Re: Cut down xfree server for XDMCP only
At 11:01 AM 6/15/2002, Rasjid Wilcox wrote: On Sun, 16 Jun 2002 12:30 am, Rasjid Wilcox wrote: For example, MySQL use the cygwin dll for their windows port (see http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-3.23.html) but they are using cygwin 1.3.9 not the current version. This could cause problems in the future if someone does not keep their mysql setup up to date but also uses Cygwin and does keep it up to date (or vice-versa). Actually, I just checked a bit more carefully. They host the source for cygwin 1.3.9, but it looks to me like the actual dll they use is B19 (or at least, it is named cygwinb19.dll - perhaps they have a more recent one and just name it that for compatibility??). It's possible. cygwin1.dll is binary compatible with B19 so they might just slip in a more current Cygwin DLL by renaming cygwin1.dll to cygwinb19.dll. This avoids a recompile and uses the new DLL. There are other ways around this (like editing the binary and replacing all occurrences of cygwinb19.dll with cygwin1.dll - spacing is important!) But a simple recompile and relink is the best course of action. With B19 so far in the past, it makes no sense to force these contortions/problems on users, assuming they are still using the B19 DLL in name at least. You'd do well to ask them about this. Someone please tell me I'm wrong, but won't this potentially cause serious problems if someone is running mysql (assuming it really is using B19) and also tries to run an up-to-date cygwin install? You're not wrong. Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
Re: Best place for WindowMaker, Openbox, etc.?
At 05:08 PM 4/29/2002, Harold Hunt wrote: I've created Cygwin setup.exe packages for the X11 window managers WindowMaker and Openbox. I have tentatively put them in release/XFree86/WindowMaker and release/XFree86/openbox... is that a good idea? Or, should I give each X package a toplevel directory in release/? The latter please. Thanks, Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
Re: xfree packages
At 08:29 PM 4/10/2002, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 09:47:31AM +0200, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: Robert Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Setup is case insensitive to package names. I don't see any technical issue either way. Me neither, I only see a social issue: it's just plain irritating for people? tar xjf releases/mysTABTAB beep ^U tar xjf releases/MyTABTAB beep ^U etc, aargh? It's ever more annoying when you're using wget, and try to guess the name. I thought I'd replied to this but I guess I hadn't. I really don't think we should use tab completion as a justification for picking package names. The package names should reflect what the authors want to call the package. If the name of the package is XFree86, it should be called XFree86. Ditto, TeX, or any other package. AFAICT, both Red Hat and Debian allow upper/lower case, so there's no reason for us to restrict things. I went so far as to type a response and then trash it, since I thought it was getting off-topic for this list. But thinking again, it supports Chris's position, even though it has been mentioned many a time on the Cygwin list. I'm thinking of the 'completion-ignore-case' option in bash. Seems to me that this addresses the concern. I'm certainly all for mixed-case names. Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
