On Sun, 29 Nov 2009, Jim Meyering wrote:
The other issue, as I recall, has to do with whether or not 'root' is
doing the unpacking.
Remember that 'root' is going away on many systems which are now using
roles' (or temporary powers) instead.
At whatever pace, this won't be widespread enough
to
Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Nov 2009, Harlan Stenn wrote:
>> I just saw a patch go by about changing the perms on directories in
>> distribution tarballs.
>>
>> I'm a fan of 775 myself (ok, I really prefer 2775).
>>
>> But I can see that some would prefer 777, and others would prefer 755.
>
Harlan Stenn wrote:
> I just saw a patch go by about changing the perms on directories in
> distribution tarballs.
>
> I'm a fan of 775 myself (ok, I really prefer 2775).
>
> But I can see that some would prefer 777, and others would prefer 755.
>
> The other issue, as I recall, has to do with whet
On Sat, 28 Nov 2009, Harlan Stenn wrote:
I just saw a patch go by about changing the perms on directories in
distribution tarballs.
I'm a fan of 775 myself (ok, I really prefer 2775).
But I can see that some would prefer 777, and others would prefer 755.
The other issue, as I recall, has to d
I just saw a patch go by about changing the perms on directories in
distribution tarballs.
I'm a fan of 775 myself (ok, I really prefer 2775).
But I can see that some would prefer 777, and others would prefer 755.
The other issue, as I recall, has to do with whether or not 'root' is
doing the un
