Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 07:48:13 -0400 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: permissions problem with installations from PORTS Message-ID: <20040414114813.GA12001@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <20040414110148.GB24304@grummit.biaix.org> References: <1081712536.258.7.camel@fast.mmercer.com> <20040411223801.GA60944@grummit.biaix.org> <xzpr7urahq1.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20040414110148.GB24304@grummit.biaix.org>
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Joan Picanyol <pica@biaix.org> probably said: > * Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> [20040413 19:58]: > > Pilot error. Your umask should be 022 or 002 when installing ports. > > Otherwise, you get what you ask for. > > May I disagree? I expected the ports system to use install to properly > set up permissions for all files. At the very least, it should be > documented somewhere. Seconded. No other OS I use installs files as part of a packaging system with different permissions depending on my umask at the time, ports failing to install properly due to a more restrictive umask is very annoying. P. -- pir
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