X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: From: Chris Mirchandani To: Subject: A few cygwin issues, mostly for 1.7 Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:51:24 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com 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. =20 First the less significant, maybe dumb, questions. =20 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? =20 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. =20 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. =20 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. =20 3a) Can I modify something to force the service install, but with different= names than the current versions installed? =20 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? =20 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? =20 Thanks, =20 Chris _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live=99 Groups: Create an online spot for your favorite groups to m= eet. http://windowslive.com/online/groups?ocid=3DTXT_TAGLM_WL_groups_032009 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/