Re: umask and permissions of installed files

[Andreas Schwab]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>> 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"?

The "standard procedure" is to use install which ignores umask.

Andreas.

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