From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 119266 invoked by alias); 16 Oct 2019 23:42:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 119253 invoked by uid 89); 16 Oct 2019 23:42:51 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy=H*UA:github.com, H*M:1c69fb81, H*M:google X-HELO: mail-oi1-f180.google.com Received: from mail-oi1-f180.google.com (HELO mail-oi1-f180.google.com) (209.85.167.180) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 23:42:50 +0000 Received: by mail-oi1-f180.google.com with SMTP id w144so565447oia.6 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:42:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:user-agent; bh=65kkzAmc5ut2Ba/vfypHS2Ii6TvwlLZrmnWxO+s/7jQ=; b=tq/7QNpyyKugw2ddYxajVrcakL73tx5cfSUy9i4CUuI1y/AYqrTE6YmJhaYot+UxyI 3pWMmP58fCxu4yQIaWkywhNPHLbOqXyHdDbvabfrw/5d60Mltc3zLmuxAP30AATLj/ZZ /ZyWqNVolbEWkk9mOCzfpCDSY1Ge5VHfCEVuhsC+JYz0bYr7n0h/xjoATX9l20aeCbfW g2+gNVS4txConAetDKMdlaxi+qigmQQmOqfroqtSUEu3PvM97nlKVQGqZMylLheHHPoT K9Sl4+5tbqGbEdqT6BQMxyHvSK+Qh7a8fiL9wOhTfm4kIPgH5Ffw6K16X5eUAeO/l3F4 lyQQ== Return-Path: Received: from Steven-PC ([2605:6000:7fc0:12:4491:84a2:95af:e9e3]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o2sm167959ota.3.2019.10.16.16.42.47 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:42:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5da7aaf8.1c69fb81.4f3f.175a@mx.google.com> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 23:42:00 -0000 From: Steven Penny To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Cygwin fails to change executable bit in some cases Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8; format=flowed User-Agent: Suede Mail/2.8.0 (github.com/cup/suede) X-SW-Source: 2019-10/txt/msg00087.txt.bz2 Setup: mkdir /cygdrive/c/sun cd /cygdrive/c/sun # create "mon.txt" using Windows "New", "Text Document" Running these commands under Windows 8 yields expected results: $ test -x mon.txt && echo x || echo not x x $ chmod -x mon.txt $ test -x mon.txt && echo x || echo not x not x However running the same commands under Windows 7 yields unexpected results: $ test -x mon.txt && echo x || echo not x x $ chmod -x mon.txt $ test -x mon.txt && echo x || echo not x x -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple