On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 09:25:28PM +0100, Lutz Jaenicke wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 02:14:31PM -0600, Albert Chin-A-Young wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 04:48:48PM +0100, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:
> > > From: Lutz Jaenicke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > > Lutz.Jaenicke> The install-target will install the shared libraries
> > > Lutz.Jaenicke> with permission "644", the optimum setting for HP-UX is
> > > Lutz.Jaenicke> however "555":
> > >
> > > Moving to 555 sounds like a good idea. I can't really see that it
> > > would make any harm anywhere else...
> >
> > The mode should "look" the same as the mode of shared libraries on
> > other systems. So, I say 555 for HP-UX but not everywhere. The default
> > should be 644 unless it needs to be different depending on the OS.
>
> I have committed the change to a "555" default several hours ago.
>
> As of now, I did not see any other solution, as there is no system
> dependent setting for file modes available.
> There is a field for a system dependant shared library build in Configure, so
> either this could be violated (bad idea as it would poison Makefile.org)
> or we do need more fields for the system dependencies in Configure...
>
> Actually, 555 is a workable solution and there is time left to think about
> it before 0.9.7 is released.
Doesn't that seem like a "lazy" solution though (no offense)? I would
add another field to Configure.
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albert chin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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