On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Peter Johansson <troj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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" > Good! So then, why not correct the default for new directories to 755, as originally proposed? cheers, jason
