Re: [PATCH] Postinstall script ordering in setup - take 2

2003-03-10 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On 10 Mar 2003, Robert Collins wrote: On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 11:41, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On 5 Mar 2003, Robert Collins wrote: On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 08:19, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On 5 Mar 2003, Robert Collins wrote: Using the packages as dependencies we can build the same

Re: Pending setup patches (issue 6)

2003-03-10 Thread Robert Collins
On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 15:33, Robert Collins wrote: * Going back, changing the local cache dir, and going forward again does not correctly reparse inis in the new dir. Reproduction: Choose an incorrect cache dir, go back, correct it. Chooser shows all packages in Misc. Fixed,

Not^H^H^HWilling to maintain man

2003-03-10 Thread Elfyn McBratney
Oh poo, I used the wrong subject didn't I? ;-) On a serious note, I am willing to take over maintainership of this cygwin package. Regards, Elfyn McBratney [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.exposure.org.uk

From the TODO

2003-03-10 Thread Robert Collins
* Toggling from All Default to All Install takes *way* too long. This takes under 1/10th of a second on my PC. I need a testcase, or more info. Rob -- GPG key available at: http://users.bigpond.net.au/robertc/keys.txt. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [PATCH] Postinstall script ordering in setup - take 2

2003-03-10 Thread Robert Collins
On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 16:18, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Sure they can. All it takes is two maintainers marking the other script as a requirement. Oh, of course you can *have* circular dependences, but you can't *honor* them. Script dependences mean that some script has to be run before

/etc/setup.conf

2003-03-10 Thread Robert Collins
Ok, a few pragmatic thoughts: * When do we parse it? It's not trivial: - if we parse on startup, and the user changes the cygwin / path during runtime, should we revert to defaults? - if we wait for the / path to be chosen, we can't store any pre- / dialog settings. - if we parse on startup, and

Re: Setup cvs HEAD build problems

2003-03-10 Thread Robert Collins
On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 15:48, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Rob, There was a follow-up message: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2002-10/msg00152.html That eliminates #1. I don't know how to fix #2 -- could have something to do with cvs checkout timestamps. I don't believe it was addressed,

starter for usersettings persistence

2003-03-10 Thread Robert Collins
I've observed that dynamic registration always seems to give folks pause, so I've added a couple of classes to setup to begin the user persistence codefest... UserSettings: Registry of UserSetting. UserSetting: A user setting. should be the entry point for the logic of the parser and

Release candidate snapshot

2003-03-10 Thread Robert Collins
Ok, I've fixed * compress_bz::error called appears in the log every time a package is installed, even if everything works. So, setup-3.324 (now 325 due to the UserSetting addition) (snapshot uploading :}) should be considered a release candidate. Pending confirmation of the correctness of the

Re: Pending setup patches (issue 2)

2003-03-10 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On 10 Mar 2003, Robert Collins wrote: On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 11:52, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On 5 Mar 2003, Robert Collins wrote: Other than that, please expand to address all scripts. Rob Rob, There is a design issue here that I'd like to address before I work more on this. I

Re: Pending setup patches (issue 2)

2003-03-10 Thread Robert Collins
On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 16:03, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Sounds fine. I got the first part mostly done (it'll be a run script, output to file idiom). The second might take some time... I'll probably have to use mktemp() or something similar. Just use the postinstall.log you where planning to

[Approval?] Revert whitespace-only 20000401 change to setup/zlib

2003-03-10 Thread Max Bowsher
On 2401, there was a commit to setup/zlib, log message Eliminate \r in line endings. I hypothesize that the repository files might have been d2u-ed at some point, because there are *no* \r's in any revision. This change also stripped whitespace at the end of lines across many files. I'd like

Pending packages status (10 Mar 2003)

2003-03-10 Thread Pavel Tsekov
1. grace date : 25 Nov 2002 version: 5.1.12-1 status : updated package available for review notes : http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2002-11/msg00322.html reviews: http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-03/msg00254.html votes : 2 (Lapo and Robert) url:

Re: [Approval?] Revert whitespace-only 20000401 change tosetup/zlib

2003-03-10 Thread Robert Collins
On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 21:30, Max Bowsher wrote: On 2401, there was a commit to setup/zlib, log message Eliminate \r in line endings. I hypothesize that the repository files might have been d2u-ed at some point, because there are *no* \r's in any revision. This change also stripped

