Re: pkg/45836: openjdk7 doesn't build without privileges

[Francis GUDIN <fgudin%nerim.net@localhost>]

Hello,


David Holland writes:

> The following reply was made to PR pkg/45836; it has been noted by GNATS.
>
> From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
> To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
> Cc: 
> Subject: Re: pkg/45836: openjdk7 doesn't build without privileges
> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:27:10 +0000
>
>  On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 08:35:00PM +0000, fgudin%nerim.net@localhost wrote:
>   > Hi,
>   > during extraction of distfiles, both
>   > bootstrap-jdk7-bin-dragonfly-2.10-i386-20110811.tar.bz2 and
>   > bootstrap-jdk7-bin-common-20110811.tar.bz2 try to put a file
>   > bootstrap/LICENSE *with a mode as 444* -> in case of an
>   > unprivileged build (such as when pbulk'ing), it fails.
>  
>  er... why should that fail?

Well, tested with tar on DragonFly:

> touch testfile
> chmod 444 !$
chmod 444 testfile
> tar cvf testthat.tar testfile 
a testfile
> rm testfile 
override r--r--r--  fgudin/fgudin for testfile? y
> tar xvf testthat.tar 
x testfile
> tar xvf testthat.tar
x testfile: Can't create 'testfile'
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
>

I /assume/ that another tar (GNU) would act so ?
Of course, when root is extracting, it by-passes permissions check, IIUC.

>  
>   > Sadly, i don't know who creates those archives.
>  
>  (me either)

to dfly-pkg-people@: does any of you know ?

Btw: could I be added to this alias ?

Tnx in advance,
--
Francis GUDIN