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Re: Cygwin bash regexp matching doesn't treat "\b" properly

2009-11-25T12:30:15Z

On Nov 25 20:13, Dave Korn wrote:
> (**) - Perl: it's not so much a programming language, more a syndrome.

LOL

Corinna

Re: Cygwin bash regexp matching doesn't treat "\b" properly

2009-11-25T11:58:11Z

Jamie Zawinski <jwz@netscape> wrote on Tue, 12 Aug 1997 13:16:22 -0700:

> Some people, when confronted with a problem, think “I know,
> I'll use regular expressions.” Now they have two problems.

Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:

> pcregrep - a grep with Perl-compatible regular expressions.

Now you have *three* problems(*).

cheers,
DaveK

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Re: WTF proposed acronym

2009-11-21T14:49:23Z

Mike Marchywka wrote:

>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:00:51 +0000
>>>> From: dave.korn.cygwin@
>> Kindly lose that shit, I get enough spam as it is!
>
> Is that anyway to describe your own name? LOL

You think that's my name? Either you can't tell the difference between a
name and an email address, or you must think my parents were incredibly
farsighted!

>>>> Lee D. Rothstein wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> And, you gotta love any acronym of this sort that begins
>>>>> with MIT, ends with two TPs, has an MD in the middle,
>>>>> contains no obscentities and refers to man's best friend.
>>>> I am the great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole! I come from Lake
>>>> Obscentiticaca in Nicaragua!
>>> wtf is lake Obscentiticaca, I've seen beavis and butthead,
>> Cornholio often claims to come from Lake Titicaca.
>> Lee typo'd obscenities in a way that made it sound like "obscene titties".
>> I put the two together.
>
> without credit to the original sources?

Attention span, much? See that bit up at the top there?

>>>> Lee D. Rothstein wrote:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

We call this thing an "attribution line"(*). And I figured Beavis and
Butthead were famous enough to count as part of our shared cultural milieu.

cheers,
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crediting an original source?" nonsense arises.

RE: WTF proposed acronym

2009-11-21T14:34:16Z

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> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:30:45 +0000
> From: @googlemail.com
> To: cygwin-talk@...
> Subject: Re: WTF proposed acronym
>
> Mike Marchywka wrote:
>
>> ----------------------------------------
>>> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:00:51 +0000
>>> From: dave.korn.cygwin@
>
> Kindly lose that shit, I get enough spam as it is!

Is that anyway to describe your own name? LOL

>
>>> Lee D. Rothstein wrote:
>>>
>>>> And, you gotta love any acronym of this sort that begins
>>>> with MIT, ends with two TPs, has an MD in the middle,
>>>> contains no obscentities and refers to man's best friend.
>>> I am the great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole! I come from Lake
>>> Obscentiticaca in Nicaragua!
>>
>> wtf is lake Obscentiticaca, I've seen beavis and butthead,
>
> Cornholio often claims to come from Lake Titicaca.
> Lee typo'd obscenities in a way that made it sound like "obscene titties".
> I put the two together.

without credit to the original sources?

>
>> I've also seem dumber confusion than with windoze variabbles.
>>
>> Without knowing wtf the original poster could have been doing, using
>> windoze variable at some point could have been important and maybe
>> there is some obscure problem with unknown bloda.
>
> So your current explanation is that you don't know what the OP was doing, or
> what might have happened, or what caused whatever it was that happened to
> happen, but you wanted to point out that it might have had something to do
> with environment variables, and that some other unknown thing might have had
> an unknown effect on them in some unknown way? Uh, OK.

something related to threading sure

>
> cheers,
> DaveK
>

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Re: WTF proposed acronym

2009-11-21T14:16:18Z

Mike Marchywka wrote:

> ----------------------------------------
>> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:00:51 +0000
>> From: dave.korn.cygwin@

Kindly lose that shit, I get enough spam as it is!

>> Lee D. Rothstein wrote:
>>
>>> And, you gotta love any acronym of this sort that begins
>>> with MIT, ends with two TPs, has an MD in the middle,
>>> contains no obscentities and refers to man's best friend.
>> I am the great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole! I come from Lake
>> Obscentiticaca in Nicaragua!
>
> wtf is lake Obscentiticaca, I've seen beavis and butthead,

Cornholio often claims to come from Lake Titicaca.
Lee typo'd obscenities in a way that made it sound like "obscene titties".
I put the two together.

