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Subject:	RE: gcc builds executables but they're not executable?
Date:	Thu, 17 Oct 2002 19:52:36 -0400
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From:	"Rolf Campbell" <rcampbell AT tropicnetworks DOT com>
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Your /etc/passwd file is not valid.  I fixed mine using "mkpasswd -du
mywinusername > /etc/passwd", I'm not sure what the 'right thing' to do
is.

-Rolf

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lane, Frank L [mailto:frank DOT l DOT lane AT boeing DOT com] 
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 7:44 PM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: gcc builds executables but they're not executable?
> 
> 
> Okay, I'm trying to do some stuff with time so downloaded the 
> gnu time command from the install site.  A couple of other 
> things also got grabbed, I think they were texinfo and fi I 
> forget.  Point being now when I build an executable it's not 
> executable and chmod won't let me make it executable.  I 
> thought I saw this discussed on the list recently but 
> couldn't find it in the archive.  WTF did I do! and how can I undo it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Frank
> 
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