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Re: gEDA-user: Editting others symbols in gschem
In message <Pine.LNX.4.21.0108192327040.31389-100000@localhost>
Stefan Petersen <spe@stacken.kth.se> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Rich Walker wrote:
>
> > In message <Pine.LNX.4.21.0108172240320.27248-100000@localhost>
> > Stefan Petersen <spe@stacken.kth.se> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Rich,
> > >
> > > On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Rich Walker wrote:
> > >
> [snip]
> > > > But when the file is *not* group-writeable, gschem doesn't give any
> > > > error when the file is saved! Big problem!
> > > >
> > > > Can this be fixed?
> > >
> > > I don't find this "easy" fixable. The program checks only if the local
> > > user _can_ write, it doesn't care about group persmissions.
> >
> > Sorry; I've not described the problem correctly.
> >
> > fred opens pic.sym
> > pic.sym has permissions "rw-r--r-- bert users"
> > fred works for a while on pic.sym
> > Then fred saves pic.sym
> >
> > *NOTHING HAPPENS*.
> > No error. No modification of the file. No indication that the file
> > is not changed.
> >
> > This is a bit of a problem!
>
> I missunderstood you. Yes sure that is really a problem!
I was worried I had blown it at first :>
> I think someone
> silently ignores the return code somewhere. I look into it (unless you
> don't have a patch I can apply directly:-) ).
Haven't pulled the gEDA sources; I'm using debian (partly) to try
and reduce my constant-pile-of-source-trees exposure. (Hence being
on geda-user, not -devel...)
> I'm a bit busy trying to
> release another project.
Well, we know about it. I'll see if I can get chance to poke source.
cheers,Rich.
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