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Date: Fri,  2 Oct 2009 09:44:35 +0100
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From: roger peppe <rogpeppe@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] inferno from hg does not build out of the box
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2009/10/2 Sam Watkins <sam@nipl.net>:
> could be removed if anyone fixes hg.

from the way the mercurial guys go on about it,
it sounds like the fix might not be trivial.
it does seem like a ridiculous thing, but it
seems to be something of a religious issue with them.

hg doesn't do permissions (other than execute) either AFAIK.

it's no substitute for tar.