RE: Missing commands/incorrect behaviour after update

2002-11-12 Thread Eriksson, Michael
Randall > >Well, 0666 does not seem like a good idea, since it gives > everyone the > >right to change the files. Of course the main use of umask > is to restrict > >access from group and other. > > It's a very good idea and has been "the right way" (or, to use a > now-archaic phrase, "The Uni

RE: Missing commands/incorrect behaviour after update

2002-11-12 Thread Randall R Schulz
Michael, At 09:52 2002-11-12, Eriksson, Michael wrote: Randall > > Perhaps the package search page would benefit from a hint about appending > ".exe" when looking for command names that are (expected to be) binary > executables? Of course, doing so would prevent seeing scripts and symlinks. Tha

RE: Missing commands/incorrect behaviour after update

2002-11-12 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Randall R Schulz wrote: > Michael, > > At 05:28 2002-11-12, Eriksson, Michael wrote: > >Max, > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > Re install the relevant packages. > > > http://cygwin.com/packages/ if you don't > > > know which the relvant packages are. > > > >I have lo

RE: Missing commands/incorrect behaviour after update

2002-11-12 Thread Randall R Schulz
Michael, At 05:28 2002-11-12, Eriksson, Michael wrote: Max, > > Hi, > > > > ... > > Re install the relevant packages. > http://cygwin.com/packages/ if you don't > know which the relvant packages are. I have looked there already, but it is not obvious to me what packages would be relevant. (Neit

RE: Missing commands/incorrect behaviour after update

2002-11-12 Thread Eriksson, Michael
Max, > > Hi, > > > > after updating my cygwin installation on Friday (with repeated > > re-updates on Monday) I have several problems. > > > > 1) Several commands (at least cat and fold) are missing, even if the > > man pages are still there. Both the download and installations where > > (eventuall

Re: Missing commands/incorrect behaviour after update

2002-11-12 Thread Max Bowsher
Eriksson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > after updating my cygwin installation on Friday (with repeated > re-updates on Monday) I have several problems. > > 1) Several commands (at least cat and fold) are missing, even if the > man pages are still there. Both the download and install

Missing commands/incorrect behaviour after update

2002-11-12 Thread Eriksson, Michael
Hi, after updating my cygwin installation on Friday (with repeated re-updates on Monday) I have several problems. 1) Several commands (at least cat and fold) are missing, even if the man pages are still there. Both the download and installations where (eventually) made with everything available t