X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,BOTNET,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_NO,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE,RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <50718F79.6090101@verizon.net> Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 10:19:37 -0400 From: Charles User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120907 Thunderbird/15.0.1 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: gnome and hicolor exit code 127 for /usr/bin .vs. /bin References: <20120929193527 DOT M64303 AT ds DOT net> <5067C99F DOT 60108 AT gmail DOT com> <20120930131238 DOT M10095 AT ds DOT net> <20121001120725 DOT M34953 AT ds DOT net> <20121001142414 DOT M8007 AT ds DOT net> <20121003111101 DOT M13208 AT ds DOT net> <972EEFF84AA34684A3A02402217705B5 AT ncc1701> <50703D58 DOT 5090402 AT gmail DOT com> <50705223 DOT 4060703 AT verizon DOT net> <5070580B DOT 3070306 AT gmail DOT com> <50705C0C DOT 2030608 AT verizon DOT net> <50708DB4 DOT 2020502 AT gmail DOT com> In-reply-to: <50708DB4.2020502@gmail.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Marco On 10/6/2012 3:59 PM, marco atzeri wrote: > On 10/6/2012 6:27 PM, Charles wrote: > > Charles, > > first: do not TOP post > http://www.idallen.com/topposting.html > > it is really annoying. > >> Marco, >> >> I'm not trying to hijack the thread, Please read Brian's October 5, 2012 >> message. Half way through he raises the corrupt perl man pages issue - >> only it occured at the GA Tech site. > > if you prefer, you drifted to an unrelated issue: > "corrupt perl man" has no relevance with > "gnome and hicolor exit code 127" > > in the first case the package file is damaged, in the second case > the setup post-installation script is not working as expected. > >> >> In my original message I requested that it be redirected or that someone >> tell me the proper procedure. >> >> I wasn't sure it there may have been a problem that went beyond VA >> Tech's site. >> >> Also, I checked the Cygwin "Reporting Problems" web site and found no >> mention about contacting mirror site maintainers. Rather the >> instructions state "If you can't determine if you've discovered a bug . >> . . send a detailed description . . . to the appropriate mailoing list." >> >> Perhaps the "Reporting Problems" needs to be more clear on this. >> >> Charlie > > More or less this should belong to the Internet FAQ. > > Mirror (for most software) are provided by third party not related > to original developers. They usually mirrors a lot of different > software and the content is not controlled by the original site. > > On the page > http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/ > > you will find their contact information, and also the note : > "We have begun mirroring the Cygwin Project" > > So it is likely they have some initial glitch. > > > Regards > Marco > First - thank you for the bringing the netiquette breach to my attention. Second - I thought that Brian Wilson raised the corrupted perl_manpages because there was a possibility that those corrupted pages were somehow relevant to "gnome and hicolor exit code 127". I therefore inartfully "reposted" my October 1 message concerning the Virginia Tech mirror that had the same corrupted perl_manpages problem earlier in the week. I had absolutely no idea whether "gnome and hicolor" and "corrupted perl_manpages" were related, but just wanted to point out the VA problem just in case they are. Third - I obviously did not search the correct Virginia Tech site. I found the Computer Science Dept. site, but not the mirror site. Thank you for your patience and lessons. Regards, Charlie -- 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