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Re: What's left to do? [LONG]

From:
simon
Date:
March 31, 2000 07:27
Subject:
Re: What's left to do? [LONG]
Message ID:
slrn8e9guu.rsv.simon@othersideofthe.earth.li
Tom Hughes (lists.p5p):
>>              And it shouldn't forget to turn on the execute bit.
>It isn't supposed to. There is code in there to turn it on but it
>obviously hasn't triggered in this case. I think perlcc must have
>decided you were compiling a module rather than a script as it only
>turns on the x bits for scripts.

More likely due to this:

chmod $generated_file, 0777 & ~umask if $backend eq "Bytecode";

*This* is why we check return values.

-- 
>You stupid? All of Europe (maybe except those crazy Brits) prints on A4 paper.
Crazy we may be, but not foolscap.
-- James Kilfiger, ctt



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