From: fujieda AT jaist DOT ac DOT jp (Kazuhiro Fujieda)
Subject: handling file attributes
16 Oct 1998 02:02:21 -0700
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In the latest snapshot, there are two problems about handling
file attributes.

one:
fhandler_disk_file::open desn't check the magic number '#!' on NT.
fhandler.cc:1075
  if (!real_path.exec_p && os_being_run != winNT)

When NTEA is enabled, this causes no problem by doing chmod +x.
But when NTEA is disabled by default, I can't execute shell
scripts having the same name as .exe files in another path.
I think it should always check the magic number or not check
only when NTEA is enabled.

two:
stat() system call about a symlink always returns st_mode having
S_IFLINK bit. This bug is caused by the constructor of path_conv
class. Whenever the src path is a symlink, It set symlink_p to
true regardless of the follow_mode.
The following patch works fine.

--- path.cc-	Fri Oct 16 17:00:47 1998
+++ path.cc	Fri Oct 16 17:01:48 1998
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@
 	    {
 	      if (component == 0)
 		{
-		  symlink_p = 1;	// last component of path was a symlink.
 		  if (!follow_mode)
 		    {
+		      symlink_p = 1;	// last component of path was a symlink.
 		      fileattr = attr;
 		      return;
 		    }

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  | AIST      Kazuhiro Fujieda <fujieda AT jaist DOT ac DOT jp>
  | HOKURIKU  School of Information Science
o_/ 1990      Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology