Mail Archives: cygwin/2009/03/18/23:51:44
If some of these can be passed to the devs I would appreciate your help wit=
h that as I would prefer those of you that are more experienced with cygwin=
to make the decision that the request is worth their time.
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First the less significant, maybe dumb, questions.
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1) cygwin release on site is not easy to match using uname or cygcheck.exe.=
e.g. On the site the version is 1.5.25-15 and uname -a returns "CYGWIN_NT-=
5.1 Family1-d 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2008-06-12 19:34 i686 Cygwin." Is the -15 r=
epresented by (0.156/4/2)? Also, is there a breakdown of what (0.156/4/2) m=
eans?
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2) Could the setup.exe version be posted on the web site? It does not updat=
e itself or let you know when there is an update, so I suggest the version =
be posted on the site. Of course, it letting you know when there is a new v=
ersion and maybe even offering to update itself before continuing would be =
great features.
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I just installed cygwin 1.7 (1.7.0(0.207/5/3) 2009-03-18 18:41) in parallel=
with 1.5.25-15 by using different temp and cygwin folders. I have run in t=
o a few issues, mostly with services. I have only started to play with serv=
ices, so this is new for me and I have not yet grasped this enough to feel =
comfortable working through these issues without some guidance. The primary=
issue is that it seems that 1.7 sees some things from 1.5 and acts like it=
s work has been done.
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3) I have syslog-ng, cron, sshd, and cygserver services installed, which I =
installed from 1.5. I want to install copies for 1.7 and yes I know sshd wi=
ll need to use a different port. However, when I run the setup scripts, the=
y just say setup complete with out asking me if I want to install the servi=
ce or any of those other setup questions. Sure I can install the service, b=
ut I don't know what special parameters, if any, the scripts set for the se=
rvice and with other things it does to allow services to run as a privilege=
d user. e.g. In Vista I had all kinds of trouble getting sshd and cron to w=
ork and when I did get sshd i could not use privilege separation, but remo=
ved the users, config files and ran the scripts and they made all the neces=
sary configurations and the services work better than ever. Any suggestions.
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3a) Can I modify something to force the service install, but with different=
names than the current versions installed?
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3b) If not, can does any one have a run down to manually perform the steps =
that the scripts to setup syslog-ng, cron, sshd, and cygserver perform?
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4) Would be nice if cygcheck.exe did not require a file path for a file in =
a package. e.g. I can type w to get what w shows, but to find the package i=
t is in I have to use "cygcheck.exe -f /usr/bin/w" rather than "cygcheck.ex=
e -f w". Why? Will this be addressed?
5) Any chance we will see a command line package manager/installer?
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Thanks,
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Chris
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