# CVS permissions

**URL:** <https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/cvs-permissions/1253>\
**Category:** SDL Development\
**Created:** [November 21, 1999, 3:27am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/cvs-permissions/1253 "1999-11-21T03:27:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Kevin\_Holbrook](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kevin\_Holbrook](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Kevin_Holbrook)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 1999, 3:27am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/cvs-permissions/1253/1 "1999-11-21T03:27:48Z")

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When I check out the source from CVS the configure scripts do not have  
execute permission.  
Is this a known problem?

Thanks,  
Kevin Holbrook

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**Author:** ![slouken](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@slouken](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/slouken)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 1999, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/cvs-permissions/1253/2 "1999-11-21T12:29:04Z")

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> When I check out the source from CVS the configure scripts do not have  
> execute permission.  
> Is this a known problem?

When you check sources out from CVS, run the autogen.sh script instead  
of ‘configure’ This is because autoconf varies too much between systems  
and spurious Makefile.in changes kept getting checked in.

See ya!  
-Sam Lantinga (slouken at [devolution.com](http://devolution.com))

Lead Programmer, Loki Entertainment Software–  
“Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature”  
– Rich Kulawiec