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2005-06-20 Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>
* how-resources.texinfo: Update section on cygwin-developers.
* how-using.texinfo: Add FAQ about firewall software. Update
section on mounting and specifically note using managed mounts.
2005-06-03 Max Kaehn <slothman@electric-cloud.com> 2005-06-03 Max Kaehn <slothman@electric-cloud.com>
* how-programming.texinfo: Add "How do I load cygwin1.dll dynamically * how-programming.texinfo: Add "How do I load cygwin1.dll dynamically

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to cygwin-announce-subscribe@@cygwin.com. To unsubscribe, to cygwin-announce-subscribe@@cygwin.com. To unsubscribe,
send a message to cygwin-announce-unsubscribe@@cygwin.com. send a message to cygwin-announce-unsubscribe@@cygwin.com.
If you are going to help develop the Cygwin library by volunteering for If you want to contribe to Cygwin tools & applications, rather than
the project, you will want to subscribe to the Cygwin developers list, the library itself, then you should subscribe to cygwin-apps. There
called cygwin-developers. If you are contributing to Cygwin tools & is also a low-volume list called cygwin-developers which is reserved
applications, rather than the library itself, then you should subscribe for knowledgeable people who regularly contribute to the Cygwin DLL.
to cygwin-apps. The same mechanism as described for the first two lists Please do not ask for read-only access to this mailing list. Both
works for these as well. Both cygwin-developers and cygwin-apps are cygwin-developers and cygwin-apps are by-approval lists. The same
by-approval lists. mechanism as described for the first two lists works for these as
well.
There is a searchable archive of the main mailing list at There is a searchable archive of the main mailing list at
@file{http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/}. There is an alternate @file{http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/}. There is an alternate

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"\e[2~": paste-from-clipboard "\e[2~": paste-from-clipboard
@end example @end example
@subsection What firewall should I use with Cygwin?
@subsection What does "mount failed: Device or resource busy" mean? We have had good reports about Kerio Personal Firewall, ZoneLabs
Integrity Desktop, and the built-in firewall in Windows XP. Other
well-known products including ZoneAlarm and Norton Internet Security have
caused problems for some users but work fine for others. If you are
having strange connection-related problems, disabling the firewall is a
good troubleshooting step.
@strong{(Please note: This section has not yet been updated for the latest Cygwin uses sockets to implement many of its functions, such as IPC.
net release.)} Some overzealous firewalls install themselves deeply into the winsock
stack (with the 'layered service provider' API) and install hooks
This usually means that you are trying to mount to a location throughout. Sadly the mailing list archives are littered with examples
already in use by mount. For example, if c: is mounted as '/' of poorly written firewall-type software that causes things to break.
and you try to mount d: there as well, you will get this error Note that with many of these products, simply disabling the firewall
message. First "umount" the old location, then "mount" the new one and does not remove these changes; it must be completely uninstalled.
you should have better luck.
If you are trying to umount '/' and are getting this message, you may
need to run @code{regedit.exe} and change the "native" key for the '/'
mount in one of the mount points kept under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Red Hat, Inc./CYGWIN.DLL setup/<version>
where <version> is the latest registry version associated with the
Cygwin library.
@subsection How can I share files between Unix and Windows? @subsection How can I share files between Unix and Windows?
During development, we have both Unix boxes running Samba and During development, we have both Linix boxes running Samba and Windows
NT/Windows 95/98 machines. We often build with cross-compilers machines. We often build with cross-compilers under Linix and copy
under Unix and copy binaries and source to the Windows system binaries and source to the Windows system or just toy with them
or just toy with them directly off the Samba-mounted partition. directly off the Samba-mounted partition. On dual-boot NT/Windows 9x
On dual-boot NT/Windows 9x machines, we usually use the FAT machines, we usually use the FAT filesystem so we can also access the
filesystem so we can also access the files under Windows 9x. files under Windows 9x.
@subsection Are mixed-case filenames possible with Cygwin? @subsection Is Cygwin case-sensitive? What are managed mounts?
Several Unix programs expect to be able to use to filenames Several Unix programs expect to be able to use to filenames
spelled the same way, but with different case. A prime example spelled the same way, but with different case. A prime example
@ -546,15 +544,21 @@ of this is perl's configuration script, which wants @code{Makefile} and
@code{makefile}. WIN32 can't tell the difference between files with @code{makefile}. WIN32 can't tell the difference between files with
just different case, so the configuration fails. just different case, so the configuration fails.
In releases prior to beta 16, mount had a special mixed case option To help with this problem, starting in @samp{cygwin-1.5.0} it is
which renamed files in such a way as to allow mixed case filenames. We possible to have a case sensitive Cygwin managed mount. This is an
chose to remove the support when we rewrote the path handling code for experimental feature and should be used with caution. You should only
beta 16. The standard Windows apps -- explorer.exe, use it for directories that are initially unpopulated and are due to
cmd.exe/command.com, etc. -- do not distinguish filenames that differed be completely managed by cygwin (hence the name). So, the best use
only in case, resulting in some (very) undesirable behavior. would be to create an empty directory, mount it, and then add files to
it:
Sergey Okhapkin had maintained a mixed-case patch ('coolview') until @example
about B20.1, but this has not been updated to recent versions of Cygwin. mkdir /managed-dir
mount -o managed c:/cygwin/managed-dir /managed-dir
cd /managed-dir/
touch makefile
touch Makefile
@end example
@subsection What about DOS special filenames? @subsection What about DOS special filenames?