Re: [patch] Keep executability of config.status-ed files

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Akim Demaille wrote:

>
>  >> How about cp FILE.in FILE and then perform the transformation from
>  >> FILE.in's contents to (>) FILE?
>
>  > Good idea, but it will fail if FILE.in is read-only.
>
> chmod +w :)

Which will fail if the current user does not have the right to update
the file (e.g. owned by another user ID).  This may seem unusual, but
it can be expected for a read-only source tree, or if the source tree
is extracted by another user.

Bob
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