snapshot Permission denied

[Paul Gilbert]

Paul Gilbert wrote:
> 
> With todays devel snapshot I get
> 
> [40] /.../R : tar -xf R-1.6.0beta_2002-09-11.tar
> tar: R-1.6.0/date-stamp: Could not create file: Permission denied

Well, to answer my own question:

You stupidly forgot to get rid of the directory created the day before,
and the date-stamp file is read only so tar cannot overwrite it. You
should know better. Have a good weekend.

Paul
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