Bug#792115: bash: umask does not work as documented, and +x blocking behavior is no compliant

2015-07-11 Thread Anonymous
Package: bash Version: 4.3-11+b1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, The POSIX.2008-1 documentation states how the umask command should operate: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/umask.html There is a common (but misguided) departure from POSIX when a user specifically

Bug#792115: bash: umask does not work as documented, and +x blocking behavior is no compliant

2015-07-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Anonymous wrote: Dear Maintainer, I am not the maintainer but I am another user. There is a common (but misguided) departure from POSIX when a user specifically instructs that a regular file have execution permission. E.g. There seems to be a misunderstanding. The umask does not *set*