Eric Blake scripsit:
> chmod, install, and mkdir now preserve a directory's set-user-ID and
> set-group-ID bits unless you explicitly request otherwise.
Well and good, but it seems to me that writing an explicit 0 actually
does make an explicit request.
> To clear the bits, mention them explicitly in a symbolic mode, e.g.,
> `mkdir -m u=rwx,go=rx,-s DIR'. To set them, mention them explicitly
> in either a symbolic or a numeric mode, e.g., `mkdir -m 2755 DIR',
> `mkdir -m u=rwx,go=rx,g+s' DIR.
No explanation is given for this asymmetric behavior. It seems to me
that a fourth digit, if given, should be believed rather than treated
as an OR mask.
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