GNU bug report logs - #9600
some gdbs ignore a world-writable .gdbinit

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Message #29 received at 9600 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 9600 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org, svenjoac <at> gmx.de
Subject: Re: bug#9600: 24.0.50; .gdbinit does not run
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:13:32 -0400

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> No Emacs changes are needed in any case, since RMS can chmod the file,
> and bzr will not touch the write mode bits.

Right, but he was saying that if everyone had to do that, some other
solution should be found. But I think trusting 'umask 000' folks like
you and he are in the minority. ;)

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