[CC coreutils this is
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-automake/2012-08/msg00001.html]
On 09/14/2012 07:29 PM, didi wrote:
You can already do this. You can, e.g., install packages with
>
> make install MKDIR_P="mkdir -p -m 700"
Unfortunately this doesn't seem to work properly, as the parent directories
still retain the permissions of the user.
$ mkdir -p -m 755 foo/bar
drwx------ foo/
drwxr-xr-x bar/
Hi Didi,
That was unexpected and unfortunate IMVHO. I see the same behaviour on
my local system, in other words,
mkdir -p -m 700 /tmp/foo/bar
creates bar with permissions 700 and bar with 776 (my umask). I wonder
is that behaviour is mandated by some standard or if there is room for
improvement in coreutils here (CC:ed).
Thanks,
Peter
