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Re: wrong permissions on {java,csharp}{comp,exec}.sh


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: wrong permissions on {java,csharp}{comp,exec}.sh
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:26:13 +0100
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Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Is the attached patch okay?  It is needed to make sure the files are 
> created as executable.

You cannot assume that "chmod +x" works. There are situations where it
doesn't, such as:
  - VFAT filesystems under MacOS X,
  - some configurations of permissions on Windows XP disks (too complicated
    to explain - but it happens even to normal users).

Therefore it's more reliable if you invoke the scripts always with /bin/sh
in your Makefiles:

  /bin/sh javaexec.sh ...

And then there is no point in doing "chmod +x".

Bruno




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