On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 9:20 AM, Erik Auerswald <[email protected]> wrote: > How about using "install" to install files, setting owner and mode bits > in one go?
Mmm I guess it's just that, since I'm packaging an already existing software, I'd like to patch it as little as possible. In fact, the Makefile for this software already sets the setuid bit on the file that needs it. I only need to change the group of that file (and thus I need to run the chown command on it). However, since chown removes the setuid bit, I have to "add it back" in the packaging script. It doesn't make much of a difference, since I can just do chown and chmod (as I currently do). However, if the proposed flag is implemented, I can avoid "adding back" the setuid bit and thus I can simplify the packaging script (well, not by much, I would remove just 2 lines: the chmod line and the bash comment explaining why the chmod is there). -- William
