Cannot access Samba share; cannot rebuild cygwin1.dll

[John Berger-2]

I'm running into two problems using Cygwin 1.5.25-15 in Windows 7.

First is the "function not implemented" problem that is plaguing
Samba users with Windows 7.   (I even upgraded to Samba 3.4.3 in the
unlikely event that it fixed the problem.  No dice.)  This issue was
already covered in another thread and mentioned a DLL that was
available to fix the problem.

When I saw that the fix was applied to the CVS I tried to recompile
Cygwin using the CVS compilation information that's provided on the
programming FAQ.  Everything went okay until I decided to be cautious
and run a make check to verify the new cygwin1.dll.  The check failed
with the following error:

      "gcc: The -mno-cygwin flag has been removed; use a
mingw-targeted cross-compiler."

I use Cygwin to make a local, NTFS-formatted backup of my file
server, which is running Ubuntu.  So, it's critical that this bug is
resolved.  Until this fix is integrated into the official release,
please send me a link to where I can get the DLL to access my Samba
shares again.

It would probably be good to make this link public as well.  With
Windows 7 now out and multiple people experiencing this problem, the
fixed DLL should be made public with a very blatant warning about using it.

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[Christopher Faylor-8]

On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 01:32:19AM -0500, John Berger wrote:
>First is the "function not implemented" problem that is plaguing
>Samba users with Windows 7.   (I even upgraded to Samba 3.4.3 in the
>unlikely event that it fixed the problem.  No dice.)  This issue was
>already covered in another thread and mentioned a DLL that was
>available to fix the problem.
>[snip]
>It would probably be good to make this link public as well.  With
>Windows 7 now out and multiple people experiencing this problem, the
>fixed DLL should be made public with a very blatant warning about using it.

The link *is* available.  Go to the Cygwin web page and download Cygwin
1.7 which is talked about in the "Cygwin release 1.7 in BETA testing"
section.

It's hard to see how you found a discussion about this without realizing
that you could just install Cygwin 1.7.x.
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[Andy Koppe]

2009/11/1 Christopher Faylor:

> On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 01:32:19AM -0500, John Berger wrote:
>>First is the "function not implemented" problem that is plaguing
>>Samba users with Windows 7.   (I even upgraded to Samba 3.4.3 in the
>>unlikely event that it fixed the problem.  No dice.)  This issue was
>>already covered in another thread and mentioned a DLL that was
>>available to fix the problem.
>>[snip]
>>It would probably be good to make this link public as well.  With
>>Windows 7 now out and multiple people experiencing this problem, the
>>fixed DLL should be made public with a very blatant warning about using it.
>
> The link *is* available.  Go to the Cygwin web page and download Cygwin
> 1.7 which is talked about in the "Cygwin release 1.7 in BETA testing"
> section.

I think John was referring to the Samba-related fix talked about here:

http://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin@.../msg101874.html

That isn't in a release yet, but I see there's a new snapshot at
http://www.cygwin.com/snapshots/ that should contain it.

Andy

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[Christopher Faylor-8]

On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 04:31:04PM +0000, Andy Koppe wrote:

>2009/11/1 Christopher Faylor:
>> On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 01:32:19AM -0500, John Berger wrote:
>>>First is the "function not implemented" problem that is plaguing
>>>Samba users with Windows 7. ?? (I even upgraded to Samba 3.4.3 in the
>>>unlikely event that it fixed the problem. ??No dice.) ??This issue was
>>>already covered in another thread and mentioned a DLL that was
>>>available to fix the problem.
>>>[snip]
>>>It would probably be good to make this link public as well. ??With
>>>Windows 7 now out and multiple people experiencing this problem, the
>>>fixed DLL should be made public with a very blatant warning about using it.
>>
>> The link *is* available. ??Go to the Cygwin web page and download Cygwin
>> 1.7 which is talked about in the "Cygwin release 1.7 in BETA testing"
>> section.
>
>I think John was referring to the Samba-related fix talked about here:
>
>http://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin@.../msg101874.html

Or, more officially: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-10/threads.html#00439

So, a problem reported in mid-October is "plaguing" Samba users?  The OP
mentioned running 1.5.25 and didn't seem to understand that there was a
newer version available.  But, point taken.  I generated a snapshot
after Corinna checked in her multiple-cygwin-allowed change.  Any other
fixes will be available there too, of course.

Quoting from the never-read-except-for-the-cygcheck-part of
http://cygwin.com/problems.html

  As a rule of thumb, if you find yourself referring to your problem as
  *the* problem with XYZ rather than *a* problem with XYZ then your message
  is suspect.  Using the in this context means that you are assuming that
  your problem is well known.  Unless you can point to an email message
  thread or FAQ entry (either of which is a good idea, btw) please do not
  assume that the readers of your message will be familiar with your
  problem.

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[John Berger-2]

On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 16:31:04 +0000, Andy Koppe wrote:
 >I think John was referring to the Samba-related fix talked about here:
 >
 >http://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin@.../msg101874.html
 >
 >That isn't in a release yet, but I see there's a new snapshot at
 >http://www.cygwin.com/snapshots/ that should contain it.

THANK YOU, Andy!  That's exactly what I was looking for!  (I saw the
snapshot link, too, but it just didn't click in the wee hours of the
morning...)  I can access my file server again, although there does
seem to be a performance hit through Samba for some reason.  That's
fine for now because I backup my home server when I go to sleep, so I
won't see the performance hit anyway.  I'll make sure to download 1.7
when it's official.

For what it's worth, this is the first panic-making problem I've
encountered with Cygwin in years.  Can't say the same thing about Microsoft.

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