[OpenBIOS] making switch-arch executable
Programmingkid
programmingkidx at gmail.com
Fri May 7 14:37:28 CEST 2010
On May 7, 2010, at 6:00 AM, openbios-request at openbios.org wrote:
> On 5/6/10, Programmingkid <programmingkidx at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I made a change to the documentation on the page http://www.openfirmware.info/OpenBIOS. I added a step in the Building OpenBIOS section to make the switch-arch script executable. I was wondering if it is possible to download OpenBIOS with the script being executable without the user having to change it permissions. This would save some time and frustration.
>
> The permissions are already set up correctly:
> $ svn proplist config/scripts/switch-arch
> Properties on 'config/scripts/switch-arch':
> svn:executable
>
> So the problem is actually with the program creating the zip, or maybe
> the zip format itself misses any executability bits.
I am betting it is with the program creating the zip. I did a little test on my computer to see if I could preserve the permissions of a file inside a zip file. The test was a success.
The improvement with the documentation should compensate for the program's issues.
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