On 12/24/2014 5:43 PM, David Macek wrote: > On 22. 12. 2014 19:02, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> I've run into an issue with the msys2 version of bzr. It appears to be >> changing the execute bit on certain scripts in the kicad source repo. > >> When I run bzr revert and check the status branch with the native >> version of bzr, it appears that the changes are indeed reverted. >> However, when I run the msys2 version of bzr status, I get the message >> above and the native version of bzr status confirms that the execute >> bits have been modified. Should I file a bug report? Has anyone else >> seen this? > > I see similar problems with MSYS2 git vs. MsysGit. I don't think Cygwin/MSYS2 > is very focused on preserving execute bits (or any other POSIX permissions, > to be honest), they just don't map well to NTFS ACLs. > > I suggest looking for a configuration option that would direct bzr to ignore > permissions or switching to native bzr for the time being. Having a mingw > (i.e. native) bzr package would help, but that needs some work and is not > much of a priority (see https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/issues/271). >
I didn't find a bzr config setting for preserving execute bits between platforms, only eols. The problem with the native bzr is that it fails when running makepkg-mingw. I could always install msys2 bzr when I need to run makepkg-mingw and then remove it. Not desirable but workable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Msys2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users
