I installed this to fix the documentation to match the recent code fixes.
The "install invocation" fixes are just to make it more regular
2005-04-23 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* doc/coreutils.texi (install invocation): Use a= instead of 0 for
the point of departure for -m, and explain what it meeams.
(mkdir invocation, mkfifo invocation, mknod invocation):
The umask does not affect the point of departure.
Problem reported by Mike Stone.
--- coreutils.texi 12 Apr 2005 05:42:55 -0000 1.250
+++ coreutils.texi 24 Apr 2005 04:46:33 -0000 1.251
@@ -7013,8 +7013,9 @@ may be either a group name or a numeric
@cindex permissions of installed files, setting
Set the permissions for the installed file or directory to @var{mode},
which can be either an octal number, or a symbolic mode as in
[EMAIL PROTECTED], with 0 as the point of departure (@pxref{File
-permissions}). The default mode is @samp{u=rwx,go=rx}---read, write,
[EMAIL PROTECTED], with @samp{a=} (no access allowed to anyone) as the
+point of departure (@pxref{File permissions}).
+The default mode is @samp{u=rwx,go=rx}---read, write,
and execute for the owner, and read and execute for group and other.
@item -o @var{owner}
@@ -7766,8 +7767,7 @@ The program accepts the following option
@cindex modes of created directories, setting
Set the mode of created directories to @var{mode}, which is symbolic as
in @command{chmod} and uses @samp{a=rwx} (read, write and execute allowed for
-everyone) minus the bits set in the umask for the point of the
-departure. @xref{File permissions}.
+everyone) for the point of the departure. @xref{File permissions}.
@item -p
@itemx --parents
@@ -7819,8 +7819,8 @@ The program accepts the following option
@opindex --mode
@cindex modes of created FIFOs, setting
Set the mode of created FIFOs to @var{mode}, which is symbolic as in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and uses @samp{a=rw} (read and write allowed for everyone)
minus
-the bits set in the umask for the point of departure. @xref{File permissions}.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and uses @samp{a=rw} (read and write allowed for everyone)
+for the point of departure. @xref{File permissions}.
@end table
@@ -7890,8 +7890,8 @@ The program accepts the following option
@opindex -m
@opindex --mode
Set the mode of created files to @var{mode}, which is symbolic as in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and uses @samp{a=rw} minus the bits set in the umask as the
point
-of departure. @xref{File permissions}.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and uses @samp{a=rw} as the point of departure.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] permissions}.
@end table
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