create autogenerated files read-only

Sat Nov 12 09:22:47 2005, leo wrote:
Not the first time I or somenone else ran into the problem of editing an
autogenerated file. Creating these files r/o would prevent from
accidental changes.


If someone could flesh out the intent of this ticket a bit more, I
suspect someone fluent in Perl 5 could take it, since most files are
written by Perl 5 processes.

Some guidance as to how to create read-only files on various Ses would
also be helpful.

Thank you very much.
kid51

Monday 17 March 2008 16:20:42 James Keenan via RT wrote:

If someone could flesh out the intent of this ticket a bit more, I
suspect someone fluent in Perl 5 could take it, since most files are
written by Perl 5 processes.
>
Some guidance as to how to create read-only files on various Ses would
also be helpful.

I had to add "set modeline" to my .vimrc, but now generated files respect the
line:

/* ex: set ro:

when I edit them with Vim.

Making sure that all generated files have a proper modeline seems like an
easier solution than trying to get cross-platform file permissions working.

-- c

Monday 17 March 2008 16:20:42 James Keenan via RT wrote:

If someone could flesh out the intent of this ticket a bit more, I
suspect someone fluent in Perl 5 could take it, since most files are
written by Perl 5 processes.
>
Some guidance as to how to create read-only files on various Ses would
also be helpful.

I had to add "set modeline" to my .vimrc, but now generated files respect the
line:

/* ex: set ro:

when I edit them with Vim.

Making sure that all generated files have a proper modeline seems like an
easier solution than trying to get cross-platform file permissions working.

-- c

Monday 17 March 2008 17:06:32 Bob Rogers wrote:

I had to add "set modeline" to my .vimrc, but now generated files
respect the line:
>
/* ex: set ro:
>
when I edit them with Vim.
>
And adding "buffer-read-only: t" to "Local variables:" at the end will
do the same for Emacs.

These are the files in a pristine repository with 'ex: set ro:' in them; can
you (or another Emacs user) edit them to add the appropriate tag for Emacs?

config/gen/platform.pm
config/gen/call_list.pm
lib/Parrot//Utils.pm
lib/Parrot/Manifest.pm
lib/Parrot//Utils.pm
MANIFEST
MANIFEST.SKIP
tools/build/jit2c.pl
tools/build/pbcversion_h.pl
tools/build/vtable_extend.pl
tools/build/vtable_h.pl
tools/build/c2str.pl
tools/build/parrot_config_c.pl

-- c

Monday 17 March 2008 17:06:32 Bob Rogers wrote:

I had to add "set modeline" to my .vimrc, but now generated files
respect the line:
>
/* ex: set ro:
>
when I edit them with Vim.
>
And adding "buffer-read-only: t" to "Local variables:" at the end will
do the same for Emacs.

These are the files in a pristine repository with 'ex: set ro:' in them; can
you (or another Emacs user) edit them to add the appropriate tag for Emacs?

config/gen/platform.pm
config/gen/call_list.pm
lib/Parrot//Utils.pm
lib/Parrot/Manifest.pm
lib/Parrot//Utils.pm
MANIFEST
MANIFEST.SKIP
tools/build/jit2c.pl
tools/build/pbcversion_h.pl
tools/build/vtable_extend.pl
tools/build/vtable_h.pl
tools/build/c2str.pl
tools/build/parrot_config_c.pl

-- c

Monday 17 March 2008 17:06:32 Bob Rogers wrote:

I had to add "set modeline" to my .vimrc, but now generated files
respect the line:
>
/* ex: set ro:
>
when I edit them with Vim.
>
And adding "buffer-read-only: t" to "Local variables:" at the end will
do the same for Emacs.

These are the files in a pristine repository with 'ex: set ro:' in them; can
you (or another Emacs user) edit them to add the appropriate tag for Emacs?

config/gen/platform.pm
config/gen/call_list.pm
lib/Parrot//Utils.pm
lib/Parrot/Manifest.pm
lib/Parrot//Utils.pm
MANIFEST
MANIFEST.SKIP
tools/build/jit2c.pl
tools/build/pbcversion_h.pl
tools/build/vtable_extend.pl
tools/build/vtable_h.pl
tools/build/c2str.pl
tools/build/parrot_config_c.pl

-- c

9 days and no complaints; done.

-- Bob


2008-07-12 17:28:24:
revision: 29361; author: rgrjr
[CRE] Make Emacs coda read-only in generated files (part of #37664).
=/trunk/MANIFEST: action: M
=/trunk/MANIFEST.generated: action: M
=/trunk/config/gen/call_list.pm: action: M
=/trunk/config/gen/platform.pm: action: M
=/trunk/lib/Parrot/Manifest.pm: action: M
=/trunk/lib/Parrot//Utils.pm: action: M
=/trunk/lib/Parrot//Utils.pm: action: M
=/trunk/tools/build/c2str.pl: action: M
=/trunk/tools/build/jit2c.pl: action: M
=/ action: M
=/ action: M
=/ action: M
=/trunk/tools/build/vtable_h.pl: action: M