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Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 14:34:56 -0400
From: Ken Brown <kbrown AT cornell DOT edu>
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On 5/13/2009 2:25 PM, Marc Girod wrote:
> 
> Ken Brown-6 wrote:
>> Then go to /etc/postinstall and run the postinstall scripts emacs.sh and 
>> emacs-X11.sh.  (This is for the alternatives setup.)
>>
> Two more requirements:
> - desktop-file-utils
> - shared-mime-info

You don't really need these.

> ./emacs.sh: line 9: /usr/bin/update-desktop-database: Permission denied
> ./emacs.sh: line 10: /usr/bin/update-mime-database: Permission denied
> postinstall> ll /usr/bin/update-desktop-database.exe
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 emagiro root 33792 Nov 12  2004
> /usr/bin/update-desktop-database.exe
> postinstall> ll emacs.sh
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 emagiro EEI-ATusers 241 Apr 23 15:24 emacs.sh
> postinstall> ll /usr/bin/update-mime-database.exe
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 emagiro root 31744 May  3  2006
> /usr/bin/update-mime-database.exe

The lines in the postinstall scripts involving desktop-database and 
mime-database were added by cygport, not by me.  The errors are harmless 
and can be ignored.  If/when this becomes a regular package installed by 
setup.exe, you won't even see the error messages except perhaps in some 
log file.

Ken

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