X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=scripts%2Fcore%2Ffunctions.sh;h=189dac016546307e7e665e05f816285e4389cbf9;hb=e8675a3b3139f59bea4efc73022690847deecdc9;hp=5346e8a2684aa8760036a5385d413c134c04aa9a;hpb=405a4600e7efc38ca04306f86dbda95ae592ce1d;p=feisty_meow.git

diff --git a/scripts/core/functions.sh b/scripts/core/functions.sh
index 5346e8a2..189dac01 100644
--- a/scripts/core/functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/functions.sh
@@ -478,15 +478,22 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
     fi
 
     # prevent permission foul-ups.
-    chown -R "$(logname):$(logname)" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK"/* "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE"/*
+#hmmm: save error output here instead of muting it.
+#hmmm: better yet actually, just don't complain on freaking cygwin, since that's where this happens
+    chown -R "$(logname):$(logname)" \
+        "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK"/* "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE"/* 2>/dev/null
+    test_or_continue "chowning to $(logname) didn't happen."
 
     regenerate >/dev/null
     pushd "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom" &>/dev/null
     incongruous_files="$(bash "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/list_non_dupes.sh" "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom")"
 
-    local fail_message="\nare the perl dependencies installed?  if you're on ubuntu or debian, try this:\n
-    $(grep "apt.*perl" $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/readme.txt)\n"
-    
+    local fail_message="\n
+are the perl dependencies installed?  if you're on ubuntu or debian, try this:\n
+    $(grep "apt-get.*perl" $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/readme.txt)\n
+or if you're on cygwin, then try this (if apt-cyg is available):\n
+    $(grep "apt-cyg.*perl" $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/readme.txt)\n";
+
     #echo "the incongruous files list is: $incongruous_files"
     # disallow a single character result, since we get "*" as result when nothing exists yet.
     if [ ${#incongruous_files} -ge 2 ]; then
@@ -510,7 +517,9 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
     regenerate
 
     # prevent permission foul-ups, again.
-    chown -R "$(logname):$(logname)" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK" "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE"
+    chown -R "$(logname):$(logname)" \
+        "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK" "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE" 2>/dev/null
+    test_or_continue "chowning to $(logname) didn't happen."
 
     restore_terminal_title
   }