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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 05:29:57 -0400
From: Glenn Spell <glenn AT gs DOT fay DOT nc DOT us>
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: not updating unwritable cache ../config.cache
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In-Reply-To: <E11YQRU-00053p-00@charlotte.intern.cats.ms>; from "Kai Henningsen" on Tue, Oct 05, 1999 at 10:59AM
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On 5 Oct 1999 around 10:59AM (+0200) Kai Henningsen wrote:

> On 5 Oct 99, at 10:15, I wrote:
>
> > I'm seeing this every time I ./configure something. Anybody know
> > what is going on?
> > 
> > Sure doesn't _look_ unwritable. Besides, the very same script
> > just created it.

It's unwritable by anyone other the owner of the file.

> Well, it's "test -w" failing. Obviously because of this:
> bash-2.02$ id
> uid=1000(kai) gid=513(Kein) groups=513(Kein)
      ^^^^
> bash-2.02$ chmod a+w test

If you're using a recent snapshot, setting "ntsec" in your CYGWIN
variable may cause chmod to work correctly. (I say "may" because I
really don't know. I don't run NT.) Historically, chmod returns
without error on Cygwin but does nothing.

> bash-2.02$ ls -la test
> -rw-r--r-- 1 544 Kein 0 Oct 5 09:57 test
               ^^^
You (UID 1000) don't own the file, UID 544 (administrator) owns
it. (I guess you already knew that. :-)

You need to login as administrator or wait for someone else to
provide information on how to enable ntsec and Unix permissions.

-glenn

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