I know it isn't a requirement, I know what's in the HowTo, and I know how to use chmod and sh. Personally, I could care less whether or not the execute perms are there because if they aren't I just use sh. The only reason I mentioned it is because there seemed to be some previous effort in getting them all to have execute perms in the 12.0 repo. I thought the consistency was good, and it is simple to change the files to keep it.<br><br>--phil<br><blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><pc_warner@yahoo.com><http: lists.slackbuilds.org="" pipermail="" slackbuilds-users="" attachments="" 20080504="" a4cce24d="" attachment-0001.htm=""><pc_warner@yahoo.com><http: lists.slackbuilds.org="" pipermail="" slackbuilds-users="" attachments="" 20080504="" a480778f=""
attachment-0001.htm=""><abrouwers@gmail.com><slackbuilds-users@slackbuilds.org><pc_warner@yahoo.com><me@alkos333.net><slackbuilds-users@slackbuilds.org><a6f13f000805041211o632485eaw78df18ad29c29d09@mail.gmail.com><abrouwers@gmail.com><pc_warner@yahoo.com>Message: 5<br>Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 14:25:16 -0700<br>From: "WS Grant" <squadronguns@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [Slackbuilds-users] 12.1 SlackBuilds no longer have<br> execute perms<br>To: "SlackBuilds.org Users List" <slackbuilds-users@slackbuilds.org><br>Message-ID:<br> <b3ab647b0805041425y632f426cx67e8f38cee015225@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br>I downloaded 80 SlackBuilds and about 1/2 of them I had to chmod +x<br><br>I don't think it is a requirement by the package builder to make it<br>executable although it does save the end user a few extra keystrokes.<br><br>Step 3 in the How To says "If necessary, make the script executable<br>with chmod and then run the script:"<br><br>On
Sun, May 4, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Phillip Warner <pc_warner@yahoo.com> wrote:<br>> The 12.1 SlackBuild scripts don't have execute permissions anymore. I don't think this was intentional, so I thought I'd mention it.<br>><br>> --phil<br>><br>><br>><br>> ________________________________<br>Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Slackbuilds-users mailing list<br>> Slackbuilds-users@slackbuilds.org<br>> http://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users<br>><br>> Please read the FAQ - http://slackbuilds.org/faq/<br>><br>><br><br><br><br>-- <br>Wade S Grant<br>USMC,
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