Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 12:05:14 -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: <199812122005.MAA11437@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <199812120237.VAA05729@dreamscape.com>
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In article <199812120237.VAA05729@dreamscape.com>,
Mark W. Krentel <krentel@dreamscape.com> wrote:
> I'm wondering about the permissions on files checked out of the CVS
> repository from Attic directories. I noticed this while updating
> my /etc files from 2.2.7 to 2.2.8. In my repository, everything
> in /home/ncvs/src/etc/Attic has mode 0444, so /usr/src/etc/daily,
> weekly, and monthly checked out as 0644. I updated /etc with these
> new versions, and thus they didn't have execute permission.
The various Makefiles under /usr/src/etc take care to install the
files with the proper permissions. Just copying the files to /etc
isn't the best way to install them. In general, it's risky to
depend on execute permissions being set properly for checked-out
sources. Both CVS and CVSup try to do the right thing. But people
often accidentally check files _in_ with the wrong permissions to
begin with. The best plan is to let the Makefiles take care of the
details for you.
> 1. First, cvs does use the mode of the ,v file to set the mode
> of the checked out file?
Yes, but sometimes the mode of the ,v file is wrong.
> 2. Should /home/ncvs/src/etc/Attic/daily have mode 0444?
I wouldn't say it _should_ have that mode. But it _does_ have that
mode in the master repository on freefall.
> Is this generally true of Attic files?
Nope, it has nothing to do with the Attic.
> Or, is my repository messed up?
Nope.
> 3. Does cvsup check and set the modes on ,v files when fetching
> the entire repository? (And thus whatever the permissions are,
> they originate from the master repository?)
Yes.
> I don't think I'm doing anything odd with my repository. I'm using
> cvsup 15.4.2 with this cvsup file:
>
> *default prefix=/home/ncvs
> *default base=/var/cvsup
> *default host=cvsup3.freebsd.org
> *default delete use-rel-suffix compress
> cvs-all release=cvs
That looks fine to me.
John
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