From: michael AT weiser DOT saale-net DOT de (Michael Weiser) Subject: [FAQ autopost] gnuwin32 mini FAQ and resource pointer 1 Oct 1998 13:17:04 -0700 Message-ID: <199809302300.BAA28710.cygnus.gnu-win32@weiser.saale-net.de> To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com gnuwin32 mini FAQ and resource pointer $Id: gnuwin32-mini-faq.txt,v 1.8 1998/09/30 17:49:17 michael Exp $ Contents: 0. Introduction 1. Cygwin32 1.1. Cygwin32 most frequently asked questions 1.1.1. Binary mounts 1.1.2. Long pauses occuring randomly in bash 1.1.3. Windows 95 freezing up 1.1.4. Options for the CYGWIN32 environment variable 1.2. Cygwin32 resources 1.2.1. Web sites 1.2.2. FTP archives 2. Mingw32 2.1. Mingw32 resources 2.1.1. Web sites 2.1.2. FTP archives 3. FTP Upload 4. Acknowledgements 5. Legal stuff 0. Introduction This document tries to answer the gnuwin32 mailing list's most frequently asked questions. It is not intended to replace any other document you should have read before mailing a question to the list but tries to give a comprehensive list of such resources. It also tries to collect all related, interesting and up-to-date download locations. 1. Cygwin32 Before doing anything else you should make sure that you have updated your cygwinb19 package with the latest patches and enhancements, even and especially if you just downloaded and installed it: - Sergey Okhapkin's coolview package contains an updated cygwinb19.dll that reflects the latest developments and fixes a lot of known problems. It is the latest resource and even newer than the b19.1 update found on Cygnus' site. - Mumit Khan's compilation of egcs for the cygwinb19.dll fixes lots of problems with the tools that come with the environment, especially if you're using the C++ compiler. This is a drop-in replacement for the gcc toolset. URL's are listed below. 1.1. Cygwin32 most frequently asked questions If your problem doesn't go away after the above mentioned updates, perhaps the following QA's help solving it: 1.1.1. Binary mounts [ text goes here. any volunteers? ] 1.1.2. Long pauses occuring randomly in bash [ text goes here. any volunteers? ] 1.1.3. Windows 95 freezing up [ text goes here. any volunteers? ] 1.1.4. Options for the CYGWIN32 environment variable [no]title - display command line of currently running process in console title. (default: disabled) [no]strip_title - works in conjunction with 'title'. Strips the path spec from what is displayed in the console title bar when the program is run. (default: disabled) [no]tty - makes consoles more UN*X-like which improves compatibility with UN*X apps but may cause problems with non-cygwin32 apps. (default: disabled) [no]binmode - use 'binmode' as the default open mode when the mode is not otherwise specified in the open or by mount. Does not affect pipes and path specs like //c/foo. (default: disabled) [no]glob - do not perform globbing operations on the command line when a cygwin process is being invoked from a non-cygwin shell. (default: disabled ?) strace - a cygwinb19.dll debugging aid. Setting mask to '1' will cause reams of information about the operation of cygwin to be written to 'file' as cygwin operates. The rest of the bits control the display various cygwin subsystems. For a complete list check out /usr/include/sys/strace.h. The cache setting controls how much strace output will be held in memory before being output to disk. If you run Sergey Okhapkin's patched cygwinb19.dll (coolview), more options are available: [no]ntea - use extended file attributes on Windows NT. (default: disabled) [no]mixed - create case-sensitive filenames on ntfs partitions. (default: disabled) 1.2. Cygwin32 resources If the above doesn't answer your question you should read the cygwin32 FAQ at http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/faq.html before posting any question to the list. Please also research your question via the Searchable Mail Archives at http://www.cygnus.com/ml/gnu-win32. Most problems have already been discussed and solved on the list. If you are searching for a port of a specific program or further information on a certain topic, you should check out the following cygwin32 related sites: 1.2.1. Web sites http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/ (project page) http://www.cygnus.com/pubs/gnupro/ (comercial page) http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/faq.html (cygwin32 faq) http://www.cygnus.com/ml/gnu-win32 (searchable mailing list