From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6466 invoked by alias); 24 Sep 2003 21:00:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 6451 invoked from network); 24 Sep 2003 21:00:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO gateway.bioscrypt.com) (199.166.2.5) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 24 Sep 2003 21:00:56 -0000 Received: from bioscrypt.com (tgun.bioscrypt.com [10.1.5.227]) by gateway.bioscrypt.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2655.55) id TRWX8F82; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 16:55:28 -0400 Received: by bioscrypt.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 24 Sep 2003 14:00:27 -0700 Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:03:00 -0000 From: Tim Gunter To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Setup cant open package database error? Message-ID: <20030924210027.GA1412@bioscrypt.com> Reply-To: tim.gunter@bioscrypt.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-SW-Source: 2003-09/txt/msg01558.txt.bz2 On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 04:18:38PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > Setup doesn't overwrite /etc/setup/installed.db in place. Instead it > creates /etc/setup/installed.db.new, writes the necessary content to it, > then removes /etc/setup/installed.db and renames the .new file. I'm > guessing the remove operation fails for you -- check the Windows ACLs on > /etc/setup, is your user allowed to delete files? not sure how to check the Windows ACLs on the files. i'm running Windows 2000 and cygwin is installed on a FAT32 partition. using getfacl, it looks as though i have write permission on the directory and the installed.db files. the DOS "cacls" command doesnt print out anything when i try and examine the acls assigned to these files. is there another way to check ACLs? or is the fact that im running from a FAT32 partition causing some of these problems? --tim -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/