python-config missing executable permission

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1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
62/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
build-system, cli

Research direction

Start with the top-level python-config file and inspect how it is produced or checked in the CPython tree. Reproduce the reported permission failure, then verify that python-config is executable and can be run successfully after the change.

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Description

3.12 build type-bug

Version tested: a1a8828e42

Compile and try running python-config:

@kumaraditya303 ➜ /workspaces/cpython (main) $ ./python-config
bash: ./python-config: Permission denied
@kumaraditya303 ➜ /workspaces/cpython (main) $ ls -al python-config
-rw-rw-rw- 1 codespace codespace 3085 Oct 25 12:45 python-config

It is missing the executable permission chmod +x.

cc @erlend-aasland

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