RE: Missing commands/incorrect behaviour after update

2002-11-12 Thread Eriksson, Michael
Randall > >Well, 0666 does not seem like a good idea, since it gives > everyone the > >right to change the files. Of course the main use of umask > is to restrict > >access from group and other. > > It's a very good idea and has been "the right way" (or, to use a > now-archaic phrase, "The Uni

RE: Missing commands/incorrect behaviour after update

2002-11-12 Thread Randall R Schulz
Michael, At 09:52 2002-11-12, Eriksson, Michael wrote: Randall > > Perhaps the package search page would benefit from a hint about appending > ".exe" when looking for command names that are (expected to be) binary > executables? Of course, doing so would prevent seeing scripts and symlinks. Tha

RE: Missing commands/incorrect behaviour after update

2002-11-12 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Randall R Schulz wrote: > Michael, > > At 05:28 2002-11-12, Eriksson, Michael wrote: > >Max, > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > Re install the relevant packages. > > > http://cygwin.com/packages/ if you don't > > > know which the relvant packages are. > > > >I have lo

RE: Missing commands/incorrect behaviour after update

2002-11-12 Thread Randall R Schulz
Michael, At 05:28 2002-11-12, Eriksson, Michael wrote: Max, > > Hi, > > > > ... > > Re install the relevant packages. > http://cygwin.com/packages/ if you don't > know which the relvant packages are. I have looked there already, but it is not obvious to me what packages would be relevant. (Neit

RE: Missing commands/incorrect behaviour after update

2002-11-12 Thread Eriksson, Michael
Max, > > Hi, > > > > after updating my cygwin installation on Friday (with repeated > > re-updates on Monday) I have several problems. > > > > 1) Several commands (at least cat and fold) are missing, even if the > > man pages are still there. Both the download and installations where > > (eventuall

Re: Missing commands/incorrect behaviour after update

2002-11-12 Thread Max Bowsher
Eriksson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > after updating my cygwin installation on Friday (with repeated > re-updates on Monday) I have several problems. > > 1) Several commands (at least cat and fold) are missing, even if the > man pages are still there. Both the download and install