On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 7:04 PM, Tobias Zawada wrote: > Dear all, > For your information: > > I've just compiled > > GNU Emacs 25.1.50.1 (x86_64-unknown-cygwin, GTK+ Version 2.24.30) of > 2016-08-08 > > from > > git clone -b master git://git.sv.gnu.org/emacs.git > (snip) > The only issue I had with installing emacs was that the ownership of files > could > not be changed: > Example line out of several hundreds: > chown: changing ownership of '/usr/local/share/emacs/25.1.50/lisp': Permission > denied
Was this the "make install" step? Have you tried running "sudo make install" instead? Csaba -- GCS a+ e++ d- C++ ULS$ L+$ !E- W++ P+++$ w++$ tv+ b++ DI D++ 5++ The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers. Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts. "Ok, it boots. Which means it must be bug-free and perfect. " -- Linus Torvalds "People disagree with me. I just ignore them." -- Linus Torvalds -- 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