Re: [Approval?] Revert whitespace-only 20000401 change to setup/zlib

2003-03-10 Thread Max Bowsher
On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Robert Collins wrote: On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 21:30, Max Bowsher wrote: On 2401, there was a commit to setup/zlib, log message Eliminate \r in line endings. I hypothesize that the repository files might have been d2u-ed at some point, because there are *no* \r's

Re: [Approval?] Revert whitespace-only 20000401 change tosetup/zlib

2003-03-10 Thread Robert Collins
On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 22:04, Max Bowsher wrote: NB: I have verified this will NOT introduce \r characters into the files. MM, it would be easier for you to use patch -l :]. 1) patch won't be involved in the process at all Huh? Then I've misunderstood. 2) I think gratuitous

Re: /etc/setup.conf

2003-03-10 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On 10 Mar 2003, Robert Collins wrote: Ok, a few pragmatic thoughts: * When do we parse it? It's not trivial: - if we parse on startup, and the user changes the cygwin / path during runtime, should we revert to defaults? - if we wait for the / path to be chosen, we can't store any pre-/

Re: From the TODO

2003-03-10 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins wrote: * Toggling from All Default to All Install takes *way* too long. This takes under 1/10th of a second on my PC. I need a testcase, or more info. I can no longer reproduce. Suggest deleting from TODO, on the assumption it has been fixed by coincidental changes to setup.

Re: /etc/setup.conf

2003-03-10 Thread Max Bowsher
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On 10 Mar 2003, Robert Collins wrote: Ok, a few pragmatic thoughts: * When do we parse it? It's not trivial: - if we parse on startup, and the user changes the cygwin / path during runtime, should we revert to defaults? - if we wait for the / path to be chosen, we

Checkin went awry - need someone to run cvs admin for me

2003-03-10 Thread Max Bowsher
Just botched the log message on a checkin. Please could a member of cvsadmin do the following in setup: cvs admin -m 2.89:Regenerate after adding foreign to AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS Makefile.in cvs admin -m 2.29:Add wishlist item: hold version README Thanks, Max.

Re: setup wishlist -- a 'hold' options

2003-03-10 Thread Max Bowsher
Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: With the talk of a /etc/setuprc file and the email below on cygwin@, I thought I'd suggest a 'hold' option for the setup.exe wishlist. There are certain packages (like postgresql in this case) that some users *never* want to upgrade as long as the old version

Re: /etc/setup/setup.cfg ?

2003-03-10 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Max Bowsher wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Max Bowsher wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: There have been bits of persistent state that people wanted to store for setup. I'm proposing an Xdefaults-style setup.cfg in /etc/setup. If we compile a

Re: [Approval?] Revert whitespace-only 20000401 change tosetup/zlib

2003-03-10 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins wrote: On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 22:04, Max Bowsher wrote: NB: I have verified this will NOT introduce \r characters into the files. MM, it would be easier for you to use patch -l :]. 1) patch won't be involved in the process at all Huh? Then I've misunderstood. cvs import cvs

Re: Setup cvs HEAD build problems

2003-03-10 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins wrote: On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 15:48, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Rob, There was a follow-up message: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2002-10/msg00152.html That eliminates #1. I don't know how to fix #2 -- could have something to do with cvs checkout timestamps. I don't

Re: /etc/setup/setup.cfg ?

2003-03-10 Thread Max Bowsher
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Max Bowsher wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Max Bowsher wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: There have been bits of persistent state that people wanted to store for setup. I'm proposing an Xdefaults-style setup.cfg in

Re: Pending setup patches (issue 2)

2003-03-10 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Brian Keener wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Still: * Not tested on Win95. It's a fairly low level change, and I have 'this much' (holds thumb and forefinger very close together) confidence that we won't get surprised. Uh, can someone test this on Win95? I

Re: /etc/setup/setup.cfg ?

2003-03-10 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Max Bowsher wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Max Bowsher wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Max Bowsher wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: There have been bits of persistent state that people wanted to store for setup. I'm

Re: /etc/setup/setup.cfg ?

