Argh. Thanks for catching that.
It was my mistake -- introduced in 4.0.38.
I've just reverted the offending change and will make
a snap test release tonight.
Vin Shelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Jim et al,
|
| It used to be that if I tried to remove I file which I didn't have
| write permission for, rm would prompt me:
|
| : zion ~ Sat 17 22:20; !tou
| touch xxx;chmod 444 xxx
| : zion ~ Sat 17 22:20; /bin/rm --version
| rm (GNU fileutils) 4.0p
| Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Richard Stallman, and Jim Meyering.
|
| Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
| This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
| warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
| : zion ~ Sat 17 22:20; /bin/rm xxx
| /bin/rm: remove write-protected file `xxx'? y
|
|
| This is no longer the case, however:
|
| : zion ~ Sat 17 22:20; !tou
| touch xxx;chmod 444 xxx
| : zion ~ Sat 17 22:21; rm --version
| rm (fileutils) 4.0.40
| Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Richard Stallman, and Jim Meyering.
|
| Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
| This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
| warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
| : zion ~ Sat 17 22:21; rm xxx
|
| I can't see any option to get the old behavior back. Was the change
| intentional?
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