Issue 1963: darcs: opening of '_darcs/index' failed: permission denied - Darcs bug tracker

Title	darcs: opening of '_darcs/index' failed: permission denied
Priority	bug	Status	duplicate
Milestone		Resolved in
Superseder	whatsnew shouldn't need write access (opening of '_darcs/index' failed) View: 1959	Nosy List	bfr, dmitry.kurochkin
Assigned To		Topics

Created on 2010-09-30.09:01:36 by bfr, last changed 2010-10-04.10:32:07 by kowey.

Messages
msg12621 (view)	Author: bfr	Date: 2010-09-30.09:01:34
If darcs has full read but no write permission for this file, it fails with the above message. This is ok for commands that would change the repo but it also happens for some commands that are (concepually at least) read-only, such as whatsnew. I think darcs should fall back to opening the file read-only and just forget about updating the index.
msg12634 (view)	Author: kowey	Date: 2010-10-04.10:32:06
Sounds like a duplicate of issue1959 to me

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2010-09-30 09:01:36	bfr	create
2010-10-04 10:31:37	kowey	set	priority: bug status: unknown -> duplicate superseder: + whatsnew shouldn't need write access (opening of '_darcs/index' failed)
2010-10-04 10:32:07	kowey	set	messages: + msg12634