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Date:      Tue, 15 Dec 1998 09:38:11 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        krentel@dreamscape.com
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: file modes in CVS repository
Message-ID:  <199812151738.JAA16465@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <199812130249.VAA10945@dreamscape.com>

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In article <199812130249.VAA10945@dreamscape.com>,
Mark W. Krentel <krentel@dreamscape.com> wrote:
> 
> So, is that the policy in the repository that none of the ,v files
> need special permission because something else will set them before
> they're used?

The policy, if there is one, is two-fold.  Committers should take
care to set the permissions right before they first import a script.
Makefiles must be written to ensure that things will still work if
the permissions are wrong in the repository.

John
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  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."
                                                            -- H. L. Mencken

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