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Subject: Re: Suppressing permissions reset
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Mark <admin@asarian-host.net> writes:

> When doing a "make buildkernel" and "make installkernel" on FreeBSD
> 4.11-RELEASE (on a Vmware box), I noticed the Makefile in /usr/src/etc,
> for one, tries to reset permissions on files taken from a series of *.dist
> files. I find such initiative a bit too forward for my taste. Is there a
> way I can suppress said behavior? Like a Makefile parameter or something.

Not really.

> And would zero-ing out the *.dist files do the trick?

Yes.  I would recommend against doing that, though; it's a great
protection against shooting your security in the foot.  Just decide
what you want the permissions to be, and adjust the mtree(8)
specifications (those .dist files) accordingly.