Hello Thomas, Bob, * Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:23:39AM CET: > On Tue, 24 Nov 2009, Thomas Dickey wrote: > >> > >> Make sure that the directory into which the distribution unpacks (as > >> well as any subdirectories) are all world-writable (octal mode 777). > >> This is so that old versions of `tar' which preserve the ownership and > >> permissions of the files from the tar archive will be able to extract > >> all the files even if the user is unprivileged. > > > >Does anyone have a cite for what version, how old? > > > >(sounds like mid 1980's, actually). > > It must not be that old since I have distinct memories of such > problems.
This text is already part of the an RCS version of standards.texi that I can find, presumably from 1994-09-21. I wonder whether GCS should be changed; and if, whether it should still recommend 777 for the reasons Jim stated earlier. Cheers, Ralf
