Cesar Strauss wrote: > > Claude Sylvain wrote: > >> - Just to report that "update-desktop-database" seems to not work >> correctly on Cygwin 1.7.1. > > update-desktop-database.exe seems to be affected by a bug in Cygwin's > libtool. > > See: > Libtool: Generated manifests need execute permission > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin/110870 > > When compiling update-desktop-database.exe, libtool first creates a > wrapper executable with the same name, for internal purposes. To defeat > UAC, it also creates a manifest file. Unfortunately, it fails to set the > execute bit, so the wrapper is non-functional. As a result, the libtool > wrapper ends up being installed and packaged, instead of the real program. > > For a detailed description and test case, see the post referenced above. > >> - This problem make installation to fail when doing "make install" >> on some projects; like "geda-gaf" project. > > Coincidentally, it was the very project that lead me to investigate the > issue. > >> - The workaround I used to get rid of that problem is to replace the >> call to "update-desktop-database" by something like "ls" in the >> "Makefile" created by the autotools. > > Just use ./configure --disable-update-xdg-database >
Thank you for your advice. Your workaround is far much better than mine. Claude. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