> I've also seem dumber confusion than with windoze variabbles.
>
> Without knowing wtf the original poster could have been doing, using
> windoze variable at some point could have been important and maybe
> there is some obscure problem with unknown bloda.

So your current explanation is that you don't know what the OP was doing, or
what might have happened, or what caused whatever it was that happened to
happen, but you wanted to point out that it might have had something to do
with environment variables, and that some other unknown thing might have had
an unknown effect on them in some unknown way? Uh, OK.

cheers,
DaveK

RE: WTF proposed acronym

2009-11-21T13:36:13Z

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> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:00:51 +0000
> From: dave.korn.cygwin@...
> To: cygwin-talk@...
> Subject: Re: WTF proposed acronym
>
> Lee D. Rothstein wrote:
>
>> And, you gotta love any acronym of this sort that begins
>> with MIT, ends with two TPs, has an MD in the middle,
>> contains no obscentities and refers to man's best friend.
>
> I am the great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole! I come from Lake
> Obscentiticaca in Nicaragua!

wtf is lake Obscentiticaca, I've seen beavis and butthead,
I've also seem dumber confusion than with windoze variabbles.

Without knowing wtf the original poster could have been doing, using
windoze variable at some point could have been important and maybe
there is some obscure problem with unknown bloda.

>
> cheers,
> DaveK
>
>

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Re: WTF proposed acronym

2009-11-21T13:00:51Z

Lee D. Rothstein wrote:

> And, you gotta love any acronym of this sort that begins
> with MIT, ends with two TPs, has an MD in the middle,
> contains no obscentities and refers to man's best friend.

I am the great Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole! I come from Lake
Obscentiticaca in Nicaragua!

cheers,
DaveK

Re: [OT] Re: Use of Dual Core causes random failures building OpenJDK

2009-11-21T11:49:01Z

mike marchywka wrote:

> Eh, this was supposed to be one non-controversial if tangential observation
> that did happen to point to a likely issue relevant to OP and who
> knows who starts out by reading a windoze env variable. I don't really
> want to discuss this further, I didn't think it would get this
> involved, you are probably right but FWIW. I'd imagine they are
> supposed to be safe and a problem like this would have probably shown
> up by now but I'm actually not all that sure that concurrent registry
> updates would be tested all that much-
> when is the last time you openned two registry editors while 5
> installs were running? ( rhetorical question LOL ).

ARF ARF WOOF! plonk diddle-diddle-diddle-dee diddle plonk bong crash WOOF ARF
BARK pling plong diddle diddle bong clang WOOF honk BARK plink bong ARF ARF!

Say, CGF was right. This is a whole lot more fun!

cheers,
DaveK

WTF proposed acronym

2009-11-21T11:47:41Z

CGF said:
>
> Yes, please take it to the talk list.
>
> In the meantime, I'm going to try teaching my dog to play the piano.
>
> cgf
Using a little poetic license, and realizing that CGF
never does anything with the expectation of failure
implied above:

Meanwhile, I'll teach my dog to play the piano == MITMDTPTP

I know what you're going to say, "It's too complicated!"
But ... I taught the acronym to my dog, Phydeaux.

And, you gotta love any acronym of this sort that begins
with MIT, ends with two TPs, has an MD in the middle,
contains no obscentities and refers to man's best friend.

Lee

Re: [1.7] su (goldstar)

2009-11-20T07:36:35Z

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 09:19:55AM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:

>On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 05:54:50PM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>>On 11/19/2009 05:40 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 03:26:53PM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>>>>Sometimes no is exactly the right answer.
>>>It's a fun way of answering a Yes/No question and I've done it
>>>countless times myself. The recipient of the "No" *usually* finds more
>>>explanation and, more importantly, alternate ways of doing things more
>>>useful.
>>*Emphasis above (and below) mine*
>>
>>Ergo *sometimes* no is exactly the right answer. This is exactly what
>>I said. Glad you agree with me.
>
>Redirected to cygwin-talk.
>
>Please don't continue the discussion here.

Well, that's confusing. I obviously was a little too zealous in my
changing of cygwin's to cygwin-talk's.

