Directory permission created by "make install" (egcs-1.0.*)

Jim Wilson wilson@cygnus.com
Fri Apr 17 13:04:00 GMT 1998


	It has been my experience that the install procedure just follows
	whatever umask is in effect.

No.  The install scripts give appropriate permissions to installed files.

The problem here is that the fixed header files weren't installed by `install',
they were installed by tar, and hence they inherit from the user's umask.
This is wrong and should be fixed.

	You said you reset your umask -- is there any way it could have been
	set back to the old value, possibly via an rc file?

Actually, he said that he reset his umask before typing `make install',
but that is too late, because the files have already been generated by then.
If you reset your umask before typing `make bootstrap', then the files
should have the correct permissions.

Jim



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