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841 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
David Starks-Browning 9eb8e25c48 screen has now been ported 2000-12-12 13:26:59 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 8d3ba197bc these problems are fixed now 2000-12-12 13:24:06 +00:00
David Starks-Browning ab96569985 New entry "Bash says "command not found", but it's right there!" 2000-11-29 16:24:59 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 872134b37d Update "why doesn't chmod work" with hint from Corinna. 2000-11-22 13:07:14 +00:00
David Starks-Browning bbed89ab13 sources.redhat.com -> cygwin.com where appropriate 2000-11-20 14:37:37 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 9f7bdd2b58 * cygwinenv.sgml: Remove CYGWIN=strace option. Update CYGWIN options.
* how-programming.texinfo: Remove stuff about CYGWIN=strace.
* setup2.sgml: Remove CYGWIN=strace example.
2000-11-19 04:53:46 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 2ef98494d8 Add Windows ME to "What is it?" 2000-11-17 15:09:55 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 7cb2bb152d Add 'Windows 2000' to "What is it?" entry. 2000-11-17 14:12:23 +00:00
David Starks-Browning ef01aeac68 Update entry "I'm having basic problems with find. Why?", add advice
about -follow option if CWD is symlink.
2000-11-17 14:04:59 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 7816541772 Update "Why is make behaving badly?", add warning about make -j[n]. 2000-11-17 13:32:28 +00:00
David Starks-Browning e2ed94a3c6 New entry "Setup screwed up my mounts!" 2000-11-17 12:57:51 +00:00
David Starks-Browning b9448841db Fix error in "Why doesn't my script work?", add note about 'mount -x'. 2000-11-17 12:10:04 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 2f2092aece new entry "Why doesn't my script work?" 2000-11-17 11:40:06 +00:00
David Starks-Browning cb06d7468a New entry "Why doesn't mkdir -p work on a network share?" 2000-11-16 15:08:35 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 99119403f3 Update section "Why is make behaving badly?" 2000-10-31 16:58:09 +00:00
David Starks-Browning ad4bb8089e minor typo 2000-10-31 14:33:57 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 003303a435 * ntsec.sgml: Slight changes. Fix some errors. 2000-10-26 08:01:39 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 5972be1c32 * ntsec.sgml: Changed the (now incorrect) hint that ntsec only
uses access allowed ACEs.
2000-10-26 07:37:26 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 902047f40e Update "How can I access other drives?" entry with details about --change-cygdrive-prefix
and some other minor changes.
2000-10-24 16:43:50 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 77da118b99 Update entry "What's the difference between packages in 'latest' and 'contrib'. 2000-10-24 15:24:16 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 337adb6fd9 Add more details to "What if setup fails?" entry. 2000-10-24 15:20:18 +00:00
David Starks-Browning c2a585c65c Update entry "Why are compiled executables so huge?!?", add bit about 'gcc -s'. 2000-10-18 15:32:50 +00:00
David Starks-Browning f1d9a0d479 Minor update to "How can I find out which dlls are needed by an executable?",
indicate that cygcheck works recursively.
2000-10-18 15:16:45 +00:00
David Starks-Browning b55af6accd Update entry "How do anti-virus programs like Cygwin?",
adding bit about performance hit and exempting C:\cygwin\bin from scanning.
2000-10-18 14:36:07 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 6a0983f60f Update entry "Why can't I run bash as a shell under NT Emacs?",
remove old disclaimer.
2000-10-18 14:15:09 +00:00
David Starks-Browning b1411b1291 Update entry "Shell scripts aren't running properly from my makefiles?",
remove old disclaimer.
2000-10-18 13:43:56 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 3bb1842959 Relevant bits subsumed in what.texinfo, separate mirrors list discarded. 2000-10-18 13:12:14 +00:00
David Starks-Browning c67c9ca817 Update "Is it free software?" entry re. 1.0 CD. All in past tense,
no longer shipping, refer to cygwin-cd.html for latest news.
2000-10-18 13:04:27 +00:00
David Starks-Browning df4da6cf8b Minor, mention mirror sites in "Where can I get it?". 2000-10-18 12:48:31 +00:00
David Starks-Browning deafd52c70 Add new section "Where can I get it?" to what.texinfo.
Omit sites.texinfo altogether (mirror list not useful).
2000-10-18 12:34:41 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 19ce2f49a7 Delete entry "Ancient history of the project", replace with link to history.html. 2000-10-18 11:52:15 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen b504f11afa Added missing article 2000-09-29 22:23:37 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 795f46d9db * pathnames.sgml: Add documentation about raw block special
devices and tape devices to the "POSIX devices" chapter.
2000-09-29 21:53:52 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 03de9775c4 New entry "Why doesn't man work?"
