Re: libpcre-devel: no .a files

2012-05-14 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
On 2012-05-12 03:03, A.R. Burgers wrote: this package has the .dll.a files but not the .a files: I checked the libpcre build from source, the .a files are built, but apparently they are not included in the devel package. No, they are not built at all:

Re: zlib: upset messages

2012-05-14 Thread Charles Wilson
On 5/14/2012 1:32 AM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: On 2012-05-14 00:31, upset lived up to its name and complained: upset: *** setup.ini: warning - package minizip requires non-existent package libgcc_1 I made the obvious fix on sourceware; please fix your local copy, etc. Thanks (and sorry for

[RFU] {emacs,emacs-X11,emacs-el}-23.4-2

2012-05-14 Thread Ken Brown
D=http://sanibeltranquility.com/cygwin/release/emacs wget -x -nH --cut-dirs=2 \ ${D}/emacs-23.4-2-src.tar.bz2\ ${D}/emacs-23.4-2.tar.bz2\ ${D}/setup.hint\ ${D}/emacs-X11/emacs-X11-23.4-2.tar.bz2\ ${D}/emacs-X11/setup.hint\ ${D}/emacs-el/emacs-el-23.4-2.tar.bz2\

Re: libpcre-devel: no .a files

2012-05-14 Thread A.R. Burgers
Op 14-5-2012 8:12, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) schreef: On 2012-05-12 03:03, A.R. Burgers wrote: this package has the .dll.a files but not the .a files: I checked the libpcre build from source, the .a files are built, but apparently they are not included in the devel package. No, they are not built at

winsup/cygwin ChangeLog DevNotes child_info.h ...

2012-05-14 Thread cgf
CVSROOT:/cvs/uberbaum Module name:winsup Changes by: c...@sourceware.org 2012-05-14 22:42:56 Modified files: cygwin : ChangeLog DevNotes child_info.h dcrt0.cc spawn.cc cygwin/release : 1.7.16 Log message: * DevNotes:

winsup/cygwin ChangeLog child_info.h

2012-05-14 Thread cgf
CVSROOT:/cvs/uberbaum Module name:winsup Changes by: c...@sourceware.org 2012-05-14 23:29:03 Modified files: cygwin : ChangeLog child_info.h Log message: * child_info.h (CURR_CHILD_INFO_MAGIC): Update. Patches:

Re: RPC inconsistency

2012-05-14 Thread Fedin Pavel
On 14.05.2012 9:41, Fedin Pavel wrote: 2. ti-rpc should come with more advanced port mapper (google told me it's named rpcbind). ti-rpc library can't work with old portmap. After some more debugging... 1. In fact they should be interoperable. If UNIX socket fails, ti-rpc library tries

autorebase

2012-05-14 Thread Marc Girod
Hi, Did I miss an announcement? I notice now in my setup log: 2012/05/14 10:27:13 running: cmd.exe /c C:\cygwin\etc\postinstall\autorebase.bat Does this mean that I do not need anymore to run in an ash shell: ./rebaseall ./peflagsall followed with (in bash): perlrebase ...after an update?

Re: autorebase

2012-05-14 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Marc Girod! Did I miss an announcement? Yes. I notice now in my setup log: 2012/05/14 10:27:13 running: cmd.exe /c C:\cygwin\etc\postinstall\autorebase.bat Does this mean that I do not need anymore to run in an ash shell: ./rebaseall ./peflagsall Yes. followed with (in

emacs -nw hangs in a terminal

2012-05-14 Thread cygwin
Recently, emacs in a terminal started hanging: /usr/bin/emacs -nw --no-init-file --no-site-file I had to kill it from another terminal window. But I noticed /usr/bin/emacs points through alternatives to /usr/bin/emacs-X11, so I started calling /usr/bin/emacs-nox directly. (Actually I

Someone is pretending to be some Cygwin's support

2012-05-14 Thread André Bleau
Hi, A few minutes after sending my last post to the cygwin at cygwin dot com list, I received this, seemingly from cygwin at cygwin dot com, but really from some joe1assitly at gmail dot com. --- __

Re: emacs -nw hangs in a terminal

2012-05-14 Thread Ken Brown
On 5/14/2012 8:29 AM, Ken Jackson wrote: Recently, emacs in a terminal started hanging: /usr/bin/emacs -nw --no-init-file --no-site-file I had to kill it from another terminal window. But I noticed /usr/bin/emacs points through alternatives to /usr/bin/emacs-X11, so I started calling

Re: installing rsh and rlogin servers - rshd and rlogind

2012-05-14 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 05/13/2012 01:13 PM, Earnie Boyd wrote: On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Marilo wrote: I am surprised /usr/sbin isn't in the PATH though.. Why should the system/server bin be a part of the _user_ PATH? That could cause issues of starting/stopping a server unaware. Why would a user type

Re: Someone is pretending to be some Cygwin's support

2012-05-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 09:22:37AM -0400, Andr? Bleau wrote: A few minutes after sending my last post to the cygwin at cygwin dot com list, I received this, seemingly from cygwin at cygwin dot com, but really from some joe1assitly at gmail dot com. How very annoying. I've already nuked someone

Re: Someone is pretending to be some Cygwin's support

2012-05-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:36:14AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 09:22:37AM -0400, Andr? Bleau wrote: A few minutes after sending my last post to the cygwin at cygwin dot com list, I received this, seemingly from cygwin at cygwin dot com, but really from some

Re: CYGWIN inode over Samba share not constructed from IndexNumber

2012-05-14 Thread Jeremy Allison
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 12:53:49PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: Hi Jeremy, On May 11 14:15, Jeremy Allison wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 07:58:43PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On May 11 12:56, starlight.201...@binnacle.cx wrote:

Re: Someone is pretending to be some Cygwin's support

2012-05-14 Thread Achim Gratz
Christopher Faylor writes: Actually, if you, or anyone, gets one of these please send a copy of the message to postmaster. Include all headers so that we can track this down. This is happening on a few debian lists as well, Google will show you. It is unconcluive if he's even subscribed to

Re: Someone is pretending to be some Cygwin's support

2012-05-14 Thread LMH
As an aside, I've wondered for some time why this group is a mailing list and not a vBulitin type forum. Would not such spam be easier to control with forum admin tools? At least a user needs to sign up (possibly with some form of CAPTCHA) and the account needs to be approved and activated. At

Re: Someone is pretending to be some Cygwin's support

2012-05-14 Thread Ken Jackson
Mon, May 14, 2012 at 01:46PM -0400 LMH wrote: As an aside, I've wondered for some time why this group is a mailing list and not a vBulletin type forum. I second the motion. -Ken Jackson -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

Re: Someone is pretending to be some Cygwin's support

2012-05-14 Thread Daniel Colascione
On 5/14/12 11:12 AM, Ken Jackson wrote: Mon, May 14, 2012 at 01:46PM -0400 LMH wrote: As an aside, I've wondered for some time why this group is a mailing list and not a vBulletin type forum. I second the motion. No. Mailing lists are infinitely easier to filter, archive, and read.

GVim slow to respond

2012-05-14 Thread K Stahl
Modified from my original email on the XFree mailing list: After updating yesterday (2012-05-10) I am experiencing the following behavior when using GVim within an X-Session: While scrolling through a file in visual mode using either H, J, K, or L, the cursor is slow to respond. What I am

Re: Someone is pretending to be some Cygwin's support

2012-05-14 Thread Mark Rousell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 14/05/2012 19:30, Daniel Colascione wrote: On 5/14/12 11:12 AM, Ken Jackson wrote: Mon, May 14, 2012 at 01:46PM -0400 LMH wrote: As an aside, I've wondered for some time why this group is a mailing list and not a vBulletin type forum. I

Re: Someone is pretending to be some Cygwin's support

2012-05-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:30:49AM -0700, Daniel Colascione wrote: On 5/14/12 11:12 AM, Ken Jackson wrote: Mon, May 14, 2012 at 01:46PM -0400 LMH wrote: As an aside, I've wondered for some time why this group is a mailing list and not a vBulletin type forum. I second the motion. No.

Re: Someone is pretending to be some Cygwin's support

2012-05-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 07:37:08PM +0200, Achim Gratz wrote: Christopher Faylor writes: Actually, if you, or anyone, gets one of these please send a copy of the message to postmaster. Include all headers so that we can track this down. This is happening on a few debian lists as well, Google

Re: Someone is pretending to be some Cygwin's support

2012-05-14 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 14/05/2012 12:30 PM, Daniel Colascione wrote: On 5/14/12 11:12 AM, Ken Jackson wrote: Mon, May 14, 2012 at 01:46PM -0400 LMH wrote: As an aside, I've wondered for some time why this group is a mailing list and not a vBulletin type forum. I second the motion. No. Mailing lists are

strace crashes when given the --pid option

2012-05-14 Thread Ken Brown
In a Cygwin terminal: $ strace --version strace (cygwin) 1.7.15 System Trace Copyright (C) 2000 - 2012 Red Hat, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. $ cat In a second Cygwin

Re: GVim slow to respond (emacs-X11 too)

2012-05-14 Thread Ken Jackson
Mon, May 14, 2012 at 02:55PM -0400 K Stahl wrote: What I am witnessing is that if you hold down any of these keys, the cursor remains in place until the key is released. I'm seeing about the same think in emacs-X11. I hold down an arrow key and the cursor stays still until I release it

Username and Computer Name

2012-05-14 Thread max
I am installing cygwin on a new computer and I was told that the green username@computername ' is supposed to be hidden, and that I somehow installed Cygwin improperly. Could someone please explain how to hide or setup cygwin properly to not show this? Mahalo, Max -- Problem reports:

problem with find's -size and -exec options

2012-05-14 Thread j. k. colligan
Friends - I just noticed a difference in behavior between Cygwin's find and the one in Linux, or so it seems. I was trying to locate files smaller than a given size, and thus ran     find . -size -4000c That worked, and listed the file names only for files 4000 bytes in size.  But if I run   

Re: strace crashes when given the --pid option

2012-05-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 04:20:55PM -0400, Ken Brown wrote: In a Cygwin terminal: $ strace --version strace (cygwin) 1.7.15 System Trace Copyright (C) 2000 - 2012 Red Hat, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or

Re: problem with find's -size and -exec options

2012-05-14 Thread René Berber
On 5/14/2012 5:29 PM, j. k. colligan wrote: I just noticed a difference in behavior between Cygwin's find and the one in Linux, or so it seems. I was trying to locate files smaller than a given size, and thus ran find . -size -4000c That worked, and listed the file names only for files

Re: problem with find's -size and -exec options

2012-05-14 Thread Eric Blake
On 05/14/2012 04:29 PM, j. k. colligan wrote: Friends - I just noticed a difference in behavior between Cygwin's find and the one in Linux, or so it seems. I was trying to locate files smaller than a given size, and thus ran find . -size -4000c That worked, and listed the file

Re: Username and Computer Name

2012-05-14 Thread René Berber
On 5/14/2012 4:19 PM, m...@kalani.com wrote: I am installing cygwin on a new computer and I was told that the green username@computername ' is supposed to be hidden, and that I somehow installed Cygwin improperly. That's not true, whoever told you that is either joking or making fun at your

Re: Username and Computer Name

2012-05-14 Thread Greg Chicares
On 2012-05-14 21:19Z, m...@kalani.com wrote: I am installing cygwin on a new computer and I was told that the green username@computername ' is supposed to be hidden, and that I somehow installed Cygwin improperly. That's a normal part of the default bash prompt. (Perhaps your employer would

Re: [feature] alias more to less

2012-05-14 Thread Cyrille Lefevre
Le 12/05/2012 12:57, Corinna Vinschen a écrit : On May 12 03:08, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: Le 11/05/2012 18:23, Larry Hall (Cygwin) a écrit : On 5/11/2012 9:35 AM, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: Noel Grandin sent the following at Friday, May 11, 2012 4:33 AM It seems that pretty much

Re: [feature] alias more to less

2012-05-14 Thread Cyrille Lefevre
Le 15/05/2012 02:21, Cyrille Lefevre a écrit : Le 12/05/2012 12:57, Corinna Vinschen a écrit : On May 12 03:08, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: unfortunatelly, most doesn't exist yet under cygwin :-( http://cygwin.com/setup.html well, and then ?! forgive me, I tought you redirect me on setup.exe

Re: Username and Computer Name

2012-05-14 Thread max
Hello Greg, Could you please explain more into detail on how to obtain a PS1? Mahalo, Max On 2012-05-14 21:19Z, m...@kalani.com wrote: I am installing cygwin on a new computer and I was told that the green username@computername ' is supposed to be hidden, and that I somehow

Re: Username and Computer Name

2012-05-14 Thread Pascal J. Bourguignon
m...@kalani.com writes: Could you please explain more into detail on how to obtain a PS1? What else can we tell you? You've been explained how to learn about it, and you haven't. What can we do? Run 'man bash' and look for PS1. Remove the '\u@\h' part. To make the change permanent, set