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Symlink binaries not executable

“bash: ./node_modules/.bin/cowsay: Permission denied”

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Symlink-installed binaries lack execute permission, fail with permission denied. With --backend symlink, the cached target file keeps mode 0600 and ./node_modules/.bin/cowsay fails; lchmod on the symlink returns EOPNOTSUPP.

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Where
bun install symlink backend
Error text
bash: ./node_modules/.bin/cowsay: Permission denied
Platforms
Linux
How bad
Breaks a normal workflow.

Original reports2, newest first

  1. install: make_executable fails with EOPNOTSUPP when lchmod is called on symlinks on Linux / Android#46777
  2. Binaries installed via --backend symlink fail with permission denied (EOPNOTSUPP on lchmod)#42773

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