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Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 15:20:15 -0700
From: Jos Backus <jos AT catnook DOT com>
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Subject: Re: 1.3.22 -> 1.5.10: chmod behavior change
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On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 05:32:28PM -0400, Pierre A dot  Humblet wrote:
> I think I see what the problem is.  Is it correct that you do not have
> permission to change the permissions on that drive (even in the File
> Properties box)?

I'm not sure what you mean. When I open the Properties of file x, I can change
its attributes (Read-only in this case) without problems, and Cygwin's ls
reflects those changes properly. It's just chmod that doesn't work.

> There is no need to have such permission to make the file
> readonly, but 1.5.10 doesn't take that case into account.

This sounds like a 1.5.10 regression, no? I actually saw the opposite problem
first: files that are -r--r--r-- I cannot chmod +w, whereas I can change them
using the Properties dialog.

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