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Date:	Tue, 5 Aug 2003 07:35:03 -0400
From:	Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
To:	Max Bowsher <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
Cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com, Seth Rubin <srubin AT thoughtprocess DOT com>
Subject:	Re: bug in setup.exe for postgresql-7.3.4-1
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Max,

On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 11:58:07AM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote:
> Jason Tishler wrote:
> > Is there any way to solve this problem without me adding a
> > postinstall script that performs a "chmod +rx" on all *.exe and
> > *.dll files installed by this packages?
> 
> Yes. PTC for setup.

Would the following patch or an extension to it help?

    http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2003-04/msg00127.html

> Please please please don't add this kind of postinstall script.

OK, I won't.  However, I've been getting hammered by this problem for
some time.  IIRC, since XP was released.

Unfortunately, the following README blurb doesn't seem to help:

    4. Cygwin PostgreSQL can fail to start or not function properly if
    certain files and directories have incorrect permissions.  The
    following usually solves these kinds of problems:

        $ chmod a+rwx /tmp
        $ chmod a+rx /usr/bin /usr/bin/*

Jason

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