[rox-users] Re: Re: ignore exec bit

[Thomas L. <ta...@ec...>]

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:56:57 +0200, Karol Krenski wrote:
[...]
>> > Then I need Options->Types->Ignore exec bits for known extensions turned on
>> > to have mime work correctly.
>> 
>> That options isn't needed anymore (it was removed 16-Jul-2005).
> Is it supposed to mean that +x files should *always* have the correct
> mime icons displayed - no matter if the option is on/off?

Yes. It now looks at whether the MIME type can be executable. So, a JPEG
image with X set will ignore the X bit (JPEGs are never executable),
whereas a Python script will use it.

> rox version seems pretty fresh:
> 
> [mimooh@wszafie ~]$ rpm -q rox
> rox-2.2.0-2

No, that's more than a year old:

$ rox -v
ROX-Filer 2.4.1

I think handling of the X bit changed in 2.3.


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