Re: [boost] Executable files in Boost git repostories

Subject: Re: [boost] Executable files in Boost git repostories
From: Vinnie Falco (vinnie.falco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-12-04 01:00:58

On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 4:52 PM Steven Watanabe via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > However then the question becomes: are these scripts only for the
> > maintainer's use (in which case perhaps they shouldn't be in the
> > repository?)

Beast needs a couple of shell scripts with the execute bit set
otherwise they won't run correctly on Travis. For example:

<https://github.com/boostorg/beast/blob/develop/tools/build-and-test.sh>

(Note in the header above the file it says "Executable File", because
the -x bit is set).

Thanks