Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:26:31 -0700 From: Andrew Stuart <elitetek@tekrealm.net> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: cvs/CVSROOT permissions Message-ID: <20030918202631.GA16662@freebsd.tekrealm.net> In-Reply-To: <20030918114535.GC59821@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20030918001420.GA87932@freebsd.tekrealm.net> <20030918114535.GC59821@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 at 12:45:35 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 05:14:20PM -0700, Andrew Stuart wrote: > > I know this really isnt the place for this question, but in the past > > many OT questions have been answered. > > No good deed goes unpunished. Tell me about it. > > > I am working on a local cvs repo, and everytime someone commits to > > CVSROOT for one reason or another, it removes the execute privilages > > off of the 'processing' scripts. I can go back in and chmod +x each > > file after every commit (which isnt that often) but that gets lame > > after a while, not to mention im not always around. > > > > So the question really is, does anyone know of an automagic solution > > other then a cron job to keep the scripts +x? > > For all things cvs(1), run (don't walk) to http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/ > > I believe the answer to your question is at: > > http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html#CVS_keeps_changing_file_permissions__why_does_it_do_that_ > > Cheers, > > Matthew Thanks. I have read over that, but somehow managed to overlook that specific topic. Thanks for pointing out that I need a dunce cap again. :) I even downloaded it a few days ago and converted it into pdf for reference, and still managed not to see it. I guess thats what i get for being up for 72+hrs without sleep. -Andrew -- Andrew Stuart http://www.tekrealm.net Don't knock President Fillmore. He kept us out of Vietnam.
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