Cygwin

git-svn is currently broken on cygwin

Submitted by Damien on Tue, 07/01/2008 - 10:31pm

While trying to get git-svn to work on cygwin I came across a bunch of problems. As it turns out there are some problems with subversion-perl that ultimately cause git-svn to fail. Unfortunately it could be another few weeks before this is fixed as the maintainer of that perl module is on vacation. Argh.

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(not going to finish) Production web serving with Cygwin - PHP, Ruby on Rails & ColdFusion

Submitted by Damien on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 5:28pm

Note: I'm not going to finish this article as ultimately I ran into problems with Cygwin so migrated to running all Windows-native tasks. Still, in its raw state someone might find some use out of it.

Why I don't use Cygwin for SFTP

Submitted by Damien on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 5:55am

In the UNIXy (UNIX, BSD, Linux, OSX) world secure file transfers have been the norm for years, thanks in part to the standardization of SSH as the security protocol due to both its simplicity and power. Windows, on the other hand, has never featured security as a very important feature, evidenced by the ellaborate routes someone must take to handle SSL in IIS.

MySQL + Rails on Cygwin tip

Submitted by Damien on Tue, 04/17/2007 - 7:22pm

Here's a really quick tip for anyone using Rails on Cygwin. If you want to connect to a MySQL database the understood practice is to compile MySQL and go through the hassle of getting it all working within Cygwin itself.

Compiling software is a pain - Cygwin, PHP, MySQL

Submitted by Damien on Tue, 04/10/2007 - 7:40pm

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I'm working on a lengthy article explaining how to install a bunch of web server software in Cygwin and I've found that I have to manually compile several key pieces. While I'm not unwilling to do this, the sheer hassle of having to go back 'n forth testing different configuration and installation options is a pain.

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