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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] expert needed: arch doesn't support multi-committer


From: Andrew Suffield
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] expert needed: arch doesn't support multi-committer archives!
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 11:01:03 +0100
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On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 02:18:10AM -0700, Jonathan Walther wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 10:08:54AM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> >>> So how can we tell arch about these policies?
> >>
> >>well either a =meta-info/=umask file, or it can stat the top level
> >>directory (say the cat--branch--version directory).  and set a umask
> >>to match the permissions it has set.
> >
> >Setting the umask is what your login scripts are for.
> 
> Some people use their user accounts for more than just arch.  Setting up
> login scripts that hog-tie you to a umask that you ONLY want for your
> archive, but not for regular usage, is not acceptable.

Then learn how write a login script that doesn't do anything that stupid.

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