++mingw-gcc-g++ Fortranmingw-gcc-fortran ObjC/ObjC++

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mingw-{zlib,zlib-devel}-1.2.5-6; NEW: mingw-zlib1-1.2.5-6

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
The mingw-zlib package has been updated to version 1.2.5-6. zlib is a standard lossless compression library; mingw-zlib is a version built using the standard windows runtime library and NOT cygwin; it is used by setup.exe among other tools. [[ compiled using mingw-gcc-4.5.2 ]] !

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mingw-{bzip2/bzip2-devel}-1.0.6-1; NEW: mingw-libbz2_2-1.0.6-1

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
The mingw-bzip2 package has been updated to version 1.0.6-1. bzip2 is a patent-unencumbered but highly effective compression library; mingw-bzip2 is a version built using the standard windows runtime library and NOT cygwin; it is used by setup.exe among other tools. [[ compiled using

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mingw-{xz/liblzma-devel}-5.0.2_20110517-1; NEW: mingw-liblzma5-5.0.2_20110517-1

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
The mingw-xz package provides a version of the xz compression library and tools built using the standard windows runtime library and NOT cygwin. It is used by setup.exe and is provided specifically for that purpose. No other uses are supported. However, for testing purposes it does provide mingw

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mingw-{libgpg-error/libgpg-error-devel/libgpg-error0}-1.10-1

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
The mingw-libgpg-error package provides a version of the libgpg-error library and tools built using the standard windows runtime library and NOT cygwin. It is used by setup.exe and is provided specifically for that purpose. No other uses are supported. However, for testing purposes it does provide

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mingw-{libgcrypt/libgcrypt-devel/libgcrypt11}-1.4.6-1

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
The mingw-libgcrypt package provides a version of the libgcrypt library and tools built using the standard windows runtime library and NOT cygwin. It is used by setup.exe and is provided specifically for that purpose. No other uses are supported. However, for testing purposes it does provide mingw

NEW: mingw-w32api-3.17-2

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
The mingw-w32api package provides the w32api headers and import libraries for the Win32 API, packaged in a manner suitable for use with the i686-pc-mingw32 cross compiler. It is intended to remain in sync with the original 'w32api' package, which contains the same products packaged for use with

NEW: mingw-pthreads-20110507-1

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
The mingw-pthreads package provides Pthreads-W32, for use with the MinGW cross toolchain. Pthreads-W32 provides a POSIX-compliant pthreads implementation for the Win32 platform. The MinGW cross toolchain's libgomp library, which provides openmp support for that compiler, is linked against

NEW: mingw-binutils-2.21-1

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
The mingw-binutils package provides the GNU Binary Utilities for the MinGW (i686-pc-mingw32) toolchain. The GNU Binary Utilities include the linker (i686-pc-mingw32-ld), library archiver (i686-pc-mingw32-ar), and various other tools. These tools are used by the MinGW cross compiler, as well as

Updated: mingw-{zlib,zlib-devel}-1.2.5-6; NEW: mingw-zlib1-1.2.5-6

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
The mingw-zlib package has been updated to version 1.2.5-6. zlib is a standard lossless compression library; mingw-zlib is a version built using the standard windows runtime library and NOT cygwin; it is used by setup.exe among other tools. [[ compiled using mingw-gcc-4.5.2 ]] !

Updated: mingw-{bzip2/bzip2-devel}-1.0.6-1; NEW: mingw-libbz2_2-1.0.6-1

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
The mingw-bzip2 package has been updated to version 1.0.6-1. bzip2 is a patent-unencumbered but highly effective compression library; mingw-bzip2 is a version built using the standard windows runtime library and NOT cygwin; it is used by setup.exe among other tools. [[ compiled using

Updated: mingw-{xz/liblzma-devel}-5.0.2_20110517-1; NEW: mingw-liblzma5-5.0.2_20110517-1

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
The mingw-xz package provides a version of the xz compression library and tools built using the standard windows runtime library and NOT cygwin. It is used by setup.exe and is provided specifically for that purpose. No other uses are supported. However, for testing purposes it does provide mingw

Updated: mingw-{libgpg-error/libgpg-error-devel/libgpg-error0}-1.10-1

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
The mingw-libgpg-error package provides a version of the libgpg-error library and tools built using the standard windows runtime library and NOT cygwin. It is used by setup.exe and is provided specifically for that purpose. No other uses are supported. However, for testing purposes it does provide

Updated: mingw-{libgcrypt/libgcrypt-devel/libgcrypt11}-1.4.6-1

2011-06-01 Thread Charles Wilson
The mingw-libgcrypt package provides a version of the libgcrypt library and tools built using the standard windows runtime library and NOT cygwin. It is used by setup.exe and is provided specifically for that purpose. No other uses are supported. However, for testing purposes it does provide mingw