Re: umask and permissions of installed files

[Stefan Monnier]

> In connection with addressing bug#3800 I would like to ask: what is
> the right thing to do wrt the installing user's umask when installing?

> The two reasonable options would seem to be

> i) ignore it, and make the install world-readable, with the exception
> that pre-existing "common" directories should not have their
> permissions altered, as requested in bug#3800. Ideally, the install
> whould warn about any non-standard permissions.

> ii) respect it, and don't mess with the permissions of the install at all

> Option i) seems like the right thing to me.

> At the moment, there is an inconsistent mish-mash of i) and ii).

What's the "standard procedure"?
Obviously, Emacs is not the first package to face this question.


        Stefan