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[Steven Woody]

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On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Steven Woody <narkewoody@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin)
> <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com> wrote:
>> On 10/10/2009 12:26 AM, Steven Woody wrote:
>>>
>>> After did some explore on my system, I found a very strange thing:
>>> the permissions on directory /etc/postinstall and all scripts
>>> contained in it are no correctly.  Below is a piece of it:
>>
>> That's not so important.  These scripts are invoked directly by the shell
>> and Cygwin knows they are shell scripts by looking at the #! line.  So
>> that's OK.
>
> but it is a clue, it's a suspicious.  I said, in another installation
> on another computer, the file permissions are all rwxr-xr-x in this
> directory.  Both are cygwin1.7,  using same procedure of installation,
> why there are differences?
>
>
>>
>>> I compared to another normally run computer, the scripts in the
>>> directory should all be rwxr-xr-x for the file owner.
>>>
>>> then I tried to rename fontconfig.conf.done to fontconffig.conf and
>>> change permission for it, but I *can not*, the 'chmod' command takes
>>> no effect on the file.
>>
>> I see.  And we're supposed to know what this means by... what?  Perhaps
>> now would be a good time to review the problem reporting guidelines found
>> here: <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>
>
> Please check out the enclosed cygcheck.log file, there an output after running:
> $cygcheck -svr
>
>>
>>> What's wrong with my installation?  I was using offline installation,
>>> and should be no corruption.
>>
>> I don't know why an "offline" installation would be more or less
>> susceptible to "corruption".
>
> I mean 'offline' won't be interrupted by network connection problems
>
>>
>> --
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>> _____________________________________________________________________
>>
>> A: Yes.
>>> Q: Are you sure?
>>>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
>>
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