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Message-Id: <20200830174409.c24c3f67addcce0cea9a9d4c@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 17:44:09 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Mrinal Pandey <mrinalmni@...il.com>
Cc: skhan@...uxfoundation.org,
 Linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org, lukas.bulwahn@...il.com,
 keescook@...omium.org, re.emese@...il.com, maennich@...gle.com,
 tglx@...utronix.de, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
 kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-spdx@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: Add intended executable mode and SPDX license

On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 14:54:05 +0530 Mrinal Pandey <mrinalmni@...il.com> wrote:

> commit b72231eb7084 ("scripts: add spdxcheck.py self test") added the file
> spdxcheck-test.sh to the repository without the executable flag and license
> information.

The x bit shouldn't matter.

If someone downloads and applies patch-5.9.xz (which is a supported way
of obtaining a kernel) then patch(1) will erase the x bit anyway.

Is some other script invoking spdxcheck-test.sh directly, instead of
using `/bin/sh spdxcheck-test.sh'?  If so, please let's fix that.

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