From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-lj1-x233.google.com (mail-lj1-x233.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::233]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 148D33851C09 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2020 13:07:22 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 148D33851C09 Received: by mail-lj1-x233.google.com with SMTP id s1so23375089ljo.0 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2020 06:07:22 -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=wchI8udtTSQdkdWDiZwa1JuH87PAVpAm7zzGVYfUK64=; b=E0Q5UJKMIwpxxaxiPoNVTGm9Q2b/iF2OjukD5ySAddEfekzdV0jOki849b2basZHT6 t51c67Q592rUjdz4tI3jW9PdJghUMzN02yfmbKO0fU2Sz9RaWW9L/vOYmfGhPZc1Vl0c rEDTe7yIFeSaKPl2aMgDAl2VVJFRHfJtq+BFK7nLXNdlKutphFZbTILiZzHma7w0O1CE A2pwQqvsvUgdNDdX0Zfa3n9qMJVramfbIlAeMQmgIXSZSyEKSaGwvZRQxMM1PtzSglQ+ d6B4q7ct0wmBsYUE4iPwoiiw++/KkSKTHfHwkVbXIjGfOnppC7d5m5gKkxBoOfda/xxZ +0nA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5300rwmMr7KOjJ0S7XnqSHri6lE0+KKxgQwKGSRNQ6ZKlI7o0hez 8JbNmjjgi9wux+Ye5dypGFf621G032j05LdqdHySllmr X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzR/1afARTxPE2oijokk2dNns1Y01hpwj2CqpkLR5aq4jgWmj1PsDmP1vLPsk6ITAVd2EbgFqUlwxU86SUl9mY= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:3111:: with SMTP id x17mr10596192ljx.33.1592917640809; Tue, 23 Jun 2020 06:07:20 -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 06:07:09 -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=-1.4 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 13:07:24 -0000 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. > >