Gentoo Archives: gentoo-alt

From: Al <oss.elmar@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-alt] Prefix/Cygwin: manifests
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:16:11
Message-Id: AANLkTi=_OcGiZL7B=7E8wCBMnog3MW37=Qi2d1KvuXD5@mail.gmail.com
1 I want to file in a few postings now. They are mainly targeted for the
2 archives, but also to communicate knowlege on Cygwin. Sure your
3 annotations are welcome.
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5 On newer windows systems there is a special form user account control
6 (UAC). Some exectables like install.exe or patch.exe need special
7 permissions in form of manifests placed into their directory. You can
8 copy them from Cygwins /usr/bin directory. The example of
9 install.exe.manifest is given below.
10
11 Al
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14 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
15 <assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
16 <assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0"
17 processorArchitecture="X86"
18 name="Cygwin.coreutils.install"
19 type="win32"/>
20 <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
21 <security>
22 <requestedPrivileges>
23 <requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker" uiAccess="false"/>
24 </requestedPrivileges>
25 </security>
26 </trustInfo>
27 </assembly>