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Re: INSTALL_DATA and modes
- From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <duret_g at lrde dot epita dot fr>
- To: Harlan Stenn <Harlan dot Stenn at pfcs dot com>
- Cc: automake at gnu dot org
- Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 23:51:26 +0200
- Subject: Re: INSTALL_DATA and modes
- References: <76884.1051663626@dog.pfcs.com>
>>> "Harlan" == Harlan Stenn <Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com> writes:
Harlan> It looks like posix(2) mandates 755 default modes for files created using
Harlan> "install".
Harlan> While I'm not thrilled with this in general, when
Harlan> installing DATA files I find it particularly annoying
Harlan> to see the eXecute bit enabled.
Why does it happen? Autoconf (not Automake) defines INSTALL_DATA
as `${INSTALL} -m 644' by default.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz