1.3.22: TMPDIR Initialization

[Mark Moore]

Robert,

If the permission on the folder pointed to by $TEMP is going to be changed
during install, it seems to me it would be done by setup.exe.  If not, where
would that operation be performed?

It looks like chmod doesn't cut it:

markm@fatboy ~
$ ls -ld $TEMP
d---rwx---+   7 Administ SYSTEM      16384 Apr  5 00:10
/cygdrive/c/WINNT/TEMP

markm@fatboy ~
$ chmod +rw $TEMP

markm@fatboy ~
$ ls -ld $TEMP
drw-rwxr--+   7 Administ SYSTEM      16384 Apr  5 00:10
/cygdrive/c/WINNT/TEMP

markm@fatboy ~
$ perldoc perldoc
Error in tempfile() using /XXXXXXXXXX: Parent directory (/) is not writable
at /usr/bin/perldoc line 564

markm@fatboy ~
$


Notice that global rw permissions don't stick.




-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Collins [mailto:rbcollins@cygwin.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 11:51 PM
To: Mark Moore
Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: RE: 1.3.22: TMPDIR Initialization

On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 17:43, Mark Moore wrote:
> Christopher,
> 
> I've read the http://cygwin.com/lists.html.  Here's the description for
the
> mailing list I posted to:
...

> The passage "[cygwin-apps] is the preferred location for design
discussions
> and bug reports regarding cygwin's setup.exe program" prompted me to send
> the post to the cygwin-apps forum.
> 
> If this is no longer the case, someone may want to change the
instructions.

What you posted has nothing to do with setup.exe.

Rob
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