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Re: setup release candidate - please test


Greetings, Jon Turney!

> On 08/05/2017 17:27, Brian Inglis wrote:
>>
>> wget download no longer sets x bits and won't run from Explorer,
>> cygstart, or bash:

> No longer?  I don't think wget ever did this.

>> $ cygstart ./setup-2.878.x86_64
>> Unable to start 'setup-2.878.x86_64.exe': The operating system denied access to the specified file.
>> $ cygstart ./setup-2.878.x86_64.exe
>> Unable to start 'setup-2.878.x86_64.exe': The operating system denied access to the specified file.
>> $ ./setup-2.878.x86_64
>> -bash: ./setup-2.878.x86_64: Permission denied
>> $ ./setup-2.878.x86_64.exe
>> -bash: ./setup-2.878.x86_64.exe: Permission denied
>>
>> - requires chmod +x to run.

It never did by itself, but if you download to a location with
windows-controlled ACL, the executable bit will be set by OS.


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 20:52:27

Sorry for my terrible english...


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