Re: [Bug-zile] Zile always changes file's mode on saving?

[J.B. Nicholson-Owens]

[Thanks for the copy, but I'm on the bug-zile mailing list so I'll see 
the responses there.]

Reuben Thomas wrote:
> Me too. I can't reproduce this problem: when I edit and save a file, it 
> retains the permissions it had before editing, regardless of what those 
> permissions are.
>
> (Backup settings don't matter, as if backups are configured, the 
> original file is copied, not moved, so it doesn't affect what happens 
> when the new version is written.)
>
> What version of Zile are you running? Is it patched? (If it's supplied 
> by Fedora, you should file a bug in their bug tracking system rather 
> than contacting the Zile maintainers directly.)

I'm running:

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$ zile --version
Zile 2.2.19
$ rpm -qi zile
Name        : zile                         Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 2.2.19                            Vendor: Fedora Project
Release     : 3.fc9                         Build Date: Tue 19 Feb 2008 
05:52:01 PM CST
Install Date: Fri 15 Aug 2008 03:34:08 AM CDT      Build Host: 
xenbuilder1.fedora.redhat.com
Group       : Applications/Editors          Source RPM: 
zile-2.2.19-3.fc9.src.rpm
Size        : 251194                           License: GPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Sun 13 Apr 2008 08:07:29 AM CDT, Key ID 
b44269d04f2a6fd2
Packager    : Fedora Project
URL         : http://zile.sourceforge.net/
Summary     : Zile Is Lossy Emacs
Description :
Zile is a small Emacs clone. Zile is a customizable, self-documenting
real-time open-source display editor. Zile was written to be as
similar as possible to Emacs; every Emacs user should feel at home.
$ rpm --verify --verbose zile
........    /usr/bin/zile
........    /usr/share/doc/zile-2.2.19
........  d /usr/share/doc/zile-2.2.19/AUTHORS
........  d /usr/share/doc/zile-2.2.19/COPYING
........  d /usr/share/doc/zile-2.2.19/ChangeLog
........  d /usr/share/doc/zile-2.2.19/INSTALL
........  d /usr/share/doc/zile-2.2.19/NEWS
........  d /usr/share/doc/zile-2.2.19/README
........  d /usr/share/doc/zile-2.2.19/THANKS
........  d /usr/share/info/zile.info.gz
........  d /usr/share/man/man1/zile.1.gz
........    /usr/share/zile
........    /usr/share/zile/AUTODOC
........    /usr/share/zile/FAQ
........    /usr/share/zile/HELP
........    /usr/share/zile/TUTORIAL
........    /usr/share/zile/dotzile.sample
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and I don't know if it is patched.  From what I read in the RPM manual, 
the string of periods indicates all tests passed.  And since the package 
it signed with Fedora's key I have some reason to believe that I'm 
working with the zile software they distributed.

I'll post to the Fedora bugtracker to see about this issue.

> The only other thing I can think of that might affect things is the file 
> system you're using, if it's buggy.

EXT3 is all I can point to at the moment.

> The way that Zile writes a file when it is saved is to open it calling 
> "creat" (or rather, calling open with the access modes O_CREAT | 
> O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, which is the same thing) with mode set to 0666. The 
> mode is only used if the file does not already exist, so it shouldn't 
> matter in this case.

When I use zile to edit a file that didn't exist, the file comes out 
mode 644, not 666:

$ ls -l foobar
ls: cannot access foobar: No such file or directory
$ zile foobar
[I put some stuff in the file.]
$ cat foobar
hi there
$ ls -l foobar
-rw-r--r-- 1 jbn jbn 9 2009-01-31 21:34 foobar

So that seems odd to me as well.