Hi Erik, > The next problem is that hoogle installed as a Debian package would > install as root as /usr/bin/hoogle. Then, when I run "hoogle data" it > wants to install the database at /usr/share/hoogle/hoogle-4.1.3/databases > which fails because I'm not running as root. So, to install the databases > I need to run "sudo hoogle data" (which is acceptable), but then an > unprivelidge user can't run hoogle because they don't have read permission > on the database. > > The solution would be to set the umask before writing the databases. > Something like (untested): > > import System.Posx > > > -- Set umask to world read/execute. Save old umask for > -- restoration later. > oldumask <- setFileCreationMask 0o022
Should all files created by hoogle data always have world read/execute? I'm not sure what the Unix conventions are - would that be reasonable? If so, I'll make a new release that just changes the file creation mask to the above during hoogle data (and sets it back after). Thanks, Neil _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe