On 2015-07-01 20:47, Jim Meyering wrote: > On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Benno Schulenberg > <[email protected]> wrote: >> [...] >> rm: remove write-protected regular file `coreutils-8.23.245-8bf2af/THANKS'? y >> rm: remove write-protected regular file >> `coreutils-8.23.245-8bf2af/m4/cu-progs.m4'? y >> >> It would be nicer if these files were not read-only in the tarball. > > They are read-only to indicate that they are generated.
The files configure, po/coreutils.pot, po/LINGUAS are generated too; they are not read-only. And once I run ./configure, the Makefiles are not read-only either... So, the logic of 'read-only' meaning 'generated' is deficient. > You can remove them without interaction by adding rm's -f option. I know. I just feel uneasy about that -- if I type something wrong, there are no questions asked any more... Is there a way to tell tar to add write bits to all the files it unpacks? I unpacked the tarball: *of course* I have write access to all those files. Benno
