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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] files w/ +x in the tree
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 17:17:57
Message-Id: 200407011318.12914.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] files w/ +x in the tree by George Shapovalov
1 On Wednesday 30 June 2004 09:25 pm, George Shapovalov wrote:
2 > Except that expecting a certain file to maintain a +x is not very reliable
3 > (at least as it looks from such conversations :)), so I would agree that it
4 > should better be avoided in ebuilds, and the correct permissions (if
5 > required) should be explicitly set when necessary.
6
7 i didnt say we should rely on it ... but for the most part, it 'prevents'
8 confusing output ...
9
10 put a script in $FILESDIR and chmod +x it ... then run `dobin` on it in
11 src_install() ... take the +x off and do that again ...
12 notice the first lacks stupid warning output
13 -mike
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