X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s=default; b=uXIr KDlbIKrN8yg4ZV3jUhai8esI3WhTXOuJTqnIhW4aRxwao3IIWuyDhnad2e5SGaKF 3JMgNI5aECVgFz2Sz6kvXtbe3Fu95jX7lZmRapx2lIzOdwanVAZaA4uITv9mLiOG RLAmXPqIQh6Ub1PSzYQ1u13xz5TmHmyyvxJpdFw= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default; bh=hVFtkGOEej QgIie0mlyilCVaLdU=; b=AZL1MWOP9nDfCKc2QBKR17PFgaHVhgpweDva6RvngO Cx+xW1MlQP7FQ4IAcgM5K/3I22+zaRwADmRpAMH7dItUMjtY18iunrO1vOG5HN/G dosgBnAZybMY9HAxbhTvPtEaJBqh6Y1g7cCEaaWsdKrOlKjK2ucb5C92diH6hzbU w= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KAM_NUMSUBJECT,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*MI:sk:2018072, gotten X-HELO: mail.spocom.com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; q=dns; d=spocom.com; s=mail; h=received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:x-operating-system:user-agent; b=WWAR4v7NbDxEl8ORKTfa/WrzIuwaS8tgYEy84QQB1JujOjUORboke9wVTGR7FHVxu vrvTHnCLFAZjMiCaVZoXQ== Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 13:35:32 -0700 From: Gary Johnson To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] inetutils 1.9.4-1 Message-ID: <20180719203532.GB26421@phoenix> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20180719191910 DOT GA26421 AT phoenix> <20180720050453 DOT 0d43d02728c348df16363bcd AT nifty DOT ne DOT jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180720050453.0d43d02728c348df16363bcd@nifty.ne.jp> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-IsSubscribed: yes On 2018-07-20, Takashi Yano wrote: > On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:19:10 -0700 > Gary Johnson wrote: > > 2018/07/19 11:54:24 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/inetutils-server.sh" > > *** Warning: The permissions on the directory /var are not correct. > > *** Warning: They must match the regexp d..x..x..[xt] > > *** ERROR: Problem with /var directory. Exiting. > > *** Warning: The permissions on the directory /var are not correct. > > *** Warning: They must match the regexp d..x..x..[xt] > > *** ERROR: Problem with /var directory. Exiting. > ... > > I've never had problems like this before. I had exited all Cygwin > > programs before running setup. I normally run cron, but I stopped > > that, and ssh-agent, but I killed that. I checked the permissions > > on /var, and while they don't match the regexp d..x..x..[xt], > > I didn't create that directory and setup has never reported any > > issues with it before. > > /etc/postinstall/inetutils-server.sh has not been changed. > Therefore installing previous version (1.9.1-2) should cause same error. I reverted to 1.9.1-2 and got the same error, as you expected. > > $ ls -ld /var > > drwxrwx---+ 1 Administrators Domain Users 0 Jul 19 03:57 /var > > Please chmod /var directory to match regexp d..x..x..[xt] > for example: chmod 755 /var I executed $ chmod 755 /var and installed 1.9.4-1 again. No error this time. I have no explanation for how the permissions on /var might have gotten changed unless it happened during the Windows update. Regards, Gary -- 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