Re: [Mingw-users] MSYS: Error 126 running "make install"

[Cesar S. <ces...@gm...>]

Sisyphus wrote:
> Hi,
> On Windows Vista 64,  MSYS-1.0.11 (making use of Cesar Strauss's patched 
> versions of
> msys-1.0.dll, mount.exe and ps.exe), running "make install"
> (for whichever library I've just built) fails. Here's how trying to install
> GMP-4.2.2 (release candidate) finishes up. I get essentially the same for
> other libraries, too:

[...]

>  /bin/install -c -m 644 './gmp.info' '/usr/local/info/gmp.info'
> /bin/sh: /bin/install: Permission denied


Hi, Sisyphus

Please take a look to the following bug report:

[ 1711379 ] /bin/install and /bin/install-info fail on Vista

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1711379&group_id=2435&atid=102435

  Vista uses heuristics based, amongst other things, on the executable
  name to detect install programs. Having "install" in the names of
  these executables causes Vista to think they need Administrative
  privileges to run, and so results in a "Permission denied" error when
  they are called without Administrative privileges.

  This can be fixed by including the attached install.exe.manifest and
  install-info.exe.manifest in the /bin/ directory. These files override
  Vista's heuristics and tell it that the corresponding executables
  actually don't need Administrative privileges.

Please try downloading the files found at the bottom of that page and
place them in the /bin directory.

I'm preparing a new coreutils snapshot that will include these files.

Regards,
Cesar