Minor bugfix for setup.exe - missing call to backslash() in desktop.cc

2002-04-26 Thread Max Bowsher
, String const target) { - String fname = linkpath + / + title + .lnk; + String fname = backslash(linkpath + / + title + .lnk); if (_access (fname.cstr_oneuse(), 0) == 0) return; /* already exists */ ###END PATCH### ChangeLog: 2002-04-26 Max Bowsher [EMAIL PROTECTED] * desktop.cc

Correction for Setup.exe developer page

2002-04-26 Thread Max Bowsher
The username for anonymous CVS is 'anoncvs', not 'anonymous'. Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup.html contains a brief page for developers of setup.exe. It's not aimed at replacing the packaging page http://www.cygwin.com/setup.html, rather at

Re: Setup Cache dir maintenance.

2002-06-11 Thread Max Bowsher
Sounds interesting... can you explain more about (0) below - won't it just rebuild a setup.ini that is totally equivalent to the one it originally got from that mirror? (since the in-memory package db was populated from the downloaded file, and then you reverse the process, and write it out) Re

Re: Setup Cache dir maintenance.

2002-06-11 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds interesting... can you explain more about (0) ... Yes. Until step 1 is introduced. If we don't do 0) then step 1 needs to reparse the file to determine where to add the entries. Oh. Yes. Duh. Re (1), I think it would be nice to write these

Re: Cinstall timestamp perl script

2002-06-14 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Jones Sent: Friday, 14 June 2002 1:29 AM p.s. I have some patchs to Cinstall, is their any prefered way that Cinstall people like diffs ? Are you aware

[Patch] Change setup.exe column header font to same as used for rest of chooser dialog

2002-07-08 Thread Max Bowsher
, (WPARAM) sysfont, FALSE); // Set the size, position, and visibility of the header control. SetWindowPos (listheader, wp.hwndInsertAfter, wp.x, wp.y, 2002-07-08 Max Bowsher [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PickView.cc (PickView::PickView): Set font of package list header to the same

Re: [Patch] Change setup.exe column header font to same as used for rest of chooser dialog

2002-07-08 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins wrote: Thanks Max! I've checked this in but I do think we should check the return value. What if the handle is invalid? Does sendmessage return a value then? No: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/win

Setup.exe regression between 2.249.2.5 and 2.259.2.4 - versions narrowed to between 2.257 2.258

2002-07-16 Thread Max Bowsher
I have built setup versions 2.25{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}, and found that the problem begins with 2.258. cvs log ChangeLog output :- revision 2.258 date: 2002/07/02 11:50:33; author: rbcollins; state: Exp; lines: +11 -2 2002-07-02 Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: as one gets roots - rights ...

2002-07-25 Thread Max Bowsher
'Help me' requests are off-topic for cygwin-apps@. I've already seen and answered your question on cygwin@. Yes, if we get into discussing the Cygwin-specific modifications to Net::Ping that I hinted at in my reply to you at cygwin, it may be appropriate to move this discussion here, but only in

Re: setup.exe crashing Windows 2000

2002-09-02 Thread Max Bowsher
Ian Burrell wrote: setup.exe is repeatedly crashing Windows 2000 on my machine. It happens repeatedly right after selecting the mirror. It only happens when other programs are accessing the network or when other cygwin programs like rxvt are running. It is a hard crash; the machine resets

Re: setup.exe crashing Windows 2000

2002-09-02 Thread Max Bowsher
Ian Burrell wrote: It doesn't seem to be the network card drivers. I installed the Microsoft debugger and symbols to debug the memory dumps. From the stack traces, it looks like the problem is caused by Norton Utilities. My guess is that a change in Windows 2000 SP3 brings out a bug in some

Re: ELFIO 1.0.0

2002-09-03 Thread Max Bowsher
Serge Lamikhov-Center wrote: Hi All, ELFIO-1.0.0 package is now available for evaluation at: http://elfio.sourceforge.net/ELFIO-1.0.0-1.tar.bz2 http://elfio.sourceforge.net/ELFIO-1.0.0-1-src.tar.bz2 To get started with ELFIO, please see the tutorial at: http://elfio.sourceforge.net

[setup PATCH] Fix DEBUG mode in IniDBBuilderPackage, and improve Category column contents.

2002-09-19 Thread Max Bowsher
Here is a patch for setup. IniDBBuilderPackage.cc: Fix DEBUG mode Hunk 1: Remove a DEBUG message box which otherwise pops up once per package during ini parsing, thus rendering DEBUG unusable. Hunk 2 3: Update DEBUG code to match current layout of data structures. PickPackageLine.cc: Show all

[setup.exe BUG] LogSingleton::GetInstance(LOG_BABBLE) endLog; causes SEGV

2002-09-19 Thread Max Bowsher
The subject says it all really. I want to build up a log line bit by bit, and then terminate the line. It works OK if you do endLog, which is an acceptable workaround for now. Max.

[setup PATCH] Improve Category column (Take 2)

2002-09-19 Thread Max Bowsher
Take 2. I'm confident about everything but my const qualifiers on packagemeta::getReadableCategoryList (). Please pay close attention to them. Thanks. Max. Index: PickPackageLine.cc Comments: Call pkg.getReadableCategoryList(), and fix an error in the x2 arg of IntersectClipRect()

Re: [setup PATCH] Fix DEBUG mode in IniDBBuilderPackage, andimproveCategory column contents.

2002-09-19 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins wrote: On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 22:20, Max Bowsher wrote: I'm not that bothered, I can easily delete 3 lines at the same time as I add #define DEBUG 1, but seriously, have you ever actually clicked OK 171 times to proceed through all the ldescs in setup.ini ? Yes. through

[setup] (Accidental?) Change in sort order in 'full' view.

2002-09-19 Thread Max Bowsher
In the snapshot, sort order is alphabetically by package name. In CVS HEAD, sort order is by installed/not installed, followed by alphabetically by package name. Is this intentional? I could not find a ChangeLog entry saying so. Max.

Re: [setup] (Accidental?) Change in sort order in 'full' view.

2002-09-19 Thread Max Bowsher
Brian Keener wrote: On a side note - Max - did you have to make any changes to get it too compile - for some reason - my compile is now broken and I am not sure if it is the gcc3 install or the mingw changes. Do you have any ideas? Cygwin Packages: binutils20020706-2 gcc

[setup] Requesting advice: How to code aPackageVersion == theEmptyPackageVersion (i.e. the one containing defaultversion)

2002-09-19 Thread Max Bowsher
I've coded a patch for colour-coding versions in the setup picker according to curr/prev/test. I need a way to test whether a packageversion is the null packageversion (containing defaultversion in data). At the moment I'm kludging it by testing for a Name of length 0. I'm thinking of adding an

Re: setup HEAD (2.278) defaults to older packages

2002-09-19 Thread Max Bowsher
Len Giambrone wrote: On the dialogs I choose: Download Source: Download from Internet OR Install from Internet Local package dir: C:\cygdist Internet Connection: Direct Connection Download Site: ftp://archive.progeny.com Now when the Chooser window comes up, I click on Base,

Re: [setup] (Accidental?) Change in sort order in 'full' view.

2002-09-19 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins wrote: On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 01:34, Max Bowsher wrote: In the snapshot, sort order is alphabetically by package name. In CVS HEAD, sort order is by installed/not installed, followed by alphabetically by package name. Is this intentional? I could not find a ChangeLog

Re: [setup] (Accidental?) Change in sort order in 'full' view.

2002-09-20 Thread Max Bowsher
Brian Keener wrote: Max Bowsher wrote: MinGW libstdc++: gcc-2.95.3-20010828 That was it Thanks Max. Somehow (not sure how) my version of libstdc++ in usr/lib/mingw got updated to a May 16 2002 version (appears to be for a 3.? Version of mingw). When I used the one from an older

Re: setup ./Makefile.in ./aclocal.m4 ./configure c ...

2002-09-21 Thread Max Bowsher
CVSROOT: /cvs/cygwin-apps Module name: setup Changes by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2002-09-21 01:59:30 Modified files: . : Makefile.in aclocal.m4 configure cfgaux : depcomp ltmain.sh Log message: current generated files Since libgetopt++ has to be bootstrapped when got

Re: setup ./Makefile.in ./aclocal.m4 ./configure c ...

2002-09-21 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins wrote: On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 19:12, Max Bowsher wrote: Since libgetopt++ has to be bootstrapped when got from CVS, why not ditch the generated files from setup as well? It'd be a change in policy. I've been hesitant to do that - recall the looong discussion over my

Re: [setup PATCH] Improve Category column (Take 2)

2002-09-22 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins wrote: Much better. Please supply as a attachment, along with a changelog. Will do. Also, I've made some notes to getReadableCategoryList below that you may follow or not at your discression. Discussing below: +String const +packagemeta::getReadableCategoryList () const

Re: [setup PATCH] Improve Category column (Take 2)

2002-09-22 Thread Max Bowsher
Max Bowsher wrote: Robert Collins wrote: Much better. Please supply as a attachment, along with a changelog. Here. + setString, String::caseless::const_iterator all = categories.find(All); this is also not needed, and if we were using something that supports multiple entries (say

[Missing dependency] gettext should have requires: libiconv

2002-09-27 Thread Max Bowsher
/usr/lib/libiconv.la is given in /usr/lib/libintl.la(dependency_libs). Therefore, to link with it, the libiconv package must be installed. Max.

Re: RPM port project

2002-10-02 Thread Max Bowsher
Yann Crausaz wrote: to port the latest version of RPM (which is actuelly 4.1.8 : rpm-4.1-8x.src.rpm), Actually, the version is 4.1 (rpm-4.1.tar.gz). 8x means customized for RedHat distro version 8.x. I have successfully built rpm-4.0.4 with the following pre-configure adjustments: ### BEGIN

Re: [setup] (Accidental?) Change in sort order in 'full' view.

2002-10-16 Thread Max Bowsher
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Max Bowsher wrote: Brian Keener wrote: On a side note - Max - did you have to make any changes to get it to compile - for some reason - my compile is now broken and I am not sure if it is the gcc3 install or the mingw changes. Do you have any

[Repost: actually with the patch included, this time :-) ] [setup PATCH] Improve Category column (Take 2)

2002-10-19 Thread Max Bowsher
OK, so if I actually attach the patch, it would be good :-) Ping :-) no response Ping :-) I'm busy is a perfectly acceptable reply, I just want to make sue that this has been noticed. Max. ChangeLog-fragment.dat Description: Binary data

Re: [Repost: actually with the patch included, this time :-) ][setup PATCH] Improve Category column (Take 2)

2002-10-19 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2002-10-19 at 21:48, Max Bowsher wrote: Ping :-) no response Ping :-) I'm busy is a perfectly acceptable reply, I just want to make sue that this has been noticed. I'm busy. Sad, but true. OK, no hurry

Re: [Repost: actually with the patch included, this time :-) ] [setup PATCH] Improve Category column (Take 2)

2002-10-19 Thread Max Bowsher
Christopher Faylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the improvement? I went back and read your original post and I'm still not clear on it. Sorry. It's this: Show all categories a package belongs to (comma-seperated) in the Category column, rather than just the first alphabetically. Max.

[Patch] Fix setup to build with gcc2-2.95.3-10

2002-10-26 Thread Max Bowsher
setup currently has a couple of build bugs when built with the gcc2 compiler. Fix here. # ChangeLog (sorry, OE doesn't do tabs) ### 2002-10-29 Max Bowsher [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Makefile.am (%.o: %.rc): Add --preprocessor option making windres use

Re: [Patch] Fix setup to build with gcc2-2.95.3-10

2002-10-27 Thread Max Bowsher
Max Bowsher wrote: setup currently has a couple of build bugs when built with the gcc2 compiler. Fix here. On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 23:26, Nicholas Wourms wrote: Well what really needs fixing is the non-ISO compliant c++ Robert's used which causes setup to fail building under g++-3 :-P

[Bug report and question] gcc-mingw package.

2002-10-27 Thread Max Bowsher
The bug: In the preremove script, the sense of a test is wrong: [ -f /etc/preremove/gcc-mingw-manifest.lst ] exit 0 But the should be a ||. Because of this, gcc-mingw doesn't remove itself when uninstalled. The question: Why is gcc-mingw so weirdly packaged? (the package tar contains another

setup gcc-3 (was Re: [Patch] Fix setup to build with gcc2-2.95.3-10)

2002-10-27 Thread Max Bowsher
I've managed to fix all but one of the problems stopping setup compiling with gcc3. The remaining problem is: ../setup/LogSingleton.cc: In constructor `LogSingleton::LogSingleton()': ../setup/LogSingleton.cc:35: no matching function for call to ` std::basic_ostreamchar, std::char_traitschar

Re: setup gcc-3 (was Re: [Patch] Fix setup to build with gcc2-2.95.3-10)

2002-10-28 Thread Max Bowsher
, I theorize that the 0-argument constructor for ostream went away in libstdc++-v3. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about STL to work around this. -Original Message- (From Max Bowsher) I've managed to fix all but one of the problems stopping setup compiling with gcc3. The remaining

setup gcc3 WORKING :-) [Decision required on modification to setup (min/max macros]

2002-10-29 Thread Max Bowsher
OK! I've successfully compiled setup with gcc3. It's 100KB larger (comparing stripped binaries), but hopefully upx will nullify most of that. I want to get feedback on the best way to properly get around a problem I have kludged my way around: The problem is: Certain .cc files in setup use

Patches for setup.exe with gcc3

2002-10-29 Thread Max Bowsher
Attached is my current collection of 'fix' (as opposed to 'imp(rovment)' and 'tweak') patches for setup. NB: fix-gcc3-dodgy-NULL-streambuf.patch is a rather vile kludge, but it seems to work - at least until someone more STL-experienced can say the _correct_ way to do this. With these patches, I

setup Question for Robert: In archive_tar_file.cc, compress_*.cc is min the STL std::min from algorithm or the macro from windows.h ?

2002-11-01 Thread Max Bowsher
Subject: setup Question for Robert: In archive_tar_file.cc, compress_*.cc is min the STL std::min from algorithm or the macro from windows.h ? Robert - which one of these is supposed to be used? I couldn't figure it out from the source. I ask because macros min max play havoc with libstdc++-v3.

Re: [setup and gcc3] Revised patches - now with ChangeLog!

2002-11-04 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 22:12, Max Bowsher wrote: # ChangeLog # 2002-11-03 Max Bowsher [EMAIL PROTECTED] # fix-CFLAGS+=-Wno-deprecated.patch * Makefile.am: Add -Wno-deprecated to CFLAGS. # strstreams

Re: [setup and gcc3] Revised patches - now with ChangeLog!

2002-11-04 Thread Max Bowsher
Jason Tishler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about the attached? Inlined: --- LogSingleton.cc 4 May 2002 12:15:55 - 2.1 +++ LogSingleton.cc 4 Nov 2002 19:37:38 - @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ostream endLog(ostream outs) LogSingleton * LogSingleton::theInstance(0);

Re: [setup and gcc3] Revised patches - now with ChangeLog!

2002-11-04 Thread Max Bowsher
Jason Tishler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about the attached? Note that I only tested setup.exe under Cygwin gcc 2.95.3-5 but I also tried something similar under Linux gcc 3.x. On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 08:05:08PM -, Max Bowsher wrote: Inlined: -LogSingleton::LogSingleton

Recent CVS commits

2002-11-09 Thread Max Bowsher
I observe a steady stream of CVS commits of my patches! Thanks Robert!

Re: init and agetty packages available for review/upload. (fwd)

2002-11-09 Thread Max Bowsher
Sergey Okhapkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sshd can run as stand-alone service or from inetd. Init supposed to run as a service only. I don't expect somebody need to run init from something other than cygrunsrv:-) Well, yes, but just because someone downloads init (for example, to run agetty)

Re: Recent CVS commits

2002-11-09 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, and I've not updated the client code to use the new LogFile::createLogFile factory yet. That should be a one liner (for a heap allocated object) or two liner (for a member object) update. I've never really programmed any complicated inheritance, but

Re: setup.exe-HEAD should build from CVS on gcc-3.

2002-11-10 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, I've applied most of Max's patches. CVS setup now builds and runs for me with gcc-3. Me too :-) Max, I've not applied a couple of the patches: -Wno-deprecated is not needed. Yep. proppage.h I've not gotten to (yet). That problem has silently

Re: setup.exe-HEAD should build from CVS on gcc-3.

2002-11-10 Thread Max Bowsher
Hmm... seems I've discovered a new kwyboard shortcut. Ctrl+Enter = Send. So my previous message is incomplete. Corrected version below: -- Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, I've applied most of Max's patches. CVS setup now

Re: init and agetty packages available for review/upload. (fwd)

2002-11-10 Thread Max Bowsher
Sergey Okhapkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't want to introduce extra files in /bin or /usr/bin. XXX-config scripts should be located somewhere else, not in a path, something like /etc/package-config, the directory should be designated for config scripts only. $ ls /usr/bin/*-config

Re: init and agetty packages available for review/upload. (fwd)

2002-11-10 Thread Max Bowsher
. - Original Message - From: Max Bowsher [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sergey Okhapkin [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 8:06 AM Subject: Re: init and agetty packages available for review/upload. (fwd) Sergey Okhapkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't want

Re: init and agetty packages available for review/upload. (fwd)

2002-11-10 Thread Max Bowsher
Sergey Okhapkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because these scripts are accessible for everyone and may change global configuration settings, these scripts are for for cygwin administrator only. They won't be able to do anything that the user didn't have priviledges to do anyway, but I suppose

Some info on setup release-stopper bug

2002-11-12 Thread Max Bowsher
I've been digging around in setup hunting for the 'erroneous use of prev versions' bug. It seems to be due to the fact that in processOneDependency in package_version.cc, the first satisfactory version from the versions set is chosen. Since packageversion doesn't expose its trust level, and

Re: Uncompilable 'setup' program !

2002-11-13 Thread Max Bowsher
Subject: Uncompilable 'setup' program ! From: Yann Crausaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Currently, for my diploma work, I'm working on a port of RPM-4.1 for Cygwin (which is actually nearly functionnal...), and I'd like to modify the setup program to enable installations of programs in RPM format

Re: initscripts package available for review/upload

2002-11-13 Thread Max Bowsher
Sergey Okhapkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Creating a new inittab.default will not activate the package. That's why I prefer to save an existing inittab and create a new one. /etc/inittab should absolutely not be packaged as such, because otherwise setup will delete it (and may therefore destroy

Re: Uncompilable setup.exe... again

2002-11-14 Thread Max Bowsher
at: http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup.html ? Since my version of gcc is 2.95.3-5, So why not update? the first answer of Mr. Max Bowsher (http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2002-11/msg00131.html) to this question I've put yesterday doesn't fit to my situation... OK, describe your

Re: Uncompilable setup.exe... again

2002-11-14 Thread Max Bowsher
Yann Crausaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Mr Bowsher, So formal! Max will do just fine :-) Here is is exactly what I've done so far : - as explained in http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup.html, For gcc-2.95.3-5, an additonal override was required on the ./configure command line.

Re: Uncompilable setup.exe... again

2002-11-14 Thread Max Bowsher
Yann Crausaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For gcc-2.95.3-5, an additonal override was required on the ./configure command line. Add CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/include/g++-3 I did so, and got that message Snipped lots of undefined reference errors. I then installed gcc-3.2-1.tar.bz2 and

Bad bugs in gcc-mingw packaging.

2002-11-14 Thread Max Bowsher
The gcc-mingw package uses an _extremely_ strange packaging scheme. Why does it do this? Anyway, there are 2 bug in the preremove script: 1) If file-that-we-need exists, then bail out. Obviously, this should be: If file-that-we-need does NOT exist, then bail out. 2) Missing quote. Max. ---

Re: Uncompilable setup.exe... again

2002-11-14 Thread Max Bowsher
Yann Crausaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Digest: Problem solved] So, it was a mistake to try to handle cygwin-packets (eg gcc-mingw-3.2-20020817-1.tar.bz2) without using the setup program. Maybe it's a bad habit I've got, since I use to work on a GNU/Linux box... Yep, just don't try to avoid

Re: Uncompilable setup.exe... again

2002-11-15 Thread Max Bowsher
Yann Crausaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Max, My work will be finished on december 19th, and I'll have to do a lecture on january 15th. Then I'll translate my hole work to english, since it's been written in french (does anybody volunteer to translate it into others languages ?). And

Re: setup.exe-HEAD should build from CVS on gcc-3.

2002-11-15 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, I've remembered the bug. HEAD selects the wrong default package (i.e. running it here it defaulted to openssl ...9.6e.) AFAIK that's the only bug preventing release. ... Until I've moved though, I won't have the time to do in-depth analysis.

Re: setup.exe-HEAD should build from CVS on gcc-3.

2002-11-15 Thread Max Bowsher
Oh dear, replying to myself within a minute of posting... 1) The patch was broken. Fixed version in this mail. 2) I'd forgotten to mention the Cannot open (null) for reading bug, a.k.a. Setup shows versions in the chooser which it cannot install, because the files aren't cached. Max Bowsher

Re: setup.exe, my old friend

2002-11-15 Thread Max Bowsher
Yann Crausaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I've built 'setup.exe', following the instructions on http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin-apps/setup.html. Is this version, 2.293, the newest available ? Is it normal that the file reaches a size of 9'882'581 bytes, against 171008 bytes of the

Re: setup.exe, my old friend

2002-11-15 Thread Max Bowsher
Yann Crausaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've renamed my c:\cygwin directory to c:\cywin_tmp to simulate a system without Cygwin and I ran the application : trying to download the packages, it crashes when I reach the 'Select Packages' frame and I click on 'default' next to '+All' : ...

Bad bugs in gcc-mingw package (ATTN: CGF)

2002-11-15 Thread Max Bowsher
I've posted a couple of times about these bugs in the gcc-mingw package preremove script. Chris: I think you are its maintainer - if not, sorry. If yes, no problem if you don't have time to deal with it now, but could you just confirm you've noticed my email? Thanks, Max.

Re: Bad bugs in gcc-mingw package (ATTN: CGF)

2002-11-15 Thread Max Bowsher
Christopher Faylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 10:30:04PM -, Max Bowsher wrote: If yes, no problem if you don't have time to deal with it now, but could you just confirm you've noticed my email? I noticed your mail. I do read all of the cygwin mailing lists. Good

Re: Detecting NetworkSimplicity in setup.exe

2002-11-19 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 12:01, Max Bowsher wrote: I've just installed the latest version of NetworkSimplicity (renaming my Cygwin registry keys first). I propose a 3-level system for detecting problematical mount tables: When NetworkSimplicity

Re: Detecting NetworkSimplicity in setup.exe

2002-11-19 Thread Max Bowsher
Max Bowsher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't see any problem with being mutually exclusive, though. If someone wants Cygwin, they don't need NetworkSimplicity. ( Better still would be for NetworkSimplicity to metamorphose from a binary distribution to a HOWTO ) Mark Bradshaw [EMAIL

Re: Detecting NetworkSimplicity in setup.exe

2002-11-19 Thread Max Bowsher
Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps I'm misreading Max's intent but I believe he's suggesting that there is more to gain by understanding, categorizing, and finding the solution to users' problems with Cygwin's OpenSSH installation than in trying to generate a

Re: Some info on setup release-stopper bug

2002-11-24 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, PackageSpecifications are for versioning requirements, whereas trusts are administratively set based on confidence of package quality/stability. For instance you might have a local package that *needs* squid-3.0-PRE5 which is experimental, and

Re: setup.exe-HEAD should build from CVS on gcc-3.

2002-11-24 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Max would you like checkin-after-approval access to the setup CVS repository? I'm honored :-) I will leave it up to you - if you prefer to approve by email, and have me check my own patches in, then yes, please. Otherwise, I can continue as before. --

Re: setup.exe-HEAD should build from CVS on gcc-3.

2002-11-24 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 10:43, Max Bowsher wrote: Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Max would you like checkin-after-approval access to the setup CVS repository? I'm honored :-) It's deserved. In fact, Gary and Pavel probably should get access

Sorry Robert, your bugfix hasn't entirely worked.

2002-11-24 Thread Max Bowsher
setup.exe CVS, just fetched, v2.294: I've got the [exp] libtool-devel and libltdl3 packages installed. setup-2.294 tries to downgrade (known problem) one of the to [curr], *and the other to [prev]*. This is a regression. Max. PS: Attached is a patch which colour-codes version numbers in

Are there any resizable setup works-in-progress out there?

2002-11-24 Thread Max Bowsher
Are there any resizable setup works-in-progress out there? -- Max.

[patch] Categories column

2002-11-24 Thread Max Bowsher
. # 2002-09-22 Max Bowsher [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PickView.cc (pkg_headers[]): Rename column 'Category' to 'Categories'. * package_meta.h (packagemeta): Declare getReadableCategoryList. * package_meta.c (packagemeta::getReadableCategoryList): Implement. * PickPackageLine.cc (PickPackageLine

Re: setup.exe-HEAD should build from CVS on gcc-3.

2002-11-24 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 11:04, Max Bowsher wrote: No. I haven't had any need for one until now. Please follow the instructions on the cygwin site for getting CVS write access, it tells you what you need to send Chris. Hmm, where? I searched (manually

RSA or DSA ssh keypairs preferred?

2002-11-24 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You will need a ssh keypair though, so if you don't have one, you may as well prepare it now. Any preference RSA or DSA? I've never managed to find anything saying whether one is better than the other or not. Max.

[patch] Help Option

2002-11-24 Thread Max Bowsher
Setup has all these wonderful command line options, but no way to find out what they are! Possible patch below. exit(0) seems a little clumsy. Would you rather I did something via theLog ? Although I think we don't really want logs just for a help invocation. Max. Index: main.cc

Duplicate short option -d

2002-11-24 Thread Max Bowsher
$ setup -h # with the patch I've just submitted ... -d --no-desktopDisable creation of desktop shortcut -d --disable-buggy-antivirus Disable known or suspected buggy anti virus software packages during

Re: RSA or DSA ssh keypairs preferred?

2002-11-24 Thread Max Bowsher
Lapo Luchini [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Max Bowsher wrote: Any preference RSA or DSA? I've never managed to find anything saying whether one is better than the other or not. DSA are 'newer' and lack of a little bug in calculating the fingerprint (in old RSA keys it is possible to forge

Re: setup AntiVirus.cc ChangeLog

2002-11-24 Thread Max Bowsher
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * AntiVirus.cc: Change 'd' to 'D' to fix command line conflict. Oops again: -D --download Download from internet Max :-)

Re: [patch] Help Option

2002-11-24 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 12:16, Max Bowsher wrote: Setup has all these wonderful command line options, but no way to find out what they are! Possible patch below. exit(0) seems a little clumsy. Would you rather I did something via theLog ? Although I

Re: [patch] Help Option

2002-11-24 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 13:12, Max Bowsher wrote: GUI help for command line options! Seems... excessive? IIRC -mwindows builds don't get a console, so can't output command line help. What do you think I've been copy/pasting ? :-) A cygwin build

Re: [patch] Help Option

2002-11-25 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 13:24, Max Bowsher wrote: Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thats interesting. It works here (with -mno-cygwin -mwindows). What OS. Running from what shell? CYGWIN=?? rxvt being used? WinXP SP1. cygwin 1.3.15-2. bash

Re: [patch] Help Option

2002-11-25 Thread Max Bowsher
Earnie Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That depends on how it's coded. The -mwindows switch alone doesn't cause the abscense of stdio. foo.c #include stdlib.h #include stdio.h #include windows.h int WINAPI WinMain ( HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR

Re: Comments in setup.exe ?

2002-11-25 Thread Max Bowsher
Yann Crausaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I'm working on setup.exe (see former messages), I'm wondering if a commented version of this program would exist anywhere ? If so, where ? Some functions are quite difficult to understand, unless for me... Now why would there be 2 versions of setup,

Re: [patch] Help Option

2002-11-25 Thread Max Bowsher
Earnie Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Max Bowsher wrote: Earnie Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That depends on how it's coded. The -mwindows switch alone doesn't cause the abscense of stdio. I couldn't get your foo.c to produce any output in a cmd shell. (It does in a Cygwin shell) Now

Re: setup now ready for a release?

2002-11-25 Thread Max Bowsher
do I turn off the md5summing - it takes ages! ### 2002-09-22 Max Bowsher [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PickView.cc (pkg_headers[]): Rename column 'Category' to 'Categories'. * package_meta.h (packagemeta): Declare getReadableCategoryList

Remaining setup bug

2002-11-25 Thread Max Bowsher
2.299 allows you to select a version that you don't have on disc, and then proceeds to remove your current version, and replace it with nothing, with no error, either. (This is install from local directory mode.) Max.

Re: Remaining setup bug

2002-11-25 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins wrote: On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 09:01, Max Bowsher wrote: 2.299 allows you to select a version that you don't have on disc, and then proceeds to remove your current version, and replace it with nothing, with no error, either. (This is install from local directory mode.) Max, I

Re: Remaining setup bug

2002-11-25 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins wrote: On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 09:10, Max Bowsher wrote: Sorry. setup-HEAD (2.301, now ;-) ) Run. Install from Local directory mode. Choose a package version that is *not* in your local cache dir. (Personally, I don't keep [prev] packages past a few days.) Setup uninstalls

rsa1 vs. rsa2 keys for sources.redhat.com (was Re: setup now ready for a release?)

2002-11-25 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 08:53, Max Bowsher wrote: It would be nice to get my Categories patch in. The sources new account form didn't like my ssh public key (must it be a version 1 rsa key? Discussion here seemed to suggest version 2.), so I doubt I'll

Re: setup feature request

2002-11-28 Thread Max Bowsher
From: Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's already in place. Just click 'default' beside 'all' twice and you should get 'keep'. Default - Install - Reinstall - Uninstall - Default Nope. Max.

[Patch] Keep Button

2002-11-28 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins wrote: Ah. Well seems to me this is the appropriate place to put it, it's more flexible as a category manipulator than a trust level. But far less visible to new users. And less complex to code. Really... ? :-) # Index: choose.cc

Re: setup feature request

2002-11-29 Thread Max Bowsher
It's already in place. Just click 'default' beside 'all' twice and you should get 'keep'. Kris Thielemans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: comments about that: - the setup version that is currently on the cygwin home page does not have this feature: it cycles between default, install, reinstall

Re: Request approval to add stuff to .cvsignores

2002-11-29 Thread Max Bowsher
Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2002-11-29 at 09:22, Max Bowsher wrote: Max Bowsher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you mind if I add stuff to .cvsignore files? Do I need to ChangeLog that? I should probably say what I want to add: ? libgetopt++/Makefile.in ? libgetopt

Re: setup feature request

2002-11-29 Thread Max Bowsher
Kris Thielemans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - what's the difference between 'default' and 'install'? ok, now I know there's no a difference for Base and Misc, but I still don't know what the difference is for the others ... (I guess I'm missing something obvious here) Yep. Default == Keep,

Re: setup feature request

2002-11-29 Thread Max Bowsher
Kris Thielemans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't like it. Setup's clicky spin control things are not the easiest thing to use. I would much prefer a radio button. well, obviously I thought so as well, as I didn't even see the 'spin control'. but now that I know they're there, I like them.

[Draft Patch] Debug-Personality

2002-11-29 Thread Max Bowsher
A number of the setup.exe bugs being reported require a clean install to reproduce. This patch allows an alternate registry key to be used for the mount table, so enabling setup to simulate a clean install without interfering with your real install. NB: THIS ONLY AFFECTS SETUP. The faked installs

Re: a final (?) feature request for setup

2002-11-29 Thread Max Bowsher
Kris Thielemans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'd really like that the end-box with 'create icon on desk top' and 'add icon to start menu' has the check boxes not ticked when a previous installation is detected. (or at least have 'create icon on desk top' not checked all the time). Or maybe

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