Re: new snapshot available: coreutils-8.23.237-eff51

[Benno Schulenberg]

On 2015-07-01 20:47, Jim Meyering wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Benno Schulenberg
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> [...]
>> rm: remove write-protected regular file `coreutils-8.23.245-8bf2af/THANKS'? y
>> rm: remove write-protected regular file 
>> `coreutils-8.23.245-8bf2af/m4/cu-progs.m4'? y
>>
>> It would be nicer if these files were not read-only in the tarball.
> 
> They are read-only to indicate that they are generated.

The files configure, po/coreutils.pot, po/LINGUAS are generated too;
they are not read-only.  And once I run ./configure, the Makefiles
are not read-only either...  So, the logic of 'read-only' meaning
'generated' is deficient.

> You can remove them without interaction by adding rm's -f option.

I know.  I just feel uneasy about that -- if I type something wrong,
there are no questions asked any more...

Is there a way to tell tar to add write bits to all the files it
unpacks?  I unpacked the tarball: *of course* I have write access
to all those files.

Benno