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Note su(1) issue for Cygwin.

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<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.80 2013/03/02 14:16:04 obache Exp $ -->
<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.81 2013/03/08 12:08:08 obache Exp $ -->
<chapter id="platforms">
<title>Using pkgsrc on systems other than &os;</title>
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because it will be required to use libtool.
If it is not installed (or too old), Fortran compiler will be
installed with pkgsrc automatically.</para>
<para>As noted in
<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.su">Cygwin FAQ: `Why doesn't su work?'</ulink>,
su(1) command has been in Cygwin distribution, but it has never worked.
Unless you bootstrap pkgsrc with the --unprivileged option, workaround is:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Right click "Cygwin Terminal" in your Start Menu,
then pick "Run as administrator".</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="darwin">