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Re: Don't assume runtest is executable in the source tree
- To: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: Don't assume runtest is executable in the source tree
- From: Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 16:51:50 -0700
- CC: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <orvgyqk9zi.fsf@guarana.lsd.ic.unicamp.br>
Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>
> Due to disk space shortage, I had to temporarily store my GCC and
> Sourceware checked-out trees in a FAT file system mounted on
> GNU/Linux. Needless to say, all executable bits were lost. This has
> forced me to remove the assumption that runtest is executable in the
> source tree. Ok to install?
This doesn't seem like a great idea actually, because a) the problem
is a one-time one-person problem that is presumably temporary, and b)
more importantly, you're assuming that runtest is a shell script,
which may happen to be true now, but is not always guaranteed to be so.
Stan