Re: [PATCH] sha1_file: make sure correct error is propagated

[Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>]

On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 21:44 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Actually, POSIX does not even talk about EPERM for mkdir(2), but that was
> not my point.  The code does something different from what the proposed
> commit log message talks about.  That was what bothered me.

My wording was a little terse and confusing.  Here's a new one;

Subject: sha1_file.c: resolve confusion EACCESS vs EPERM

EPERM or 'Operation not permitted' is an unlikely error from
mkstemp(); test for EACCESS 'Access Denied' instead.  Make the
special branch which prints the error to the user nicely also
understand EACCESS.