[Python-checkins] CVS: python/nondist/peps pep-0262.txt,1.3,1.4

[A.M. Kuchling]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/nondist/peps
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv31169

Modified Files:
	pep-0262.txt 
Log Message:
Note that it's not possible to handle ownership on Windows without
    win32all.
Remove an XXX comment


Index: pep-0262.txt
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/nondist/peps/pep-0262.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -C2 -d -r1.3 -r1.4
*** pep-0262.txt	25 Mar 2002 13:57:45 -0000	1.3
--- pep-0262.txt	28 Mar 2002 02:18:02 -0000	1.4
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*** 38,44 ****
      called INSTALLDB through the remainder of this PEP.
  
-     XXX is that a good location?  What effect does platform-dependent code
-     vs. platform-independent code have on this?
- 
      The structure of the database is deliberately kept simple; each
      file in this directory or its subdirectories (if any) describes a
--- 38,41 ----
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*** 86,91 ****
          * The file's size
  
!         * The file's permissions, and the owner/group of the file.
!           XXX what to do on Windows?
   
          * An MD5 digest of the file, encoded in hex.  
--- 83,91 ----
          * The file's size
  
!         * The file's permissions.  On Windows, this field will always be 
!           'unknown'
! 
!         * The owner and group of the file, separated by a tab.
!           On Windows, these fields will both be 'unknown'.
   
          * An MD5 digest of the file, encoded in hex.  
***************
*** 124,127 ****
--- 124,133 ----
      running a postinstall script.
  
+     On Windows, the permissions and owner/group of a file aren't
+     stored.  Windows does in fact support ownership and access
+     permissions, but reading and setting them requires the win32all
+     extensions, and they aren't present in the basic Python installer
+     for Windows.
+   
  
  References