Probably just as well. It was a predictably stupid discussion anyway.

cgf

Re: [1.7] su (goldstar)

2009-11-20T06:19:55Z

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 05:54:50PM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote:

>On 11/19/2009 05:40 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 03:26:53PM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>>>Sometimes no is exactly the right answer.
>>It's a fun way of answering a Yes/No question and I've done it
>>countless times myself. The recipient of the "No" *usually* finds more
>>explanation and, more importantly, alternate ways of doing things more
>>useful.
>*Emphasis above (and below) mine*
>
>Ergo *sometimes* no is exactly the right answer. This is exactly what
>I said. Glad you agree with me.

Redirected to cygwin-talk.

Please don't continue the discussion here.

cgf

Never trust a hippo!

2009-11-14T06:02:30Z

ObHippo: Too-good-to-be-true offer turns out to be exactly that:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/like-taking-candy-computers-from-a-baby-the-poor.ars

cheers,
DaveK

Re: [OT] Re: Problem [1.7]: gzip missing in brand new install

2009-11-14T05:47:48Z

Dave Korn wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote:
>> Dave Korn wrote:
>>> Dave Korn wrote:
>>>> Dave Korn wrote:
>>>>> Meow.
>>>> Meow.
>>> Meow.
>> Meow.
> Meow.
Meow.
> Ta-daaa indeed, but it occurs to me I can probably even remove the
> mail.file_attach_binary setting now that I've not got a bogus mime type being
> specified. Let's see:
>
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-talk/2009-q4/msg00036.html

Ok, that worked. Here's the recipe, for Eric, and Fergus, and The Record:

#1. Set mail.content_disposition_type to 1. Necessary to get the correct
Content-Disposition: header, but not sufficient.

#2. Get MIME types database under control. I used an extension called
MimeEDIT(*), but it only works on series 2 Tbird. OTOH the database is stored
in a plain-text xml format in a file called mimeTypes.rdf in your T'bird
profile directory, and it looks easy enough to manually edit. Whichever
method you choose, BACK IT UP FIRST!(**)

T'bird will select a mime Content-Type: header for your attachment based on
the fileExtension settings listed in here; in my case, the extension .out had
become associated with message/news somehow, and the archive displays
message/* attachments inline even if the content-disposition says not to.
Some sources recommend simply deleting mimeTypes.rdf wholesale, but I chose
just to tweak the content so that it now thinks .msg is the extension for
message/news. YMMV (Your Mimetypes.rdf May Vary), but as long as it's not
choosing a bogus mime type based on your file extension, you'll get a default
of text/plain, which the archive won't expand inline.

cheers,
DaveK
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actually do it when the time comes. So I said it anyway. Not that that
generally makes a lot of difference ... :-)

Re: [OT] Re: Problem [1.7]: gzip missing in brand new install

2009-11-14T05:34:29Z

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According to Dave Korn on 11/14/2009 6:46 AM:
> Ta-daaa indeed, but it occurs to me I can probably even remove the
> mail.file_attach_binary setting now that I've not got a bogus mime type being
> specified.

Once you get it working to your desires, would you mind posting the magic
formula somewhere in the cygwin web pages, probably near where we talk
about TOFU and other mailing list faux pas? Also, is the magic based
solely on file extension? I'm always annoyed that T-bird seems to think
that .patch must be sent binary, but .patch1 is text.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

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Re: [OT] Re: Problem [1.7]: gzip missing in brand new install

2009-11-14T05:31:26Z

Dave Korn wrote:

> Dave Korn wrote:
>> Dave Korn wrote:
>>> Dave Korn wrote:
>>>> Not much. The archive still displays it inline. (Probably looks ok in
>>>> people's email clients though.)
>>>>
>>>> Must be the content-type being recognizable if it's not the encoding then.
>>>> That means editing t'birds' mime database looks necessary. Hmm..
>>> Don't mind me... just testing a theory.
>>>
>> And now ...
>>
>
> Finally .... Ta-Daaa?
>

Ta-daaa indeed, but it occurs to me I can probably even remove the
mail.file_attach_binary setting now that I've not got a bogus mime type being
specified. Let's see:

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-talk/2009-q4/msg00036.html

cheers,
DaveK

Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Sat Nov 14 12:41:20 2009

Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4

Path: F:\cygwin-1.7\usr\local\bin
F:\cygwin-1.7\bin
F:\cygwin-1.7\bin
F:\cygwin-1.7\usr\X11R6\bin
F:\cygwin-1.7\bin
C:\WINNT\system32
C:\WINNT
C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem
C:\Program Files\Support Tools\
C:\openssl\bin
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin\
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin\WinNT\
C:\Program Files\Smart Projects\IsoBuster
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools\WinNT
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98\Bin
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin\
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin\WinNT\
F:\cygwin-1.7\lib\lapack

