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From: Jim Schneider <jim DOT schneider AT dataflux DOT com>
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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:29:31 -0500
Subject: "ReBaseImage faled with last error = 6" for read-only files, too.
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I apologize if this is a well-known problem.  I ran into the "last error =
=3D 6" problem trying to rebase some DLLs installed by perl's CPAN module. =
 The advice you find if you google that error message (kill all cygwin proc=
esses and services, rebooting if necessary) will _not_ work if the problem =
is a file marked as read-only.

I am working on a patch, which is complicated by the need to avoid having r=
ebase link against cygwin1.dll, and the way Windows Vista & 7 manage ACLs. =
 In the meantime, I figured having a mention of another possible cause of t=
his problem could save someone else from fruitlessly rebooting their system=
 into safe mode in a vain effort to make CPAN work.

If you run into "ReBaseImage failed with last error =3D 6", and you've kill=
ed every cygwin process you find running, before you reboot, check the perm=
issions on the DLL that's causing the error.  "ls -l" will show the current=
 permissions, and "chmod u+w" will fix `em.


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