X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX18jPAl0q2VErUFbqVluqovI Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:09:38 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Side-by-side configuration is incorrect reported as permission denied Message-ID: <20120815040938.GA31916@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <5025C431 DOT 7050201 AT cygwin DOT com> <20120812170641 DOT GC32748 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20120813082716 DOT GA11198 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <20120813152202 DOT GB14176 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <102316155 DOT 20120815004209 AT mtu-net DOT ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <102316155.20120815004209@mtu-net.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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 On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:42:09AM +0400, Andrey Repin wrote: >Greetings, Christopher Faylor! Sigh. >>But you aren't really even suggesting that. You are apparently just >>suggesting that every windows error should be displayed by the Cygwin >>DLL. Wow. > >Um. On another hand, this made me think from my deep pit: as a regular >user, not a developer, in some cases, I would prefer DLL to track and >report native error codes/messages. Not as a general way of operation, >obviously, more like an intermediate debugging layer on demand. So, >there's a suggestion for someone interested in this feature and capable >of making this happen. If you're "debugging" you can get the error by stepping into the DLL. If you are actually capable of making it happen then prove it by discussing implementation in cygwin-developers and eventually providing a patch in cygwin-patches. Otherwise, take Earnie's observation to heart: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-08/msg00257.html (I'm going to be quoting this a lot) You aren't making any points by posting YA vague suggestion. cgf -- 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