[TriLUG] executable and non-executable libraries

[Tanner Lovelace]

On 5/15/07, Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack at wm7d.net> wrote:
> I'm building linux from scratch. In the build for
> ncurses-5.5 (section 6.18), post install instructions set
> the ncurses libraries (/usr/lib/*.5.5) executable (755), but
> make libncurses++w.a non-executable (644).
>
> I'd assumed all libraries should be 644. When do you make a
> library executable?

Just a quick look at my Debian Sarge box and it shows that
all the shared libraries except for libc are set to mode 644.

Cheers,
Tanner

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