Date:	Wed, 26 Apr 2000 22:07:24 +0500
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From:	Prashant TR <prashant_tr AT yahoo DOT com>
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	Zaretskii on Wed, 26 Apr 2000 07:04:00 -0400 (EDT))
Subject:	Re: Sh-utils 2.0g uploaded
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> Is chmod run *before* or *after* copying su into the destination
> directory?
> 
> If it's run before the copy, it _should_ work, since you should have
> both su and su.exe.

After, and that's why I get this problem.

> An alternative would be to change the rule in the Makefile to use the
> ..exe extension explicitly.  AFAIK, the case you are describing is the
> only one when this is an issue, so it might as well have a specific,
> rather than general, solution.

Fixing this wasn't really much of a problem. Presently, I can't think of
another case where there exists such problems. But I thought it might be
logical for chown to do that (just in the same manner as how ginstall only
copies the exe). Maybe its worth looking into it if more problems like this
come up.

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