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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 09:31:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Janos DOT Kannar AT nokia DOT com
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Subject: Re: install problem
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On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 Janos DOT Kannar AT nokia DOT com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm just trying to install dictd-1.9.7 on my machine (with Win2000). The
> package is already compiled, but the install process stops with the
> following error messages:
>
> /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin/install: cannot change ownership of `/usr/local/bin/dict.exe': Invalid argument
> /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin/install: cannot change ownership of `/usr/local/man/man1/dict.1': Invalid argument
>
> What is wrong, what shall I do?
> Br,
>         Janos

Well, this doesn't give us much to go on, does it?  It's probably just
install trying to 'chown root' (in which case you should be able to ignore
this message), or there's a problem with your /etc/passwd.

What is "the install process"?  Is it a shell script, or an "install" rule
in a Makefile?  Could you "set -x" in the shell to find out what the exact
failing command is (or run "make -n", if it's a Makefile)?

Also, please follow the general guidelines for reporting Cygwin problems
outlined in <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>, in particular, the one
about attaching the output of "cygcheck -svr" (as an uncompressed text
*attachment*), so that we are aware of your Cygwin environment and
components.
	Igor
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