On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only...@cygwin.com> wrote: > On 10/10/2009 12:26 AM, Steven Woody wrote: >> >> After did some explore on my system, I found a very strange thing: >> the permissions on directory /etc/postinstall and all scripts >> contained in it are no correctly. Below is a piece of it: > > That's not so important. These scripts are invoked directly by the shell > and Cygwin knows they are shell scripts by looking at the #! line. So > that's OK.
but it is a clue, it's a suspicious. I said, in another installation on another computer, the file permissions are all rwxr-xr-x in this directory. Both are cygwin1.7, using same procedure of installation, why there are differences? > >> I compared to another normally run computer, the scripts in the >> directory should all be rwxr-xr-x for the file owner. >> >> then I tried to rename fontconfig.conf.done to fontconffig.conf and >> change permission for it, but I *can not*, the 'chmod' command takes >> no effect on the file. > > I see. And we're supposed to know what this means by... what? Perhaps > now would be a good time to review the problem reporting guidelines found > here: <http://cygwin.com/problems.html> Please check out the enclosed cygcheck.log file, there an output after running: $cygcheck -svr > >> What's wrong with my installation? I was using offline installation, >> and should be no corruption. > > I don't know why an "offline" installation would be more or less > susceptible to "corruption". I mean 'offline' won't be interrupted by network connection problems > > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > A: Yes. >> Q: Are you sure? >>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > -- Life is the only flaw in an otherwise perfect nonexistence -- Schopenhauer narke public key at http://subkeys.pgp.net:11371 (narkewo...@gmail.com) -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
