Re: pango fails to build on netbsd-9?

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> writes:

> On Mon, Sep 04, 2023 at 08:02:11AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
>> How about ${CHMOD} +x with a note that it's working  around a vcs or fs
>> bug?
>
> Many people will disagree with the idea that a VCS not setting some
> file attributes has a bug.

Perhaps, but all the ones in use in the open-source world do this reliably.

> We should not rely on that behaviour, and the solution you suggested
> sounds good.

Agreed that it's best to accomodate odd situations gracefully when it
doesn't hurt, but I think we should not that it's workaround for a
deviation from the expected case.