From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23940 invoked by alias); 20 Jun 2006 14:42:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 23930 invoked by uid 22791); 20 Jun 2006 14:42:53 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from ACCESS1.CIMS.NYU.EDU (HELO access1.cims.nyu.edu) (128.122.81.155) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:42:49 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by access1.cims.nyu.edu (8.13.6+Sun/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5KEgl4e020987 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:42:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:42:00 -0000 From: Igor Peshansky Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: ssh-host-config doesn't chown /var/empty properly from setup.exe In-Reply-To: <20060620135551.GE19534@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Message-ID: References: <297343D29C14AA4D822142893ABEAEF301CED597@srv1163ex1.flightsafety.com> <20060620135551.GE19534@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2006-06/txt/msg00082.txt.bz2 On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 08:04:13PM -0400, Igor Peshansky wrote: > >Hmm, ok, the next thing to check is the fact that PATH and other > >environment variables may not be set the same. Try adding some debugging > >information to the postinstall script (or even change the shebang line to > >"bash -x"), and see what's different in setup.exe and the command line. > > This seems to be debugging of an application problem rather than > package-related issues. As such, I think this thread belongs in the > cygwin mailing list. This was my first impulse too, but then I realized that we were really debugging the environment that setup presents to the postinstall scripts. As such, it's a setup issue, and specifically belongs here, IMHO. If it turns out to be an ssh-host-config issue instead, it'll definitely get moved. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu | igor@watson.ibm.com ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte." "But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac"