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

[Eric Sunshine]

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 15:20:48 -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> Well, systems where ls -ld behaves differently aren't all that
> uncommon.  For instance, on some AFS installations you'll get only
> three bits of permission instead of the usual nine.  Personally, I'd
> just mark everything executable if test -x didn't work.

That would not be an especially nice solution.  For instance, I regularly  
work in enviornments where the behavior of double-clicking on a file's icon  
is in part determined by its "executable" bit.  In such environments,  
double-clicking on a file with the executable bit set results in the system  
trying to "run" the file, even if the file is not a program or script, rather  
than opening the file with an appropriate application (such as a text  
editor).  It would be rather annoying to double-click on a generated  
Makefile, for example, expecting it to be opened in a text editor, only to  
have the system try to "run" it instead.

-- ES