From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: GnuTLS for W32 Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:18:42 +0100 Message-ID: <87hb0bqcod.fsf@wanadoo.es> References: <87ipktag2e.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87fwfxtxuz.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87aa64ubg9.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83boqkr9bp.fsf@gnu.org> <874nwcu17i.fsf@wanadoo.es> <834nwcr6un.fsf@gnu.org> <87vcosskhc.fsf@wanadoo.es> <831urgr2yr.fsf@gnu.org> <87r4zgsh2w.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87ipks3zbo.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87boqk3q69.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87aa634st8.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87fwfvsgfv.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83r4zfpcfv.fsf@gnu.org> <87y5tnqmts.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83ipkrp34o.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1325719152 6910 80.91.229.12 (4 Jan 2012 23:19:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 23:19:12 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 05 00:19:08 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ria6t-0004lj-Fw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:19:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54780 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ria6s-0000Q3-TZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:19:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44717) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ria6j-0008NN-Hb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:18:58 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ria6i-0003IU-Ft for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:18:57 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:38791) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ria6i-0003IK-Ap for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:18:56 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ria6h-0004gN-Mw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:18:55 +0100 Original-Received: from 225.red-79-147-11.dynamicip.rima-tde.net ([79.147.11.225]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:18:55 +0100 Original-Received: from ofv by 225.red-79-147-11.dynamicip.rima-tde.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:18:55 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 225.red-79-147-11.dynamicip.rima-tde.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.91 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:eo5KqrCYL5+AkNt6W2rY0vWNELU= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 80.91.229.12 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:147303 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: [snip] >> Depending on how Emacs was installed, that would require elevated >> privileges, something ELPA can not ask for, AFAIK. > > FUD. Emacs is not installed by corporate policies on Windows, so this > won't happen except in very rare cases. Have you used MS Windows Vista or Seven lately? If you install Emacs on "Program Files" Emacs itself does not have write rights to its own directory (actually, sometimes the OS can fool the app into believing that it is creating or changing files there, but in reality it is diverting the operation to somewhere else. Look for "File and Registry Virtualization" for further info). You must fidle with directory permissions (that is, shutting down a security measure) for Emacs, or the user in front of the computer, to alter its contents without escalating privileges. [snip]