re: toolchain/43219 (Use MKCROSSGDB to cross-build gdb on linux host)

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

>   >  > Apparently there is *still* a problem with execute permission
>   >  > disappearing in distributed source tarballs. (It is not an
>   >  > issue for trees checked out from CVS.)
>   >  
>   >  what's the problem?  i wasn't able to make this fail.
>  
>  The problem is that if you go download an official release source
>  tarball, you'll find all the random scripts in the tree have lost
>  their +x permissions. Then random stuff breaks.
>  
>  This was still true not more than a week or two ago. If it's been
>  straightened out in the meantime, I'll be glad to hear it.
>  
>  (but if so there's still a valid doc issue in here)

i tried this about 6 weeks ago last, and it worked for me.

i'm curious about the specific details.


.mrg.