install -d sometimes fails

2004-06-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Some makefiles (like the one from gtk-gnutella-0.93.4 gtk-gnutella.sf.net) cause messages like these when i run make install as non-root: /usr/bin/install -d /usr/local/share /usr/bin/install: cannot change permissions of `/usr/local/share': Operation not permitted make[2]: ***

Re: seq: if FIRST is smaller than LAST

2004-06-14 Thread Andreas Schwab
Karl Eichwalder [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Reading the --help text of 'seq' (5.1.3 from alpha) This is very old. Latest release is 5.2.1. I'm inclined to assume seq 3 1 and seq 3 -1 1 should result in the same output: 3 2 1 But 'seq 3 1' does not produce any

Re: seq: if FIRST is smaller than LAST

2004-06-14 Thread Jim Meyering
Karl Eichwalder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reading the --help text of 'seq' (5.1.3 from alpha) I'm inclined to assume seq 3 1 and seq 3 -1 1 should result in the same output: 3 2 1 But 'seq 3 1' does not produce any output. The --help text: INCREMENT is

Re: install -d sometimes fails

2004-06-14 Thread Bob Proulx
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some makefiles (like the one from gtk-gnutella-0.93.4 gtk-gnutella.sf.net) cause messages like these when i run make install as non-root: /usr/bin/install -d /usr/local/share /usr/bin/install: cannot change permissions of `/usr/local/share': Operation not

Re: install -d sometimes fails

2004-06-14 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
The problem is that the default permissions for install are 'rwxr-xr-x' and the directory is currently 'drwxrwsr-x' therefore the program is attempting to make the change to make the directory not group writable. Hmph, didn't think of that... Cute. Can't install just ignore changing