UNZIP: Why don't .exe/.dll files get eXecute privs?

[Andrew DeFaria]

Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> Something has been bugging me about Cygwin UNZIP for years. When I 
> unzip a file, the extracted .exe and .dll files no longer have execute 
> privs. I have to manually chmod +x them. This always occurs when I'm 
> in a DOS prompt and using the Cygwin unzip.
Why would DLLs need execute?
-- 
Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
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