From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15700 invoked by alias); 17 Oct 2013 18:54:34 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 15655 invoked by uid 89); 17 Oct 2013 18:54:34 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: calimero.vinschen.de Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 18:54:33 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 930BE52021B; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:54:30 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 18:54:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Testing ping for cygwin x86_64 Message-ID: <20131017185430.GB23477@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="MfFXiAuoTsnnDAfZ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2013-10/txt/msg00153.txt.bz2 --MfFXiAuoTsnnDAfZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-length: 1862 On Oct 17 10:17, Balaji wrote: > Hi - since ping appears to be currently orphaned, I wanted to see if I > can help out. It being a fairly simple package, definitely aided my > decision. >=20 > I downloaded the source for ping (Cygwin32). While I can't seem to get > the provided shell script to run right, I was able to apply the > included patch file and build the 32bit version. I tried building the > 64bit version which did build and run fine on (Cygwin64 1.7.25). There > were a bunch of warnings (even without -Wall) in the 64bit build and I > patched them - mostly minor fixes like casts etc. and re-built/tested > both versions. >=20 > So, finally getting to my question - are the rudimentary ping tests > that I did, good enough to make this package worthy of release? I think so, yes. Just keep in mind that Windows disallows using raw sockets for non-admin users, which means that this ping implementation will neither work for non-admins, nor for admins running a UAC-crippled shell. This shows up as questions on the Cygwin mailing list once in a while, which, as a maintainer, you should be prepared to answer. > This being my first attempt at trying to possibly maintain a Cygwin > package, I want make sure I'm doing the right thing. One odd thing is > that all of the source code and Makefile are in the patch file. Also, > am I free to convert the package to cygport/ditch the shell script > etc. - I understand all that may typically be the maintainer's choice? > Advance thanks for any advice from you seasoned veterans. Porting a package to cygport is highly appreciated, no worries. And of course you are free to pack it in a cleaner fashion than the existing package. Thanks, Corinna --=20 Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat --MfFXiAuoTsnnDAfZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-length: 836 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSYDJmAAoJEPU2Bp2uRE+gJWkP/3WCqhuhiNrzlWjuo1m+BpXN HF5T3pW+WcD0Ep2wAu1UYFZEWeQG+FkwPDkWqHO1+O6iB1PoqDDhZEUmQLUdhuVq U87a87eAPyinROthmq8Dqnyk5NNVYWDSHLEe7Lyjob6ISkv+9fC5kICD9M7Teo22 Eo6dQc2FEtEkwJBOSNSFqvI82Jhv3pc1B3tSXpw6iWs31LL8pDFn09GZ9NfCz1UG U02FNtfgHCsausm97uBEQzzsdyxvyo01s3pWrVMkHw4z6ky37/McQplHqllRTz6p ltcaY634Wh/sdsn4WdJacsuUgBmAGCT0t+YRdSWbsyWtWe5Y3DGExEOYibHc5fus irwq41Ii9zbhTfcdYJpOfZQwx65qCFgOVtd7u3nPT9RUbAgGWArBzByduzKO6ECH Qi1ZaZ73Q88G3SGk34blw05kSzEDsgybWoMV0WF5qhK5uUhNzJ08+Nzrs2KY7mu0 iK0IjaehntKkGeUcqBWRcUT9ks2aTqGfktusiGyoyCHHdzOnOti+pDYC8O5NDEw5 GSk9sybBemvJK+kyMhjsiLX+U9Rjthij4ZPVQrC5Mg548eskLupVs/dlYFLvlaZg /rgtZxrrZJUbHlJFsGV/kH2zPf4fpfppu7Xe8kzrHgHoxeJMQwHCKyu3JsrLyxby AbqDtTZuz6+C89Quwl82 =q+q8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MfFXiAuoTsnnDAfZ--