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authorFacundo Batista <facundobatista@gmail.com>2008-02-17 16:21:13 (GMT)
committerFacundo Batista <facundobatista@gmail.com>2008-02-17 16:21:13 (GMT)
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Now we handle different the backup copy, because of security
issues regarding user/group and permissions. Fixes 1050828.
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Tools
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+- Tools/scripts/reindent.py now creates the backup file using shutil.copy
+ to preserve user/group and permissions. Added also a --nobackup option
+ to not create the backup if the user is concerned regarding this. Check
+ issue 1050828 for more details.
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- Tools/scripts/win_add2path.py was added. The simple script modifes the
PATH environment var of the HKCU tree and adds the python bin and script
directory.