>> Is it to allow 0775 group write access? Absolutely! There are cases where users would like to install modules under non standard location and would need group write access on the directories created. Also, if the build directory is a shared location for a particular Unix group, it allows the group members to do a type "make clean" and rebuild the module at will.
Rajesh -----Original Message----- From: Michael G Schwern [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:23 PM To: Mandalemula, Rajesh Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: Directories created with default mode 0755 with ExtUtils::Install Mandalemula, Rajesh wrote: > ExtUtils::Install creates directries with 0755 by default, ditto for > ExtUtils::MM_Any (blib directories). Probably, there should be a way to > override the default directory creation mode. Alternatively, the module > could allow user's umask take the precedence. Could you explain why you need this? Is it to allow 0775 group write access? Allowing a way to override the default umask would remove one of the Debian patches to Perl that's been in there for ages. They strip the hard coded 0755 out of ExtUtils::Install and presumably use the umask. http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/perl/perl_5.10.0-19.diff.gz -- 24. Must not tell any officer that I am smarter than they are, especially if it's true. -- The 213 Things Skippy Is No Longer Allowed To Do In The U.S. Army http://skippyslist.com/list/
