On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Joerg Schilling
<[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>>
>> >
>> > > I see no reason for "access(file, X_OK))" should return 0 for
>> > > ordinary files which have no execute bit set.
>> > >
>> > > I think we can just change that.
>> >
>> >Modulo due diligence to see what in our codebase might be depending on it.
>> >Is it really worth it?
>>
>> As supposed to adding __posix_access or not touching anything?
>
> POSIX allows both implementaions.

Indeed, but they discourage the "historical" implementation.

-- David
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