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| author | obache <obache@pkgsrc.org> | 2013-03-08 12:08:08 +0000 |
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| committer | obache <obache@pkgsrc.org> | 2013-03-08 12:08:08 +0000 |
| commit | 9cbf5d39fa6295c71060cdf58929077b3d5ae021 (patch) | |
| tree | c258c7f739f149303debf7a1fe5c139327ad2be9 | |
| parent | 84589c95cf8fe61cfb063aeee7c6627c1debd656 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-9cbf5d39fa6295c71060cdf58929077b3d5ae021.tar.gz | |
Note su(1) issue for Cygwin.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide/files/platforms.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml b/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml index 90b06b9e434..bcc6e6545d9 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.80 2013/03/02 14:16:04 obache Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.81 2013/03/08 12:08:08 obache Exp $ --> <chapter id="platforms"> <title>Using pkgsrc on systems other than &os;</title> @@ -81,6 +81,18 @@ because it will be required to use libtool. If it is not installed (or too old), Fortran compiler will be installed with pkgsrc automatically.</para> + + <para>As noted in + <ulink url="http://cygwin.com/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.su">Cygwin FAQ: `Why doesn't su work?'</ulink>, + su(1) command has been in Cygwin distribution, but it has never worked. + Unless you bootstrap pkgsrc with the --unprivileged option, workaround is: + </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Right click "Cygwin Terminal" in your Start Menu, + then pick "Run as administrator".</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> </sect2> <sect2 id="darwin"> |