
I noticed that in boost cvs files seem to have random modes. Many sources show up as executable when checked out of cvs onto my Linux box. Hopefully this will be fixed before release.

Neal Becker writes:
I noticed that in boost cvs files seem to have random modes. Many sources show up as executable when checked out of cvs onto my Linux box. Hopefully this will be fixed before release.
Could our CVS experts comment on why this is happening/what would be the right way to fix it? TIA, -- Aleksey Gurtovoy MetaCommunications Engineering

On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 06:25:44AM -0500, Aleksey Gurtovoy wrote:
Neal Becker writes:
I noticed that in boost cvs files seem to have random modes. Many sources show up as executable when checked out of cvs onto my Linux box. Hopefully this will be fixed before release.
Could our CVS experts comment on why this is happening/what would be the right way to fix it?
CVS modes are set when the file is first checked in, and can't be changed (except by manually fiddling with the repository, which SF staff have to do for you) If they're saved from windows to a UNIX drive, or committed from windows there's a good chance they'll have executable bits set (I regularly go through the repository where I work and remove all the 'x' bits from source files, caused by developers working on windows and saving to our UNIX development boxes over samba). This might be the cause of the 'x' bits on Boost files too. jon -- I eat my peas with honey, I've done it all my life It makes them taste quite funny, but it keeps them on the knife - The Orb

At Wednesday 2004-10-13 04:25, you wrote:
Neal Becker writes:
I noticed that in boost cvs files seem to have random modes. Many sources show up as executable when checked out of cvs onto my Linux box. Hopefully this will be fixed before release.
Could our CVS experts comment on why this is happening/what would be the right way to fix it?
it _could_ be a problem with the client Neal is using.
TIA, -- Aleksey Gurtovoy MetaCommunications Engineering
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