> Anyway, here's the trick. > Say you want to fix patch.exe to run, you make a file called > patch.exe.manifest, in the Msys /bin directory, alongside patch.exe, > then "touch patch.exe". After that, patch works fine without > permission issues (ditto install.exe and install-info.exe, and > presumably others.) > > Worked well for me - should hopefully work for everyone else too, if > they need it. > > Here's what goes in the manifest stub: > ------------- > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> > <assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" > manifestVersion="1.0"> > <v3:trustInfo xmlns:v3="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3"> > <v3:security> > <v3:requestedPrivileges> > <v3:requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker" /> > </v3:requestedPrivileges> > </v3:security> > </v3:trustInfo> > </assembly> > ------------- > > Hope that proves useful, > -- > Ian >
Thanks for that Ian, it worked a treat and I can now use FLTK 1.1.8 with no problems that I can detect as yet. I think I'll look around the MSys Forums for a suitable place to post this solution if it's not there already. Brian _______________________________________________ fltk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk
