From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-lj1-x234.google.com (mail-lj1-x234.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::234]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7E36A383E82B for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2020 13:54:44 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 7E36A383E82B Received: by mail-lj1-x234.google.com with SMTP id a9so23515536ljn.6 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2020 06:54:44 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=HNxW7Y68C9w+XveDzyuxmGd2pzefPGPxlXPdCX3ao9Y=; b=bA1EHUAMecbmWTmU+1/xbJABn3a1aCZv2RDtYt3l4JQmqwCN3kdtTGh88NR+9Hbqkj HOCpXRuTzkUl2BCgjpTNj4P6n2QO5Wf9sGRKJwW08X9cL/RBdtwVpb1bJfcy6tTuri9l 9p3WBbEulhtRUfNxsfMuM+mhHpGWYwN5qbeQzpVi27NlhNaQppTiPPZDF/7b0HKGahkA O+jmdtTVL7zbWgpcWmSluX6B8eAGjj9Cf/0hy5CSFrt0nAQWvLe7uZfPZ6GyDA5zB2q2 rhNDEU63C+7BsizwBRykwP0rWhSiTDZ01mELY/VmwTULMfTvyrlbKNki+86Gt40yBeAn GcQg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM53319Ve0F0Rz/ZIMGdUwn2SK2CXOLPoMNkcZL2f696+9KFdh422F Rm/CoJlXDJAPwwESaIswKKiHlj3Q3vr5Y55nNS8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzBJDyXapn76o5d2wUcaaPB7UBKzhjIBkCw/gWqoE7Ob0ULXfqE3YK3e+O9cTOB7sjMpFWKqd6SkkgMMTpqjWU= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:7407:: with SMTP id p7mr11203307ljc.98.1592920483280; Tue, 23 Jun 2020 06:54:43 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4c3969c7-7d91-c8f9-05f8-2a98443d1eb2@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: My Name Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 06:54:32 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Cygwin Setup says, "could not open /etc/xml/catalog for saving // add command failed". Am I safe to ignore it? To: "Henry S. Thompson" Cc: The Cygwin Mailing List X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT, FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 13:54:46 -0000 P.S. Now I too need to correct my previous email to the list. What *really* did, which worked around the issue for me, was the more conservative "chmod u+w". On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 6:07 AM My Name wrote: > I tried chmod a+w in the meantime and confirmed it works around the issue. > Thanks for suggesting it. > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 2:01 AM Henry S. Thompson wrote: > >> Henry S. Thompson via Cygwin writes: >> >> > My Name via Cygwin writes: >> > >> >> Thank you, but I find catalog already present, as a file rather than a >> >> directory; so I'll hold off unless you say mkdir is really what I >> should do: >> > >> > No, the file is correct. The following worked for me: >> > >> > > chmod a+x /etc/xml/catalog >> > > /etc/postinstall/fontconfig_dtd.sh.done >> >> Argh, apologies, typo above, should be >> >> > chmod a+w /etc/xml/catalog >> >> ht >> -- >> Henry S. Thompson, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh >> 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 >> Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@inf.ed.ac.uk >> URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/ >> [mail from me _always_ has a .sig like this -- mail without it is forged >> spam] >> >> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in >> Scotland, with registration number SC005336. >> >>