Output from F:\cygwin-1.7\bin\id.exe (nontsec)
UID: 500(DKAdmin) GID: 513(None)
0(root) 544(Administrators) 545(Users) 513(None)
544(Administrators) 545(Users) 513(None)

Output from F:\cygwin-1.7\bin\id.exe (ntsec)
UID: 500(DKAdmin) GID: 513(None)
0(root) 544(Administrators) 545(Users) 513(None)
544(Administrators) 545(Users) 513(None)

SysDir: C:\WINNT\system32
WinDir: C:\WINNT

USER = 'DKAdmin'
PWD = '/home/DKAdmin'
HOME = '/home/DKAdmin'

MSSdk = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\.'
HOMEPATH = '\Documents and Settings\Administrator'
MANPATH = '/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/man::/usr/ssl/man'
APPDATA = 'C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data'
HOSTNAME = 'ubik'
Mstools = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\.'
TERM = 'cygwin'
_NT_SYMBOL_PATH = 'srv*c:\symbols*http://referencesource.microsoft.com/symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols'
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = 'x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 2, AuthenticAMD'
WINDIR = 'C:\WINNT'
TEXDOCVIEW_txt = 'cygstart %s'
TEXDOCVIEW_dvi = 'cygstart %s'
OLDPWD = '/usr/bin'
DEVMGR_SHOW_DETAILS = '1'
USERDOMAIN = 'UBIK'
OS = 'Windows_NT'
ALLUSERSPROFILE = 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users'

[ snipped ... should be sufficient for testing. ]

Re: [OT] Re: Problem [1.7]: gzip missing in brand new install

2009-11-14T05:26:52Z

Dave Korn wrote:

> Dave Korn wrote:
>> Dave Korn wrote:
>>> Not much. The archive still displays it inline. (Probably looks ok in
>>> people's email clients though.)
>>>
>>> Must be the content-type being recognizable if it's not the encoding then.
>>> That means editing t'birds' mime database looks necessary. Hmm..
>> Don't mind me... just testing a theory.
>>
>
> And now ...
>

Finally .... Ta-Daaa?

cheers,
DaveK

Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Sat Nov 14 12:41:20 2009

Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4

Path: F:\cygwin-1.7\usr\local\bin
F:\cygwin-1.7\bin
F:\cygwin-1.7\bin
F:\cygwin-1.7\usr\X11R6\bin
F:\cygwin-1.7\bin
C:\WINNT\system32
C:\WINNT
C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem
C:\Program Files\Support Tools\
C:\openssl\bin
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin\
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin\WinNT\
C:\Program Files\Smart Projects\IsoBuster
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools\WinNT
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98\Bin
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin\
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin\WinNT\
F:\cygwin-1.7\lib\lapack

Output from F:\cygwin-1.7\bin\id.exe (nontsec)
UID: 500(DKAdmin) GID: 513(None)
0(root) 544(Administrators) 545(Users) 513(None)
544(Administrators) 545(Users) 513(None)

Output from F:\cygwin-1.7\bin\id.exe (ntsec)
UID: 500(DKAdmin) GID: 513(None)
0(root) 544(Administrators) 545(Users) 513(None)
544(Administrators) 545(Users) 513(None)

SysDir: C:\WINNT\system32
WinDir: C:\WINNT

USER = 'DKAdmin'
PWD = '/home/DKAdmin'
HOME = '/home/DKAdmin'

MSSdk = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\.'
HOMEPATH = '\Documents and Settings\Administrator'
MANPATH = '/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/man::/usr/ssl/man'
APPDATA = 'C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data'
HOSTNAME = 'ubik'
Mstools = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\.'
TERM = 'cygwin'
_NT_SYMBOL_PATH = 'srv*c:\symbols*http://referencesource.microsoft.com/symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols'
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = 'x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 2, AuthenticAMD'
WINDIR = 'C:\WINNT'
TEXDOCVIEW_txt = 'cygstart %s'
TEXDOCVIEW_dvi = 'cygstart %s'
OLDPWD = '/usr/bin'
DEVMGR_SHOW_DETAILS = '1'
USERDOMAIN = 'UBIK'
OS = 'Windows_NT'
ALLUSERSPROFILE = 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users'

