Re: [PATCH] use "git init-db" in tests

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Re: [PATCH] use "git init-db" in tests

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:14

Alex Riesen [off-list ref] writes:
You do miss something. glibc will happily continue lookup if
git-init-db in the top of the build directory is not executable, and
it will take the next one it finds (and people _will_ have git-init-db
in PATH).
And the reason git-init-db we just built is not executable
is...?

Re: [PATCH] use "git init-db" in tests

From: Alex Riesen <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:14

On 12/8/05, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
You do miss something. glibc will happily continue lookup if
git-init-db in the top of the build directory is not executable, and
it will take the next one it finds (and people _will_ have git-init-db
in PATH).
And the reason git-init-db we just built is not executable
is...?
An accident? Like a filesystem not supporting executable permission?
What is the reason to report success from the test run in that conditions?
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