Sebastien Vauban writes: > drwxr-xr-x+ 1 Seb Aucun 0 May 19 12:30 lisp : ^ :__________/
This tells you that in addition to the Cygwin permissions Windows ACL are in effect. These may partially or completely subvert the POSIX permissions. Since you've re-created the directory, these ACL are most likely inherited ACL (applied from directories further up in the hierarchy). > Would it be possible to have a more detailed reporting of the problem? For > example, I don't understand why org-install.el should be read-only, while > there was none before making autoloads... So, such a buffer has been > created... but can't be saved? Me neither and I've been using that same setup at work for months without any such problems. Only org-install.el seems to be read-only however, while org-version.el (which is created by the same method) is not, which makes this even more puzzling... But here's one other oddity in your log which may be able to explain it: > Loading vc-svn... It looks like lisp (or all of org probably) is both under SVN and Git version control... That is a Bad Idea™ and might explain why the buffer becomes read-only if org-install.el is already registered in SVN (which doesn't allow non-check-out files to be edited). So can you please remove the Git work tree completely from SVN or just install in a pristine location? > Other question: why do we have to make org-install.el? Shouldn't it be > distributed with the other files, without requiring all users to make it? Because you use the sources and have to generate all the things that need to be generated. The generated files might be included in distribution archives, Bastien and I are currently thinking about that. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Factory and User Sound Singles for Waldorf Q+, Q and microQ: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSounds