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From: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
Subject:  Re: Problems after upgrading to 1.5.19-4
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:32:09 +0000 (UTC)
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Timothy King <tim <at> timothyking.com> writes:

> The re-install fixed the path problem, but I still have strange things
> going on with the directory colors.  Attached is a screen print. 
> Notice some directores are the correct blue on white while others are
> black on green.

Not a bug, but a feature improvement that you picked up by
upgrading coreutils.  Reread
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2006-01/msg00019.html,
including the bit about dircolors adding new colors for
coloring world-writable directories that don't have the sticky
bit set (commonly recognized as a potential security hole).

-- 
Eric Blake
volunteer cygwin coreutils maintainer



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