Re: Where has the rwxr-xr-x gone from dired?

[Bob Proulx]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > As such these two projects have a different design vision.  As far as
> > I can tell this is the difference.  If a person is coming from a Unix
> > background and likes it then Cygwin provides a more Unix like
> > environment.  If a person is coming from a Microsoft background and
> > likes it then MinGW provides a more Microsoft like environment.
> > 
> > True?  False?  I don't know.
> 
> Both true and false.  The issue here is not whether to prefer Cygwin
> over MinGW.  The issue is whether it is a good idea to have a MinGW
> build of Emacs use Cygwin ls to produce directory listings on which
> the MinGW built Emacs will have to operate.  IOW, the issue is mixing
> Cygwin and MinGW programs in the same workflow, when it is known that
> the way each one represents Posix access bits is radically different.

I think your point here is very reasonable. :-)

Bob