Re: pango fails to build on netbsd-9?

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, 4 Sept 2023 at 17:41, Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost> writes:
>
> > I have to confess that feel rather strongly that there should be an
> > explicit decision of:
> > - pkgsrc must not rely on execute permissions being present on files,
> > and there should be a recommended mechanism to enforce this where
> > needed (which could be "Always run a chmod after copying from files/
> > to worksrc if it needs to be executable")
> > or
> > - pkgsrc can always rely on execute permissions being present on
> > files, and any exception is a user configuration error
>
> If you want to force policy, I think it should be that the x bits as
> checked in can be relied on, but that packages having accomodations is
> ok.  But that's just me with individual hat on; I don't mean to be
> speaking as PMC in any of this.

I think it would help to have a defined policy in this case.

Given "x bits as checked in can be relied on, but that packages having
accomodations is ok" is effectively "no policy", I'll accept that is
the case and shut up.

David