linux-kernel - Re: Today's 'master' leaves .idx/.pack in 0400

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Date:	Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:52:05 -0700
From:	Junio C Hamano <junkio@....net>
To:	Nicolas Pitre <nico@....org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	git@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Today's 'master' leaves .idx/.pack in 0400

Nicolas Pitre <nico@....org> writes:

> On Sun, 22 Apr 2007, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 22 Apr 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> 
>> > Nicolas Pitre <nico@....org> writes:
>> > 
>> > > On Sun, 22 Apr 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> With recent glibc, mkstemp() creates 0400 file.  Updated
>> > >> pack-objects uses it in pack/idx writing without fixing this,
>> > >> hence this problem.
>> > >
>> > > Oops.  I guess I'm guilty for this.  I didn't bother looking at the 
>> > > permission on the pack for git-pack-objects since git-repack seemed to 
>> > > take care of that.  But it only _remove_ write permissions.
>> > 
>> > Ok, then probably we can change the 0444 in my "quickfix" patch
>> > to 0644.  That should also let the 5300 test pass.
>> 
>> Well, actually there is no point making pack files writable.  If they're 
>> modified, they get corrupted.
>
> OK there are those test cases.
>
> Well...  Either we chmod to 0644, or we fix the tests to 'chmod +w' like 
> it is already done in t5302.
>
> In any case I wouldn't die() but only error() on a failure to chmod().  
> It is sure inconvenient if the pack isn't world readable, but it is not 
> a "fatal" problem for the repack.

If it DIED, I would not have to have been embarrassed in public
like this!

Grumble.

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