[ snipped ... should be sufficient for testing. ]

Re: [OT] Re: Problem [1.7]: gzip missing in brand new install

2009-11-14T05:19:49Z

Dave Korn wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote:
>> Not much. The archive still displays it inline. (Probably looks ok in
>> people's email clients though.)
>>
>> Must be the content-type being recognizable if it's not the encoding then.
>> That means editing t'birds' mime database looks necessary. Hmm..
>
> Don't mind me... just testing a theory.
>

And now ...

cheers,
DaveK

Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Sat Nov 14 12:41:20 2009

Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4

Path: F:\cygwin-1.7\usr\local\bin
F:\cygwin-1.7\bin
F:\cygwin-1.7\bin
F:\cygwin-1.7\usr\X11R6\bin
F:\cygwin-1.7\bin
C:\WINNT\system32
C:\WINNT
C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem
C:\Program Files\Support Tools\
C:\openssl\bin
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin\
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin\WinNT\
C:\Program Files\Smart Projects\IsoBuster
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools\WinNT
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98\Bin
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin\
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin\WinNT\
F:\cygwin-1.7\lib\lapack

Output from F:\cygwin-1.7\bin\id.exe (nontsec)
UID: 500(DKAdmin) GID: 513(None)
0(root) 544(Administrators) 545(Users) 513(None)
544(Administrators) 545(Users) 513(None)

Output from F:\cygwin-1.7\bin\id.exe (ntsec)
UID: 500(DKAdmin) GID: 513(None)
0(root) 544(Administrators) 545(Users) 513(None)
544(Administrators) 545(Users) 513(None)

SysDir: C:\WINNT\system32
WinDir: C:\WINNT

USER = 'DKAdmin'
PWD = '/home/DKAdmin'
HOME = '/home/DKAdmin'

MSSdk = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\.'
HOMEPATH = '\Documents and Settings\Administrator'
MANPATH = '/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/man::/usr/ssl/man'
APPDATA = 'C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data'
HOSTNAME = 'ubik'
Mstools = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\.'
TERM = 'cygwin'
_NT_SYMBOL_PATH = 'srv*c:\symbols*http://referencesource.microsoft.com/symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols'
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = 'x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 2, AuthenticAMD'
WINDIR = 'C:\WINNT'
TEXDOCVIEW_txt = 'cygstart %s'
TEXDOCVIEW_dvi = 'cygstart %s'
OLDPWD = '/usr/bin'
DEVMGR_SHOW_DETAILS = '1'
USERDOMAIN = 'UBIK'
OS = 'Windows_NT'
ALLUSERSPROFILE = 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users'

[ snipped ... should be sufficient for testing. ]

Re: [OT] Re: Problem [1.7]: gzip missing in brand new install

2009-11-14T05:11:40Z

Dave Korn wrote:
> Not much. The archive still displays it inline. (Probably looks ok in
> people's email clients though.)
>
> Must be the content-type being recognizable if it's not the encoding then.
> That means editing t'birds' mime database looks necessary. Hmm..

Don't mind me... just testing a theory.

cheers,
DaveK

Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Sat Nov 14 12:41:20 2009

Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4

Path: F:\cygwin-1.7\usr\local\bin
F:\cygwin-1.7\bin
F:\cygwin-1.7\bin
F:\cygwin-1.7\usr\X11R6\bin
F:\cygwin-1.7\bin
C:\WINNT\system32
C:\WINNT
C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem
C:\Program Files\Support Tools\
C:\openssl\bin
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin\
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin\WinNT\
C:\Program Files\Smart Projects\IsoBuster
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools\WinNT
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98\Bin
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin\
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Bin\WinNT\
F:\cygwin-1.7\lib\lapack

Output from F:\cygwin-1.7\bin\id.exe (nontsec)
UID: 500(DKAdmin) GID: 513(None)
0(root) 544(Administrators) 545(Users) 513(None)
544(Administrators) 545(Users) 513(None)

Output from F:\cygwin-1.7\bin\id.exe (ntsec)
UID: 500(DKAdmin) GID: 513(None)
0(root) 544(Administrators) 545(Users) 513(None)
544(Administrators) 545(Users) 513(None)

