Mail Archives: cygwin/2010/01/22/18:07:27
I found this message in my hosted Gmail (Google Apps) account’s Spam
folder. I wonder why Gmail thought it was spam? Because it contained
the URL of a(n) (Windows) executable file?
Dave Korn wrote:
> G.W. Haywood wrote:
>
>>> BTW, if you run "setup.exe --help", it will (depending on OS
>>> version) either display the usage instructions to the screen,
I assume you mean it will print the usage instructions to stdout or
stderr, which are not necessarily connected to a terminal?
> or
>>> dump them to a setup.log file in the directory where you run it.
>>
>> That's not correct (*):
>>
>> laptop:~$>>> ./setup.exe
>> -bash: ./setup.exe: cannot execute binary file
>
> Well strictly it is, since I said what would happen if you ran it, and not
> what would happen if you _didn't_ run it (for whatever reason that might
> happen to be)!
Because G.W. Haywood is not running it on Windows (nor ReactOS) nor with
Wine?
>
>> Yes, one could just *try it*, if he had a Windows machine on which to
>> try it.
Not all Cygwin users are male. Please use “he or she” or, if you agree
with singular usage of traditionally plural pronouns, “they” instead of
“he”.
>
> *koff*
Don’t you mean *COFF* (as opposed to ELF)? ;)
> Prepare to be shocked, amazed, awed and astounded!
>
>> [davek AT ubique ~]$ uname -a
bash? Shouldn’t you use *ksh? ;)
>> Linux ubique.localdomain 2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 23 23:37:54 EDT 2009 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
>> [davek AT ubique ~]$ wget http://cygwin.com/setup.exe
>> --2010-01-18 13:20:58-- http://cygwin.com/setup.exe
>> Resolving cygwin.com... 209.132.180.131
>> Connecting to cygwin.com|209.132.180.131|:80... connected.
>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
>> Length: 624128 (610K) [application/octet-stream]
Is that a (bit)stream of eighth notes in the key of C? ;)
>> Saving to: `setup.exe'
>>
>> 100%[====================================================================================>] 624,128 28.6K/s in 16s
>>
>> 2010-01-18 13:21:15 (37.3 KB/s) - `setup.exe' saved [624128/624128]
>>
>> [davek AT ubique ~]$ chmod a+x setup.exe
>> [davek AT ubique ~]$ wine ./setup.exe --help
Are you using Wine with the builtin xor native libraries? Note: the
xor operator is to prevent a “Yes” answer since this question requires a
string, not a boolean, as an answer. :)
>> fixme:msvcrt:MSVCRT_setlocale :Codepage only locale not implemented
>> Starting cygwin install, version 2.677
>> io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/setup.rc) failed 2 No such file or directory
>> io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-cache) failed 2 No such file or directory
>> io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-action) failed 2 No such file or directory
>> io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/net-method) failed 2 No such file or directory
>> io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/net-proxy-host) failed 2 No such file or directory
>> io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/net-proxy-port) failed 2 No such file or directory
>> io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/last-mirror) failed 2 No such file or directory
>> io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/extrakeys) failed 2 No such file or directory
>> io_stream_cygfile: fopen(/etc/setup/chooser_window_settings) failed 2 No such file or directory
>> Current Directory: Z:\home\davek
>>
>> Command Line Options:
<snip>
>> Ending cygwin install
>> AddAccessAllowedAce(, owner) failed: 1337
>> AddAccessAllowedAce(, group) failed: 1337
>> AddAccessAllowedAce(, everyone) failed: 1337
>> AddAccessAllowedAce(, owner) failed: 1337
>> AddAccessAllowedAce(, group) failed: 1337
>> AddAccessAllowedAce(, everyone) failed: 1337
Does this mean you are too 1337 to be allowed access? ;)
>> [davek AT ubique ~]$
>
> :-)
>
> cheers,
> DaveK
Did you know old Apple keyboards, such as the Apple Extended Keyboard II
from 1989, have the bumps on D and K instead of F and J? :) I used to
have one of those keyboards in my 68k Mac collection. I wish I had kept
the keyboard because it would be cool if I could use it on a PC with an
ADB→USB converter. I liked that keyboard’s feel: it had mechanical key
switches instead of rubber membrane/dome switches. The Caps Lock key
stayed down when Caps Lock was on, like Shift Lock on a typewriter (and
a C64?). I forgot if it had the Lock LEDs on the keys themselves or in
a group elsewhere on the keyboard.
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