Re: Executable bit for <file/>

On 22 April 2018 at 18:20, Bastian Eicher <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I added support for this in the .NET version of Zero Install in this commit:
> https://github.com/0install/0install-dotnet/commits/582f8a913104e2dffdc605e7
> 84eca695af049db9
> This was released in version 2.14.1.
> There is a PR for documentation of the new attribute here:
> https://github.com/0install/web-site/pull/1

Merged - thanks!

> @Thomas: Could you perhaps implement the same feature in the OCaml version
> of Zero Install? I started a quick attempt at a PR but unfortunately my
> OCaml-foo turned out to be rather limited. :(

Done! https://github.com/0install/0install/pull/77

> There are already a few feeds using this feature, .e.g.:
> http://repo.roscidus.com/docker/compose
> http://repo.roscidus.com/kubernetes/minikube
>
> Regards
> Bastian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Leonard <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sonntag, 6. August 2017 14:05
> To: The Zero Install system <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Zero-install-devel] Executable bit for <file/>
>
> On 4 August 2017 at 17:46, Bastian Eicher <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> While creating feeds for Docker Compose
>> (http://repo.roscidus.com/docker/compose) and Docker Machine
>> (http://repo.roscidus.com/docker/machine) I noticed there is [no?] way
>> to use <file/> to download a stand-alone executable and set its executable
> bit.
>>
>> Maybe adding a new 'executable' attribute for the <file/> retrieval
>> method would be a good idea. Something like this:
>> <file href="http://.../docker-compose" size="123" dest="docker-compose"
>> executable="true"/>
>>
>> What do you guys think?
>
> Sounds good to me!


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