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gordon64

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Registered: 2015-11-18

Posts: 2

[SOLVED] shared objects not showing as 755

Hi

I am trying out Arch normally a Debian user so I have some Linux experience but not claiming to be an expert.

The package slang-2.3.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz  has some shared objects not showing as 755
ie

 # for v2/modules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15048 Mar 10  2015 base64-module.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14992 Mar 10  2015 chksum-module.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15224 Mar 10  2015 csv-module.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10872 Mar 10  2015 fcntl-module.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15384 Mar 10  2015 fork-module.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23296 Mar 10  2015 histogram-module.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10880 Mar 10  2015 iconv-module.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23416 Mar 10  2015 json-module.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15488 Mar 10  2015 pcre-module.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23872 Mar 10  2015 rand-module.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10528 Mar 10  2015 select-module.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17200 Mar 10  2015 slsmg-module.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30416 Mar 10  2015 socket-module.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33184 Mar 10  2015 stats-module.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27472 Mar 10  2015 sysconf-module.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22536 Mar 10  2015 termios-module.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10592 Mar 10  2015 varray-module.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15976 Mar 10  2015 zlib-module.so

I don't want to report a bug report if this is acceptable on Arch.

I am under the impression (or delusion) that shared objects should at least be executable.

Any kind soul tell me if I should report it as a bug?

Any kind soul tell me if there is build instruction for how to handle shared objects please?

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I have looked at some AUR PKGBUILDS but I am so new I am not sure what are relevant

thanks for reading

Last edited by gordon64 (2015-11-20 04:12:39)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] shared objects not showing as 755

They're that way because that's how upstream installs them. Arch doesn't have the myriad of rules about packages that Debian does. If it works, we tend to stick with upstream (with some exceptions for things like bundled libs and such).

To get more to the heart of your question, the executable bit on shared objects doesn't really matter much.

Last edited by Scimmia (2015-11-18 23:02:49)

gordon64

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Registered: 2015-11-18

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] shared objects not showing as 755

wow that is one of the quickest replies to any of my posts

thanks heaps