(need ash)
2000-09-26 14:55:51 +00:00
David Starks-Browning dfc2c41a6c Remove entry "How do I set /etc up?"
(never been updated to latest, no longer helpful)
2000-09-26 14:46:56 +00:00
David Starks-Browning cdfeaeb823 Update entry "How can I find out which dlls are needed by an executable?"
including information about cygcheck.
2000-09-14 15:58:56 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 847647e95c New entry 'Why doesn't chmod work?' 2000-09-14 15:42:41 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 7f4b74741f New entry "My Windows logon name has a space in it, will this cause problems?" 2000-09-14 11:38:15 +00:00
David Starks-Browning f199b0215c Update (& alphabetize) contents of 'latest'.
Other minor cosmetic.
2000-09-14 11:21:04 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 5425d0a04c minor cosmetic 2000-09-14 11:06:44 +00:00
David Starks-Browning ce779ff629 New entry "Can I link with both MSVCRT*.DLL and cygwin1.dll?" 2000-09-13 15:27:20 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 26a744ad26 Contents split into how-*.texinfo. (Had gotten too big.) 2000-09-13 15:13:57 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 04360c5005 New files, contents of how.texinfo has been split into these. 2000-09-13 15:13:17 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 80d65011aa New entry "dllwrap is broken". 2000-09-12 16:18:03 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 0b9ed04d51 New entry "Ctrl-S hangs rxvt and xterm". 2000-09-12 15:27:18 +00:00
David Starks-Browning cfa9337c8a Add some details about AV software. 2000-09-12 15:18:29 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 2ba1dec34e Update "How do I rebuild the tools on my NT box?": add links to ancillary doc tools. 2000-09-12 13:40:36 +00:00
David Starks-Browning a7edd2fbce Remove obsolete B20.1 entries. Chapter now empty. 2000-09-12 13:05:59 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 267ca95b4d New section "Recent history of the project: What version *is* this, anyway?".
Rename section "A brief history of the project" to "Ancient history" and remove
disclaimer about being out of date.
2000-09-12 13:00:10 +00:00
David Starks-Browning a887d79dab Minor cosmetic change. 2000-09-12 12:20:38 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 77749b19ce Add entry "How do I uninstall Cygwin?" 2000-08-25 16:35:16 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 8b99c9afcd minor formatting fixes 2000-08-25 13:33:38 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 138b832b0c Major re-write of "Installation using the setup.exe program". 2000-08-25 13:15:10 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 6642e617bb Minor changes. 2000-08-25 12:57:19 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 25685bb107 * fhandler-tut.txt: hinfo -> dtable. 2000-08-18 19:52:31 +00:00
David Starks-Browning a010a6e732 Remove obsolete entries:
- 'Why is gcc failing'
 - 'Why can't bison find bison.simple or bison.hairy?'
Remove disclaimer from up-to-date entries (possibly with some minor changes):
 - 'How is fork() implemented?'
 - 'How do symbolic links work?'
 - 'How do I compile a Win32 executable that doesn't use Cygwin?'
 - 'How do I make the console window go away?'
 - 'Why does make complain about a "missing separator"?'
 - 'Why can't we redistribute Microsoft's Win32 headers?'
 - 'How can I debug what's going on?'
 - 'Can I use a system trace mechanism instead?'
 - 'Can I use the gdb debugger to debug programs built by VC++?'
 - 'Where can I find info on x86 assembly?'
 - 'Why not use DJGPP?'
2000-07-27 22:06:27 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 7d91a669e8 Entry 'How do anti-virus programs like Cygwin?': Remove disclaimer; hanging
when unpacking tar.gz archives.
2000-07-27 21:29:19 +00:00
David Starks-Browning f11319a8f7 Entry 'How should I set my PATH?': Don't omit Windows system directories. 2000-07-27 21:13:16 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 738c2431e5 New entry (Programming Questions): 'Why doesn't gdb handle signals?' 2000-07-25 21:35:08 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 53d1fe2a5c Entry 'Is the Cygwin library multi-thread-safe?': Update for latest release. 2000-07-25 21:16:44 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 3637f333ed Entry 'Are mixed-case filenames possible with Cygwin?': Expand slightly,
add reference to coolview.
2000-07-25 20:49:59 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 74b29f02d9 New entry (Cygwin API Questions): 'Is there a mouse interface?' -- No. 2000-07-25 20:13:38 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 717a3d7b37 Entry 'Can I use my own malloc?': Add warning about _malloc_r from newlib. 2000-07-25 19:50:31 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 7e0482eecd Entry 'Is it OK to have multiple copies of the DLL?':
Emphasise that no, it's not OK.
2000-07-25 19:17:31 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 3cf421356f Changed 'sourceware.cygnus.com' to 'sources.redhat.com' in the FAQ, where appropriate. 2000-07-25 19:00:29 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen 99fd83eb67 * ntsec.sgml: Add description for the new setuid ability
of Cygwin since release 1.1.3.
        * overview2.sgml: Add description for new chroot functionality.
        * calls.texinfo: Add missing calls. Change comments for
        setuid, setgid, seteuid, setegid, chroot.
2000-07-20 11:04:33 +00:00
David Starks-Browning f88cc35383 "Posting Guidelines": New name for old entry.
"Multiple copies of DLL":  shared region corrupt error message.
"Why the weird directory structure": re-wrote for latest.
"Symlinks on Samba": fix typo.
"Where is glibc": new entry.
"HT build relocatable dll": (interim update) link to Carl Thompson's message in cygwin list.
"Can I mix msvc++ and gcc objects": remove disclaimer.
2000-07-04 16:17:57 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 6680b6a589 "Contents": Add package opengl. 2000-07-04 16:10:32 +00:00
David Starks-Browning fe905b6259 Rewrote "Adding or updating packages",
plus a few other minor changes.
2000-06-14 20:56:56 +00:00
David Starks-Browning a9ba336498 Tidied up formatting a bit.
New entries:
	How do I convert between Windows and UNIX paths?
	Why are compiled executables so huge?!?
2000-06-14 16:34:57 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 3092135d8c Minor changes, also add note about deleting temp dir after setup. 2000-06-14 16:08:03 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 1edefdeb85 Fix simple @-error. 2000-06-13 19:52:51 +00:00
David Starks-Browning fe871355b5 New entry: "How should I set my PATH?" 2000-06-13 16:30:58 +00:00
David Starks-Browning a15ada7034 Removed a couple of "not yet updated" disclaimers.
New entry: "info error "dir: No such file or directory""
2000-06-13 16:12:44 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 20fe2a85bc "Installation using the setup.exe program": minor note not to mess with
default mounts.
"Adding or updating packages": full instructions now, not just links to ml.
New:
subsection "Problems running setup.exe"
subsubsection "Error message: "Unable to retrieve the list of cygwin mirrors...""
subsubsection "System hangs when unpacking tar archives"
2000-06-13 14:58:35 +00:00
David Starks-Browning a50b13da06 Merge "Installation and Setup" and "Using Cygwin Releases" to simply
"Using Cygwin".  Significant update to "How can I access other drives?".
2000-06-12 21:46:19 +00:00
David Starks-Browning c533072f51 Major update to "Where can I get more information?" section. Now includes:
- Posting guidelines
	- Pointers to User's Guide, API Reference, USENIX paper
	- Pointer to alternate searchable mail archive (www.delorie.com)
	- Addresses for commercial & CD-ROM inquiries
2000-06-07 10:38:47 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 3e4ea2bf5e minor typo correction: GNU not Gnu 2000-06-07 10:28:36 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 1e04e08737 "Installation Instructions" for FAQ, first update for current net release. 2000-06-02 17:17:53 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 2f32d93f81 Remove broken targets readme.info, faq.info
(at least until we know what to do with them)
2000-05-31 15:19:47 +00:00
David Starks-Browning eadffa103e manually updated some sites (txt version badly formatted, dont know why) 2000-05-16 15:38:47 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 6890a5097f update README to latest net release, if only in name 2000-05-16 15:37:05 +00:00
David Starks-Browning 00d48dd71c fix dependencies for readme.txt 2000-05-16 15:13:49 +00:00
David Starks-Browning eeefccfcd1 Preliminary update to FAQ to reflect latest net release.
(So far, just a new title, some minor updates, and a disclaimer in each
section that has to be updated for the net release, or at least looked at.)
2000-05-11 16:19:21 +00:00
Corinna Vinschen a939e045e7 * ntsec.sgml: Revisited description of `ntsec' according to
the changes in release 1.1.
        * setup.sgml: Include ntsec.
        * setup-net.sgml: Ditto.
2000-05-02 22:26:41 +00:00
DJ Delorie 7916b1efda don't put api internals in general tarball 2000-04-19 02:35:06 +00:00
DJ Delorie ca271663ab add commands for building a doc kitchen-sink-tarball 2000-04-19 02:31:45 +00:00
DJ Delorie 05357ffef2 clean up SGML for latest version of jade/docbook 2000-04-19 00:55:19 +00:00
Christopher Faylor fd5afe2066 * MAINTAINERS: Add Ron Parker as maintainer of cinstall stuff.
Add ChangeLog to doc directory.
2000-03-31 04:46:47 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 1fd5e000ac import winsup-2000-02-17 snapshot 2000-02-17 19:38:33 +00:00
Christopher Faylor 369d8a8fd5 import winsup-2000-02-17 snapshot 2000-02-17 19:38:31 +00:00