On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm just trying to install dictd-1.9.7 on my machine (with Win2000). The > package is already compiled, but the install process stops with the > following error messages: > > /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin/install: cannot change ownership of > `/usr/local/bin/dict.exe': Invalid argument > /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin/install: cannot change ownership of > `/usr/local/man/man1/dict.1': Invalid argument > > What is wrong, what shall I do? > Br, > Janos
Well, this doesn't give us much to go on, does it? It's probably just install trying to 'chown root' (in which case you should be able to ignore this message), or there's a problem with your /etc/passwd. What is "the install process"? Is it a shell script, or an "install" rule in a Makefile? Could you "set -x" in the shell to find out what the exact failing command is (or run "make -n", if it's a Makefile)? Also, please follow the general guidelines for reporting Cygwin problems outlined in <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>, in particular, the one about attaching the output of "cygcheck -svr" (as an uncompressed text *attachment*), so that we are aware of your Cygwin environment and components. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- 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/
