X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4A5620C0.1040904@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:54:24 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: cl.exe compiles libraries with blank permissions References: <24389503.post@talk.nabble.com> <24390348.post@talk.nabble.com> <4A54D7A5.2090609@cygwin.com> <24413324.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <24413324.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com icc97 wrote: > > > Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> icc97 wrote: >>> Further research shows that the issue is that the file is first created >>> with >>> additional windows permissions i.e. doing ls -lrt on the file gives: >>> >>> ----------+ 1 myname Domain Users 14436 Jul 8 13:00 >>> mylib.lib >>> >>> The '+' indicating additional permissions. >>> >>> The file is then copied to a separate directory and the additional >>> permissions are lost, so now doing an ls -lrt gives: >>> ---------- 1 myname Domain Users 14436 Jul 8 13:04 mylib.lib >>> >>> The '+' is gone. So does anyone know why the file permissions get >>> removed >>> when the file is copied? >> I suspect you're using 'cp' which by default only respects POSIX >> permissions. Use the '--preserve=all' switch in this case. > > Thanks Larry, that explains the copying issue. I'm not sure what causes the > POSIX permissions to be removed by the compiler though. While it is a bit strange that a non-Cygwin program would create files with permissions that are completely untranslatable into some kind of POSIX permissions, it is possible. Non-Cygwin programs, of course, don't have to worry about supporting POSIX permission guidelines. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple