X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of eboyd53sf AT gmail DOT com designates 10.52.23.74 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.52.23.74; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of eboyd53sf AT gmail DOT com designates 10.52.23.74 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=eboyd53sf AT gmail DOT com; dkim=pass header.i=eboyd53sf AT gmail DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20120301182805.GD28713@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> References: <70952A932255A2489522275A628B97C3129F4CE5 AT xmb-sjc-233 DOT amer DOT cisco DOT com> <20120301181416 DOT GB28713 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20120301182805 DOT GD28713 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:32:08 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Recent upgrade to wish leads to a problem From: Earnie Boyd To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id q21IWXYm030175 On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > > TK does not require an X server running on the same system.  This has > been explained in this very thread. > > If you have points to make, don't make them with a "me too" > unless you're planning on addressing the issues that Yaakov raised. > Otherwise you're just wasting bandwidth. > And what Windows user who casually installs Cygwin has access to an X server? I sure don't. But I get where you're coming from, it doesn't require the Cygwin/X server it just requires DISPLAY to be set to one that exists somewhere. Still not a good scenario for the unsuspecting idiot. -- Earnie -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple