X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE,TW_RW,TW_WX X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1/wPVDgLFWf9+IEqPfSetVG Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:22:43 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Side-by-side configuration is incorrect reported as permission denied Message-ID: <20120811192243.GA28398@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <5025C431 DOT 7050201 AT cygwin DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 10:32:13AM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote: >On 08/10/2012 07:32 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> On 8/10/2012 7:31 PM, Andrew DeFaria wrote: >>> I use Cygwin a lot. And I kick off Windows processes a lot. Recently >>> I've >>> been having a problem with my system but from Cygwin all I see is >>> "permission denied": >>> >>> Ltsdo-adefaria:cd /cygdrive/c/Program\ >>> Files/IBM/RationalSDLC/Clearquest >>> Ltsdo-adefaria:ls -l clearquest.exe >>> -rwxr-xr-x+ 1 Administrators clearusers 245760 Jun 2 2011 >>> clearquest.exe* >>> Ltsdo-adefaria:clearquest >>> bash: ./clearquest: Permission denied >>> Ltsdo-adefaria: >>> >>> However if I use cmd the real error message comes out: >>> >>> Ltsdo-adefaria:cmd /c clearquest >>> The application has failed to start because its side-by-side >>> configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or >>> use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail. >>> >>> I know that this "side-by-side configuration is incorrect" is a >>> configuration error on my machine and I need to fix it, but shouldn't >>> Cygwin's exec(2) report the "side-by-side" error instead of the more >>> erroneous "Permission denied" error? >> >> Cygwin doesn't report Windows error codes. It reports POSIX ones. I >> have no idea why there would be a POSIX error code for side-by-side >> errors but if there were, then reporting that is more appropriate. >I thought that perhaps Cygwin would report back error *messages* not >just error *codes*... Cygwin emulates Linux. "Permission denied" is an error message associated with a specific errno. Neither Cygwin nor Linux know anything about a "side-by-side" configuration problem. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple