Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: From: Jean Jordaan To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" Subject: RE: cygwin 1.1.7 Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 17:01:41 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hey there. If it weren't for Cygwin, I would have resigned my current job ages ago. -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf AT redhat DOT com] Sent: 09 January 2001 01:50 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: cygwin 1.1.7 It's interesting how quickly this thread changed from "Cygwin is great" to "Cygwin is great but" to "I have a problem and need help! Could somebody please help me????" Sigh. Business as usual. cgf On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 04:38:00PM -0500, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: >At 04:29 PM 1/8/2001, David Feustel wrote: >>I'm actually already starting on this path. I just installed >>Redhat Linux 7 with the intent of configuring a crosscompiler >>for ARM. My first problem is that I can't login with the >>1st or 2nd (non-root) user ids I created during the install. >>Has something about the non-root login changed since 6.2? >>I'm pretty sure I'm typing in the right passwords. > > >I didn't have trouble with this for either Red Hat Linux 6.2 or 7.0 so I >can't say. This ain't the best list for these types of questions anyway!;-) > > >>Is there a way to unpack RPMs on windows? > > >Yes, there is at least one port of RPM via Cygwin. Check out the pointers >at www.cygwin.com to ported software and related sites or check the email >archives. > > >>Dave Feustel >>Fort Wayne, Indiana >>1-219-483-1857 >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" >>Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 2:10 PM >>Subject: Re: cygwin 1.1.7 >> >> >> > You mean what are the chances that the current pool of volunteers maintaining >> > and improving Cygwin doing this? My guess is pretty unlikely. It doesn't >> > seem to be a high priority. Cross-compilers for other platforms have been >> > built though, using Cygwin's gcc as a base. It should be possible to >> > kick off this activity yourself if you're so inclined. >> > >> > > >> > >What are the chances of Cygwin creating a cross-compiler >> > >toolchain to generate code for (and eventually migrate to) >> > >WinCE? -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple