Comments on: Thunderbird and cygwin annoyances http://rdist.root.org/2008/08/18/thunderbird-and-cygwin-annoyances/ Embedded security, crypto, software protection Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:19:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ken http://rdist.root.org/2008/08/18/thunderbird-and-cygwin-annoyances/#comment-5721 Ken Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:15:32 +0000 http://rdist.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-5721 I just installed Cygwin on Win XP SP-3 and was puzzled by the absence of gcc. I would get back bash: gcc: command not found. It turns out that gcc isn't linked to anything and there is, in fact, gcc-3.exe and gcc-4.exe in /usr/bin. A simple symbolic link solved the problem. Hope this helps I just installed Cygwin on Win XP SP-3 and was puzzled by the absence of gcc.
I would get back bash: gcc: command not found. It turns out that gcc isn’t linked to anything and there is, in fact, gcc-3.exe and gcc-4.exe in /usr/bin.

A simple symbolic link solved the problem. Hope this helps

]]> By: Nate Lawson http://rdist.root.org/2008/08/18/thunderbird-and-cygwin-annoyances/#comment-4930 Nate Lawson Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:47:09 +0000 http://rdist.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-4930 Danny had another comment, sent via email: i am, i do, and i found a more generic answer.. tfy! http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2006-03/msg00164.html it doesnt quite detour the console apis, but close. it does a dll injection, that when run, creates threads that hook the console handles back up to the bootstrapper program via pipes. the bootstrapper then translates console stuff to something more xterm/vt100 friendly using ncurses. Danny had another comment, sent via email:

i am, i do, and i found a more generic answer.. tfy!

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2006-03/msg00164.html

it doesnt quite detour the console apis, but close. it does a dll
injection, that when run, creates threads that hook the console
handles back up to the bootstrapper program via pipes. the
bootstrapper then translates console stuff to something more
xterm/vt100 friendly using ncurses.

]]> By: Nate Lawson http://rdist.root.org/2008/08/18/thunderbird-and-cygwin-annoyances/#comment-4765 Nate Lawson Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:45:41 +0000 http://rdist.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-4765 Danny, I didn't know you were still alive, let alone read my blog. :-) Danny, I didn’t know you were still alive, let alone read my blog. :-)

]]> By: Danny Dulai http://rdist.root.org/2008/08/18/thunderbird-and-cygwin-annoyances/#comment-4763 Danny Dulai Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:49:51 +0000 http://rdist.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-4763 sounds like it's time to detour console apis to cygwin tty sounds like it’s time to detour console apis to cygwin tty

]]> By: Nate Lawson http://rdist.root.org/2008/08/18/thunderbird-and-cygwin-annoyances/#comment-4759 Nate Lawson Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:39:49 +0000 http://rdist.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-4759 Nice tip, Shawn. Nice tip, Shawn.

]]> By: Shawn Sherwood http://rdist.root.org/2008/08/18/thunderbird-and-cygwin-annoyances/#comment-4758 Shawn Sherwood Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:52:47 +0000 http://rdist.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-4758 If you run the windows python like this: /cygdrive/c/Python24/python -i things will work interactively. You'll have to kill it with quit() or sys.exit() to get out instead of ^d or ^z. If you run the windows python like this:

/cygdrive/c/Python24/python -i

things will work interactively. You’ll have to kill it with quit() or sys.exit() to get out instead of ^d or ^z.

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