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arnuld

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From: INDIA

Registered: 2005-12-19

Posts: 220

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warning: directory permissions differ

I update Arch almosty daily (64 bit installation) and few days back I got this error on pacman -Syu. Now I get this error everytime I update:

(1/5) upgrading bash                                                                                           [##################################################################] 100%
warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/share/man/
filesystem: 775  package: 755
warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/share/man/man1/
filesystem: 775  package: 755
(2/5) upgrading curl                                                                                           [##################################################################] 100%
warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/share/man/
filesystem: 775  package: 755
warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/share/man/man1/
filesystem: 775  package: 755

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WorMzy

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From: Scotland

Registered: 2010-06-16

Posts: 13,547

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Re: warning: directory permissions differ

You're not getting an error.

If you want to stop getting the warning, fix the permissions on those two directories.

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x33a

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 4,587

Re: warning: directory permissions differ

But the question is did you change the permissions yourself?