Subject: Re: tetex problems: postinstall hangs, format not installed, root can run latex
From: Brian Dessent <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:14:45 -0700

Dave Korn wrote:

>   Hmm, actually I'm not sure now:  do post-install scripts invoke a login
> shell?  Does /etc/profile get run for them?

Setup runs "sh -c postinstallscript" so that would mean that it's not a
login shell, if I understand right.

Brian

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/