Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 09:29:06 +0300
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
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	Str|mberg on Sat, 9 Jun 2001 03:03:53 +0200 (MEST))
Subject: Re: .files on servers are perceived as readonly
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> From: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
> Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 03:03:53 +0200 (MEST)
> 
>       /* File size. */
>       statbuf->st_size = ff_blk.ff_fsize;
> 
>       /* Mode bits. */
>       statbuf->st_mode |= READ_ACCESS;
>       if ( !(ff_blk.ff_attrib & 0x07) )  /* no R, H or S bits set */
>         statbuf->st_mode |= WRITE_ACCESS;
> 
>       /* Sometimes `_truename' doesn't return X:/FOO for character
>          devices.  However, FindFirst returns attribute 40h for them. */
>       if (ff_blk.ff_attrib == 0x40)
> 
> 
> I don't think HIDDEN or SYSTEM attibutes should be mapped to readonly.

It was like that since DJGPP v2.0 at least, maybe before that.  We've
got to have a very good reason to change that now.

Why do you think these attributes shouldn't be mapped to readonly?

Also, how come .cvsignore got the hidden and system attribute bits
set?  They aren't on my box where I use CVS to sync with the DJGPP
tree.  (Does "ls -lg" indeed show these two attributes?)