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Re: Group execute permission regression (??): causing problem in fossil.


On Feb  6 17:54, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Jan Nijtmans writes:
> > Starting with the upgrade to Cygwin (latest: 1.7.34), fossil started to
> > behave strangely: Every file committed to a fossil repository suddenly
> > had the execute permission bit set! With 1.7.33 this didn't happen.
> > The cause of this problem was that apparently starting with Cygwin
> > 1.7.34, the group permission bit in some directories is always set, and
> > cannot be unset. For example from my checked-out fossil repository:
> 
> Most likely default permissions foisted by Windows via ACL (note that +
> character after the permission string from ls?).  Try 'setfacl -b'

...or setfacl -k for the directories only.  Don't forget the option
I implemented just because you asked for it :)


Corinna

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