archive) http://www.eGroups.com/list/gnu-win32/ (mailing list archive mirror) http://aquarius.franken.de/docs/develop/gnuwin32/GNUWin32.txt (Michael Hirmke - package porting notes) http://dao.gsfc.nasa.gov/software/grads/win32/X11R6.3/ (Arlindo da Silva - X11R6.3 binaries) http://gnu-win32.paranoia.ru (Chuck Bogorad - ports - sometimes down) http://www.alank.net/ (GNU-Win32 Bash Configuration) http://www.dol.ru/users/valtul (Valery Tulnikov - ports) http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32/ (Earnie Boyd - resource pointer) http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Garage/8516/gimp/gimpw32.html (Craig Setera - gimp) http://www.itribe.net/virtunix/ (more tools and man pages) http://www.kedemel.demon.co.uk/ (Darren - ports) http://www.lexa.ru/sos (Sergey Okhapkin - updates and ports) http://www.multione.capgemini.fr/tools/pack_ipc/ (Ludovic Lange - ipc package) http://www.parallax.co.uk/~andyp/index_text.html (Andy Piper - ports) http://www.tiac.net/users/cgf (Christopher Faylor - ports) http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/ (Mumit Khan - updates and ports) 1.2.2. FTP archives ftp://go.cygnus.com/pub/ftp.cygnus.com/gnu-win32 (cygwin32 FTP site) ftp://dao.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/uwm_coads/X11R6.3 (Arlindo da Silva - X11R6.3 binaries) ftp://ftp.cs.nyu.edu/pub/local/fox/cygwin32 ftp://pipeline.ucsd.edu/pub/dsf/cygwin32 (David Fox - RPM port and packages) ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin32/ (Michael Hirmke - German mirror and ports collection) ftp://www.lexa.ru/pub/domestic/sos/ (Sergey Okhapkin - fixes and ports) ftp://ftp.parallax.co.uk/pub/andyp (Andy Piper - fixes and ports) ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/cygwin32/ (Mumit Khan - egcs binaries) 2. Mingw32 2.1. Mingw32 resources 2.1.1. Web sites http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~janjaap/mingw32/ (Jan Jaap van der Heijden - gcc binaries) http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32/ (Earnie Boyd - resource pointer) http://www.fu.is.saga-u.ac.jp/~colin/gcc.html (Colin Peters - project page) http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/ (Mumit Khan - updates and ports) 2.1.2. FTP archives ftp://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/home/janjaap/mingw32 (Jan Jaap van der Heijden - gcc binaries) ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/mingw32/ (Michael Hirmke - German mirror and ports collection) ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/mingw32/ (Mumit Khan - egcs binaries) 3. FTP Upload Thanks to Michael Hirmke it is possible to host your port at the German gnuwin32 mirror ftp.franken.de. If you upload a port, Michael will create a seperate directory for your package and also include it in his package report. The report gives the following instructions on uploading: *How to upload to German GNUWIN32 site* ------------------------------------- - how to upload to our German GNUWIN32 site: site: ftp.franken.de user: ftp/anonymous password: To get directly to the GNUWIN32 upload/incoming directory type "cd gnuwin32:" (note the colon following "gnuwin32") and then "cd incoming" Please always add a short readme on what you've uploaded. I'd like best, if the description would follow this format: ----------------------< snip snip snip >------------------------- ** -------------- - what is it? - - system - - preliminaries - - configure - - make - - make install - - notes - - package availability - on - in - as - contributed by - () ----------------------< snip snip snip >------------------------- There is no need to tell me, that you have uploaded something, because I'll get informed automatically. Please note: *I will delete anything, which does not look like a useful* *GNUWIN32 package !* *So please don't upload any warez, spam or similar garbage !* 4. Acknowledgements Special thanks go to Earnie Boyd who kindly gave me his signature to create an FAQ out of it and contributed many great ideas. Also I want to thank Christopher Faylor, Michael Hirmke, Goeffrey Noer and Sergey Okhapkin, who allowed me to include their huge knowledge on Cygwin32 in this document. And of course I want to thank all the developers at Cygnus and all over the net for developing such a great environment. 5. Legal stuff I disclaim everything. :) Copyright (c) 1998 by Michael Weiser, all rights reserved. # end of file - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".