* Paul Eggert: > On 3/10/20 12:30 PM, Florian Weimer wrote: > >> Is the concern here that >> you would get a different mode from the requested one if you use >> umask+mknod and not mknod+some form of chmod? > > Yes. See: > > https://bugs.gnu.org/14371
Wrong bug? There is no --mode argument involved in that bug report, as far as I can see.