Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/02/13/15:55:39
On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 03:04:40PM -0500, Chuck wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 06:04:57PM -0500, Chuck wrote:
>>> Dennis Simpson wrote:
>>>> One co-worker downloaded the latest Windows cygwin last week. His "ls"
>>>> command now consistently does not return anything, regardless of what
>>>> directory he is in. This is in addition to not being able to run shell
>>>> scripts any more, either.
>>>>
>>>> The other two of us that upgraded last week to the latest Windows cygwin do
>>>> NOT have this "ls" problem. "ls" works fine.
>>> I thought it might be a problem with cygwin too so I rolled back the
>>> cygwin kernel to version 1.5.23-1, and coreutils to 6.4-1. That didn't help.
>>>
>>> I'm glad someone else is reporting this. Maybe there's a real problem here.
>>>
>>> What hw/os is your colleague working on? Mine is a Dell D610 laptop,
>>> Windows XP SP2 with all latest patches.
>>
>> I doubt that this particular problem is anything other than a missing
>> package, actually.
>>
>> The details listed at http://cygwin.com/problems.html would probably be
>> helpful.
>
>I have completely reinstalled every cygwin package I previously had. I
>deleted my old packages directory, renamed my old cygwin home directory,
>and reinstalled everything fresh from mirrors.kernel.org into a
>completely new cygwin home. I still have the same problem. I really
>don't think it's a missing package.
You have, again, quoted me as if I was trying to offer suggestions for
dealing with your issue.
I was not suggesting that your problem was due to a missing package. It
is very unlikely that your particular failure of truncated output would
be due to a missing package.
When I mentioned, in previous messages, "this particular problem" and
"in this thread", I was referring specifically to the problem mentioned
by Dennis Simpson which I do not believe is related to your problem.
I have apologized for my previous confusion and imprecise language but
it seems like there might still be lingering confusion on your part as a
result. I hope that the above clarification serves to put this issue to
rest and that you will not feel compelled to further investigate missing
packages as a solution to your problem.
cgf
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