Jira (PUP-1328) gem package provider should reset permissions

[Daniel Dreier (JIRA)]

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Daniel Dreier commented on an issue   Re: gem package provider should reset permissions There was discussion on redmine about whether this is a bug or feature, and what behavior is desired. It was rejected a year ago and re-opened a month ago. A decision is needed on whether we stick with the potentially confusing behavior of rubygems is a feature or problem to be worked around in puppet. Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-1328 gem package provider should reset permissions If the user running `puppet apply` uses a restrictive umask (e.g. 0077), gems installed using the gem package provider will be unreadable for all users except root. rubygems author has [ruled this behaviour as a feature](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/issues/272), but in Puppet context I fail to see a reason why the gem package provider should be... This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.4#6159-sha1:44eaede) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.