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authorobache <obache@pkgsrc.org>2013-03-08 12:08:08 +0000
committerobache <obache@pkgsrc.org>2013-03-08 12:08:08 +0000
commit9cbf5d39fa6295c71060cdf58929077b3d5ae021 (patch)
treec258c7f739f149303debf7a1fe5c139327ad2be9
parent84589c95cf8fe61cfb063aeee7c6627c1debd656 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-9cbf5d39fa6295c71060cdf58929077b3d5ae021.tar.gz
Note su(1) issue for Cygwin.
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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">