[Hackage] #454: file permissions of installed files on windows

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#454: file permissions of installed files on windows
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  Reporter:  Toxaris        |        Owner:           
      Type:  defect         |       Status:  new      
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:  Cabal-1.6
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.6.0.1  
  Severity:  normal         |   Resolution:           
  Keywords:                 |   Difficulty:  normal   
Ghcversion:  6.10.1         |     Platform:  Windows  
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Comment (by duncan):

 For unix I think it's clear we should do the same as `install -m644` for
 data files and whatever the normal thing is for executables. That's what
 everone else does.

 For Windows, I've no idea. The notion of permissions is so completely
 different. I'm not even sure that copying permissions makes any sense
 since it goes via a C `struct stat` which cannot represent Windows ACLs.
 Can we get away with not setting any permissions at all and just inherit
 all defaults? The only time we currently set permissions is when creating
 the temporary file when we open with mode `0o600`. On Windows this appears
 to do precisely nothing. It is no different to creating a file with
 default permissions.

 So here's the concrete proposal:
  * Unix: set explicit permissions upon install for executable and non-
 executable files as appropriate.
  * Windows: never set or copy any permissions ever, inherit all defaults.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/454#comment:6>
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