Marc Olzheim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| I just noticed some unwanted behaviour of install. When using the
| -o option as non-root, it just installs the file as yourself. When
| also using the option '-m 4755', it justs makes the file setuid me !
| So a harmless install -m 4755 -o nobody prog dest will not do what the
| reason for doing it was in the first place...
|
| I noticed that FreeBSD install unlinks the file when it cannot chown/chgrp
| it.
|
| So is this behaviour a well considered choice or is it a bug ?
Thanks for the report.
I'm going to fix it one way or the other.
Right now, rather than removing the just-installed file altogether,
I'm inclined to reset any special permission bits if the chown fails.
Of course, install will exit nonzero in that case.