SysDir: C:\WINNT\system32
WinDir: C:\WINNT

USER = 'DKAdmin'
PWD = '/home/DKAdmin'
HOME = '/home/DKAdmin'

MSSdk = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\.'
HOMEPATH = '\Documents and Settings\Administrator'
MANPATH = '/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/man::/usr/ssl/man'
APPDATA = 'C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data'
HOSTNAME = 'ubik'
Mstools = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\.'
TERM = 'cygwin'
_NT_SYMBOL_PATH = 'srv*c:\symbols*http://referencesource.microsoft.com/symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols'
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = 'x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 2, AuthenticAMD'
WINDIR = 'C:\WINNT'
TEXDOCVIEW_txt = 'cygstart %s'
TEXDOCVIEW_dvi = 'cygstart %s'
OLDPWD = '/usr/bin'
DEVMGR_SHOW_DETAILS = '1'
USERDOMAIN = 'UBIK'
OS = 'Windows_NT'
ALLUSERSPROFILE = 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users'

[ snipped ... should be sufficient for testing. ]

[OT] Re: Problem [1.7]: gzip missing in brand new install

2009-11-14T04:56:30Z

[Thread TITTTL'd before it gets annoying on the main list]

Dave Korn wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote:
>

> So this time I also set mail.file_attach_binary to true. Let's see if this
> one works:

> --------------070307090509050609080100
> Content-Type: message/news;
> name="cygcheck.out"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
> Content-Disposition: attachment;
> filename="cygcheck.out"

Not much. The archive still displays it inline. (Probably looks ok in
people's email clients though.)

Must be the content-type being recognizable if it's not the encoding then.
That means editing t'birds' mime database looks necessary. Hmm..

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Q3lnd2luIENvbmZpZ3VyYXRpb24gRGlhZ25vc3RpY3MKQ3VycmVudCBTeXN0ZW0gVGltZTog
> U2F0IE5vdiAxNCAxMjo0MToyMCAyMDA5CgpXaW5kb3dzIDIwMDAgUHJvZmVzc2lvbmFsIFZl

Also, hitting reply-to doesn't work terribly nicely either :-(

cheers,
DaveK

Re: About the running environment for Cygwin

2009-11-13T02:14:12Z

On Nov 13 01:33, Lily Gao wrote:
> Hi All,
> I have a question for a long time.
> I have cygwin on my computer. And when I call a windows system command in perl(perl installed in cygwin), it called in the cygwin environment.
> If using perl installed in windows, it called in the windows environment.
> But are there any ways to manage what environment to run it? For example, even if my perl installed in cygwin, I want one command(like 'net use') in perl file to run in windows environment?

Wrong mailing list. Please see http://cygwin.com/lists.html
Technical questions belong to the ML cygwin AT cygwin DOT com.

Corinna

About the running environment for Cygwin

2009-11-13T01:33:40Z

Hi All,
I have a question for a long time.
I have cygwin on my computer. And when I call a windows system command in perl(perl installed in cygwin), it called in the cygwin environment.
If using perl installed in windows, it called in the windows environment.
But are there any ways to manage what environment to run it? For example, even if my perl installed in cygwin, I want one command(like 'net use') in perl file to run in windows environment?

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Re: console enhancements: mouse events

2009-11-10T12:20:33Z

On Nov 10 15:04, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 08:43:48PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >I was just going to refuse your request, when I had this really spooky
> >idea of actually *testing* this in an xterm running under Linux. And,
> >what shall I say? Xterm creates the same ESC 0xc3 0xb6 sequence when
> >pressing Alt-?. I'll revert the change. Note to self: "Testing
> >doesn't hurt".
>
> Now that's just crazy talk. Get some rest, please. You're not making any
> sense!

I'm sorry. I already had tested it before I realized what I was
doing. I just couldn't resist for some reason.

Corinna

Re: console enhancements: mouse events

2009-11-10T12:04:30Z

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 08:43:48PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>I was just going to refuse your request, when I had this really spooky
>idea of actually *testing* this in an xterm running under Linux. And,
>what shall I say? Xterm creates the same ESC 0xc3 0xb6 sequence when
>pressing Alt-?. I'll revert the change. Note to self: "Testing
>doesn't hurt".

Now that's just crazy talk. Get some rest, please. You're not making any
sense!

cgf

WDDTT?

2009-11-10T04:56:49Z

Looks like I need to update wtf... so wtf is WDDTT?

Chris

--
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http://emergedesktop.org

Re: getting near Xmas in Hippo town?

2009-11-04T18:07:31Z

Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
> So, start dropping 1.7 cygwin1.dlls all over your disk. It's
> time to spread the joy! ;-)
---
Wow! One for every 'dir' and more?
Must be Christmas in Hippotown...

Re: Cygwin X query Login page reloads

2009-11-04T08:24:51Z

Danilo Turina wrote:

>> This is my first post so please bear with me in case this query is on the
>> wrong thread list and pls redirect me to the right one if that's case.

Well, this is the even wronger list, so let's see if we can help!

>> I have my machine with dual OSs (Win XP & Win 2003). I can use cygwin (x
>> -query) and connect to my Solaris 8 machine(Sparc) whilst logged on to my
>> WinXP OS and its no problem.
>> But if I log onto my Win2K3 machine (which has the same IP as Win XP), I
>> cannot perform x -query to the same Solaris 8 machine. I mean, the
>> Solaris
>> CDE login page appears,but after I put in my username/password, the login
>> page just reloads.
>>
>> If I use the same OS, I can connect to my Solaris 10 machine without any
>> issues (went past the login page).
>>
>>
>> What could the problem be? Do you think it's to do with the IP address
>> being the same for both OSs?

One word: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1.

Or is that three words and one number?

cheers,
DaveK

Re: Cygwin X query Login page reloads

2009-11-02T05:25:21Z

Ok, let's try to rewrite it:

--

Hi Guys,

This are my first six posts so please bear with me in case this query is
on the...

BharathX wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> This is my first post so please bear with me in case this query is on the
> wrong thread list and pls redirect me to the right one if that's case.
>
> I have been using cygwin for a while as my X Server to contact my Solaris
> machines (Solaris 8 and Solaris 10).
>
> I have my machine with dual OSs (Win XP & Win 2003). I can use cygwin (x
> -query) and connect to my Solaris 8 machine(Sparc) whilst logged on to my
> WinXP OS and its no problem.
> But if I log onto my Win2K3 machine (which has the same IP as Win XP), I
> cannot perform x -query to the same Solaris 8 machine. I mean, the Solaris
> CDE login page appears,but after I put in my username/password, the login
> page just reloads.
>
> If I use the same OS, I can connect to my Solaris 10 machine without any
> issues (went past the login page).
>
>
> What could the problem be? Do you think it's to do with the IP address being
> the same for both OSs?
>
> If you require what's in the XWin.0.log whilst this is happening, I will
> post it here.
>
> Thanks in advance guys.
>
> - Bharath

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Re: Avoid collisions between parallel [...], take 2

2009-10-22T17:07:28Z

Dave Korn wrote:
> Charles Wilson wrote:
>> So, are you a Johnny Cash "Walk the Line" fan, or just a Foghorn Leghorn
>> Loony Tunes fan?
>
>
> Johnny Cash had feathers? I would never have known!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358273/trivia
> When Cash collapses from a drug overdose he says, "Fortunately, I
> keep my feathers numbered for just such an emergency." That is a line
> from a Foghorn Leghorn cartoon after all his feathers are blown off
> by a stick of dynamite and it is referred to earlier in the movie
> when Johnny and Jack are walking together.

--
Chuck

Re: Avoid collisions between parallel [...], take 2

2009-10-22T16:06:36Z

Charles Wilson wrote:
> Looks good to me, but I haven't actually tested it.
>
> So, are you a Johnny Cash "Walk the Line" fan, or just a Foghorn Leghorn
> Loony Tunes fan?

Johnny Cash had feathers? I would never have known!

cheers,
DaveK

RE: HELP- Can't umount wife pc as /pc

2009-10-19T09:08:23Z

Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote in
news:0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A20871AADE3D@...:

> Paul McFerrin wrote on October 09, 2009:
>> SUBJECT: HELP- Can't umount wife pc as /pc
>
> I looked in vain for a statement that the reason that you wanted to
> umount wife was that you wanted to mount girlfriend instead.
>

He was lucky he was able to mount his wife in the first place!

