On 08/21/2012 02:46 PM, Jason Eisner wrote:
Better idea:Have default 644 for files and 755 for directories, but let the user override this by explicitly specifying any of* the desired file permissions * the desired directory permissions for newly created directories * the desired group owner for newly created files and directories via command-line options on "make install".
You can already do this. You can, e.g., install packages with make install MKDIR_P="mkdir -p -m 700" Cheers, Peter