On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Ross Burton wrote:
> James Henstridge wrote:
>
>>
> A related question: what are the units for font size/line width etc? If
> I want to type in 8pt, what should I use?
They are by default in cm. 1 in = 72.27 pt = 2.54 cm. 8pt =
8*(2.54/72.27)cm = 0.28112.
We have unit support halfway done, and it absolutely needs to be all the
way done before a 1.0 release.
>> > [BUG] Permissions are not being set correctly when running 'make
>> > install'.
>> > /usr/local/share/dia and /usr/local/lib/dia where set to permissions
>> > 751.
>>
>> Hmm. The commands to create those directories is generated by
>> automake. I would have thought it would use 755. You don't happen to
>> have your umask set weirdly?
>
> A ha - if I "su" I get a umask of 026, but if I "su -" I get a umask of
> 022. I think I should su - in the future.
You should in general su -, also for security reasons. Not that it's that
dangerous on a one-user box.
-Lars
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