2003-03-10 Thread Max Bowsher
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Max Bowsher wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Max Bowsher wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Max Bowsher wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: There have been bits of persistent state that people wanted to

Re: Not^H^H^HWilling to maintain man

2003-03-10 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 07:24:17AM -, Elfyn McBratney wrote: Oh poo, I used the wrong subject didn't I? ;-) Mail to me, to some other mailing list, or use of a different subject will immediately disqualify you from this special offer. Maybe you thought I was kidding. I wasn't, really. This

Re: [Approval?] Revert whitespace-only 20000401 change tosetup/zlib

2003-03-10 Thread Robert Collins
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 03:36, Max Bowsher wrote: Robert Collins wrote: On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 22:04, Max Bowsher wrote: NB: I have verified this will NOT introduce \r characters into the files. MM, it would be easier for you to use patch -l :]. 1) patch won't be involved in the

Re: From the TODO

2003-03-10 Thread Robert Collins
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 02:28, Max Bowsher wrote: Robert Collins wrote: * Toggling from All Default to All Install takes *way* too long. This takes under 1/10th of a second on my PC. I need a testcase, or more info. I can no longer reproduce. Suggest deleting from TODO, on the

Re: Setup cvs HEAD build problems

2003-03-10 Thread Robert Collins
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 03:37, Max Bowsher wrote: Ok, well I'm going to practice delegation here: Max - when you look at zlib, can you ensure that the timestamps on zlib's autotool files are correctly ordered? Delegation accepted, but I think it's potentially more complicated than that.

Re: /etc/setup/setup.cfg ?

2003-03-10 Thread Robert Collins
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 03:54, Max Bowsher wrote: Either we disallow comments, or we keep the order, IMO. ^^^ My vote. Ok, we are starting down a rabbit hole. Whomever puts the time in can decide whether it's user editable or not. I've already listed the

Re: /etc/setup/setup.cfg ?

2003-03-10 Thread Robert Collins
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 07:39, Robert Collins wrote: I'll add another incentive: I'll accept 'progress' patches, that refactor the code to use the emerging framework, as long as the current *behaviour* doesn't change. (i.e. we still use last-mirror etc). The first patch that starts to use

Re: From the TODO

2003-03-10 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 07:24:17AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 02:28, Max Bowsher wrote: Robert Collins wrote: * Toggling from All Default to All Install takes *way* too long. This takes under 1/10th of a second on my PC. I need a testcase, or more info. I can

Re: From the TODO

2003-03-10 Thread Robert Collins
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 07:50, Christopher Faylor wrote: Yep, please move to done. (I'm assuming that until the cvsadmin commands you requests, I shouldn't commit stuff?) Ok. I've made this crucial change. For the record, I don't want to get involved whenever people screw up their commit

Re: From the TODO

2003-03-10 Thread Max Bowsher
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 07:24:17AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 02:28, Max Bowsher wrote: Robert Collins wrote: * Toggling from All Default to All Install takes *way* too long. This takes under 1/10th of a second on my PC. I need a testcase,

Re: From the TODO

2003-03-10 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins wrote: On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 02:28, Max Bowsher wrote: Robert Collins wrote: * Toggling from All Default to All Install takes *way* too long. This takes under 1/10th of a second on my PC. I need a testcase, or more info. I can no longer reproduce. Suggest deleting from

Re: From the TODO

2003-03-10 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 09:31:49PM -, Max Bowsher wrote: Thanks Chris, and yes, I'm sufficiently embarrased to remember very clearly not to do that again! There's no need to be embarrassed, IMO. I do this all the time. I think the ChangeLog is more important that the checkin messages,

Re: Pending setup patches (issue 2)

2003-03-10 Thread Brian Keener
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Thanks a lot for testing! Most postinstall scripts run silently, so what you're seeing is the output of printf's. If you could try it with scripts that actually output something (e.g., iu-config.sh, gcc-mingw.sh, post-texmf.sh, profile.sh), you'd see if the output is

Re: Pending setup patches (issue 2)

2003-03-10 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Brian Keener wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Thanks a lot for testing! Most postinstall scripts run silently, so what you're seeing is the output of printf's. If you could try it with scripts that actually output something (e.g., iu-config.sh, gcc-mingw.sh,

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2003-03-10 Thread linda w \(cyg\)
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