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Re: cl.exe compiles libraries with blank permissions




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.
> 
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> 

Thanks Larry, that explains the copying issue.  I'm not sure what causes the
POSIX permissions to be removed by the compiler though.

For now I've solved my problem by starting with fresh source files which
only have POSIX permissions.

Thanks again,

Ian
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