[AD] [ alleg-Bugs-1275174 ] 4.2.0 RC2 Zipfile broken on Linux

["SourceForge.net" <noreply@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bugs item #1275174, was opened at 2005-08-29 01:24
Message generated for change (Settings changed) made by tjaden
You can respond by visiting: 
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105665&aid=1275174&group_id=5665

Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread,
including the initial issue submission, for this request,
not just the latest update.
Category: Linux
Group: None
Status: Open
>Resolution: Out of Date
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Joseph P Morris (jpmorris)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: 4.2.0 RC2 Zipfile broken on Linux

Initial Comment:
The ZIPfile for 4.2.0 RC2 does not build on Linux.  The  
configure script does not have execute permissions,  
even after running 'sh fix.sh unix', and attempts to run  
configure through sh fail.  
This problem has happened before in the past.  
  
While the tar.gz file does build correctly, it is more  
convenient to have just one archive that can be used  
on all platforms.  
 

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Comment By: Joseph P Morris (jpmorris)
Date: 2005-08-29 08:46

Message:
Logged In: YES 
user_id=28764

Okay, what's really going on is that in the 4.2.0 rc2, the 
fix.sh script defaults to doing nothing at all and leaving you 
with an unconfigured Allegro. 
 
In 4.03 and earlier the default behaviour for unix was to 
perform the appropriate format conversion and set 
configure to be executable. 
 
If you explicitly command fix.sh 4.2.0 to perform a --dtou 
conversion, you will get a working Allegro. 
 

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Comment By: Chris (chriskcat)
Date: 2005-08-29 08:14

Message:
Logged In: YES 
user_id=1115671

I don't believe zipfiles can retain proper Unix permissions (such 
as the executable flag). You'd have to manually set it for each 
script that'll be run with 'chmod +x file(s)..'. Beyond that, if a 
Windows user has some archiver (such as WinZip, WinRAR, 
WinACE, 7-Zip.. anything other than Windows's built-in archive 
browser), they can handle the .tar.gz archive just fine. 

----------------------------------------------------------------------

You can respond by visiting: 
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105665&aid=1275174&group_id=5665