>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.
>
And I think fixing access() is just fine..

Casper

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