#772: cabal sdist fails to preserve file permission bits ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: high | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.8.0.6 Severity: major | Keywords: Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour) | Ghcversion: Platform: | ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- The tarball produced by cabal fails to preserve file permission bits as of version 1.8. The enclosed a patch that fixes the problem. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/772 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects