Re: 0.9.4 problem with make install

[Ian Campbell <ijc25 cam ac uk>]

Hmm, the permissions are fine when I do it..

what's your umask set to? (type umask..) perhaps your distro has a more locked
down default for root?

mine is 22, change it with "umask 22"



On Wed, 06 Sep 2000 10:20:33 Pablo Lopez Cienfuegos wrote:
> 	Hi all:
> 
> 	In balsa 0.9.4, I've made configure && make && make install as root,
> and my umask is 077, so I get the following install dirs:
> 
> <CUT&PASTE>
> $ ~/> dir /usr/share/pixmaps/ /usr/share/gnome/help/ | grep balsa
> drwx------   3 root     root         1024 Sep  6 10:54 balsa/
> drwx------   2 root     root         1024 Sep  6 10:54 balsa/
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root         3222 Sep  6 10:54 gnome-balsa2.png
> $ ~/> 
> </CUT&PASTE>
> 
> 	If I start balsa as a regular user (not root), I get the following:
> 
> <CUT&PASTE>
> $ ~/> LANG= balsa
> *** Could not load config file .balsarc!
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot find expected file "balsa/balsa-logo.png" (spliced
> with "pixmaps") with no extra prefixes
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot find expected file "balsa/balsa-watermark.png"
> (spliced with "pixmaps") with no extra prefixes
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot find expected file "balsa/balsa-logo.png" (spliced
> with "pixmaps") with no extra prefixes
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot find expected file "balsa/balsa-watermark.png"
> (spliced with "pixmaps") with no extra prefixes
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot find expected file "balsa/balsa-logo.png" (spliced
> with "pixmaps") with no extra prefixes
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot find expected file "balsa/balsa-watermark.png"
> (spliced with "pixmaps") with no extra prefixes
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot find expected file "balsa/balsa-logo.png" (spliced
> with "pixmaps") with no extra prefixes
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot find expected file "balsa/balsa-watermark.png"
> (spliced with "pixmaps") with no extra prefixes
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot find expected file "balsa/balsa_icon.png" (spliced
> with "pixmaps") with no extra prefixes
> 
> GnomeUI-WARNING **: Could not open help topics file NULL
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot find expected file "balsa/balsa_icon.png" (spliced
> with "pixmaps") with no extra prefixes
> </CUT&PASTE>
> 
> and when i finish the druid that configures .balsarc, balsa hangs and I
> have to Ctrl+C it. Then I restart balsa, open a mailbox, click on a
> message, and balsa segfaults "due to a fatal error", with the following
> messages in stderr:
> 
> <CUT&PASTE>
> $ ~/> LANG= balsa
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot find expected file "balsa/balsa_icon.png" (spliced
> with "pixmaps") with no extra prefixes
> 
> GnomeUI-WARNING **: Could not open help topics file NULL
> 
> ** WARNING **: Cannot find expected file "balsa/balsa_icon.png" (spliced
> with "pixmaps") with no extra prefixes
> $ ~/> 
> </CUT&PASTE>
> 
> 	I know that "patches are welcome", but I don't know how to make one.
If
> you change "mkdir "$pathcomp" || lasterr=$?" for "mkdir -m 755
> "$pathcomp" || lasterr=$?" in ./mkinstalldirs, you fix the problem with
> the messages in stderr, and balsa stops segfaulting when you click on a
> message. It still hangs after the druid to configure .balsarc.
> 
> 	Greetings.
> 
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