GNU bug report logs - #10257
23.3.1 Cygwin: network drives - file is write protected (false positive)

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Reported by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>

Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 18:25:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 23.3+1-4

Fixed in version 24.0.93

Done: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 10257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jari.aalto <at> cante.net
Subject: bug#10257: 23.3.1 Cygwin: network drives - file is write protected (false positive)
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:19:21 -0500

On 12/14/2011 9:53 PM, Ken Brown wrote:
> Sorry, this isn't quite right. I think it's too lenient. As long as I've
> called stat, I should at least check that stat shows the file to be
> writable, as in the MSDOS port.
>
> I'll send a revised patch.

Never mind.  It's probably not worth the trouble to check further if we 
don't even know the file's owner or group.

Ken
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