gettext preloadable_libintl.so mode 644

[Bruno Haible]

Jens Petersen wrote:
> I am wondering why the module preloadable_libintl.so gets installed with mode
> 0644 by gettext. Is this intentional or should it be 0755?

It is intentionally 0644, since 0755 is for executables.

Look and compare the two error messages:

# chmod a-x ./preloadable_libintl.so
$ ./preloadable_libintl.so
bash-3.0: ./preloadable_libintl.so: Permission denied

# chmod a+x ./preloadable_libintl.so
$ ./preloadable_libintl.so
Segmentation fault

Which one is more appropriate?

Bruno


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    instead of address@hidden The reporting address is always mentioned in
    a program's --help output.