Ignoring the real question... Stefan Teleman wrote: > IMHO we should check for correctness in the prototype file, and ignore > what's copied on disk by "make install", since "make install" will > often install a bunch of files we won't include in the prototype file > anyway (for example the libtool *.la files). Sounds like a bug in the "make install" target.
Maybe the permissions aren't important, but I believe the contents are. There used to be scripts which checked for correctness of the proto area against a package installation. They may still exist. *Many* packaging bugs were caught that way. Such scripts could easily ignore permissions and still have value. - jek3
