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

[Eric Siegerman]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 03:20:48PM -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.

Yikes!  Ok, I stand corrected.

Of course, the people who wrote those incompatible ls's should be
<nasty punishment deleted>; "-rwxrwxrwx" format output
*absolutely* goes back to V6.

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