--
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Re: Honor DESTDIR in w32api and mingw

2009-10-15T18:03:19Z

Charles Wilson wrote:
> [Cross-posted to mingw-dvlpr, but as both lists are by subscription
> only, and I'm subscribed under separate aliases, I can't "link" the two
> posts].

Well then, that's multi-posting, not cross-posting, innit? You wanna watch
out for your B.I.! :-)

cheers,
DaveK

RE: HELP- Can't umount wife pc as /pc

2009-10-10T11:42:17Z

Paul McFerrin wrote on October 09, 2009:
> SUBJECT: HELP- Can't umount wife pc as /pc

I looked in vain for a statement that the reason that you wanted to umount wife was that you wanted to mount girlfriend instead.

Enough sarcasm. Really, I thought that the spam filter had let one through. I found this a surprisingly significant distraction from an unanticipated source. I know that it was an oversight that anyone could make and that your intent was innocent, but DO NOT DO IT AGAIN!

Also, cygcheck.out should be attached. Including it in the message results in searches of the archives getting irrelevant hits. See <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>: "*Run cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out and include that file as an /attachment/ in your report. Please do not compress or otherwise encode the output. Just attach it as a straight text file so that it can be easily viewed.*"

- Barry
Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.

Re: ELIX?

2009-10-09T13:43:39Z

Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 09:10:22PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>> On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 11:33:22AM -0600, Morgan Gangwere wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Richard Campbell <ulvester@yahoo!> wrote:
>>>>> Can anyone give me an explanation (or just a link, google is not
>>>>> helping me) to what ELIX is (as in the ELIX level 2, ELIX level 4
>>>>> defines and guards in newlib)?
>>>> It vaguely appears on the horizon as something thats used by redhat
>>>> under Newlib -- apparently its a check-bound system?
>>> IIRC, elix was an early aborted foray into an embedded version of linux
>>> which used newlib as its libc. I remember it being mentioned a lot when
>>> I was at Cygnus/Red Hat and then, as with many projects at Red Hat,
>>> vanishing with a *poof*.
>> Not /entirely/ vanished:
>>
>> http://sourceware.org/elix/
>>
>> ... but not updated in a looong time.
>
> Well, no. It obviously didn't entirely vanish or people wouldn't be
> asking why it was in newlib.
>
> I asked Jeff Johnston if I could delete it from newlib once and he
> told me that it still had some use. I don't remember what that was
> though.

Yeh, I remember that thread. I never knew there was a homepage and a spec
document kicking around though.

cheers,
DaveK

Re: ELIX?

2009-10-09T13:29:15Z

On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 09:10:22PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:

>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 11:33:22AM -0600, Morgan Gangwere wrote:
>>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Richard Campbell <ulvester@...> wrote:
>>>> Can anyone give me an explanation (or just a link, google is not
>>>> helping me) to what ELIX is (as in the ELIX level 2, ELIX level 4
>>>> defines and guards in newlib)?
>>> It vaguely appears on the horizon as something thats used by redhat
>>> under Newlib -- apparently its a check-bound system?
>>
>> IIRC, elix was an early aborted foray into an embedded version of linux
>> which used newlib as its libc. I remember it being mentioned a lot when
>> I was at Cygnus/Red Hat and then, as with many projects at Red Hat,
>> vanishing with a *poof*.
>
> Not /entirely/ vanished:
>
> http://sourceware.org/elix/
>
>... but not updated in a looong time.

Well, no. It obviously didn't entirely vanish or people wouldn't be
asking why it was in newlib.

I asked Jeff Johnston if I could delete it from newlib once and he
told me that it still had some use. I don't remember what that was
though.

cgf

Re: ELIX?

2009-10-09T12:55:50Z

Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 11:33:22AM -0600, Morgan Gangwere wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Richard Campbell <ulvester@...> wrote:
>>> Can anyone give me an explanation (or just a link, google is not
>>> helping me) to what ELIX is (as in the ELIX level 2, ELIX level 4
>>> defines and guards in newlib)?
>> It vaguely appears on the horizon as something thats used by redhat
>> under Newlib -- apparently its a check-bound system?
>
> IIRC, elix was an early aborted foray into an embedded version of linux
> which used newlib as its libc. I remember it being mentioned a lot when
> I was at Cygnus/Red Hat and then, as with many projects at Red Hat,
> vanishing with a *poof*.

Not /entirely/ vanished:

http://sourceware.org/elix/

... but not updated in a looong time.

cheers,
DaveK