On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 08:47:02PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > + # Unfortunately tar insists on applying our umask _to the original > + # permissions_ rather than mostly-ignoring the original > + # permissions. We fix it up with chmod -R (which saves us some > + # work) but we have to construct a u+/- string which is a bit > + # of a palaver. (Numeric doesn't work because we need [ugo]+X > + # and [ugo]=<stuff> doesn't work because that unsets sgid on dirs.)
This would probably fix #207289 on the side because it makes all read-only files in the tar ball writable, right? (At least for all remotely practical umask settings...) Will apply the patch. Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
