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Subject: Re: emacs installs a lot of 777 directories
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Randy Bush wrote at 11:15 +0900 on Mar  6, 2009:
 > foo.on.you:/usr/local/share# find . -type d -perm 777
 > ./emacs/22.3/etc/tree-widget
 > ./emacs/22.3/etc/tree-widget/folder
 > ./emacs/22.3/etc/tree-widget/default
 > ./emacs/22.3/etc/e
 > ./emacs/22.3/etc/images
 > ./emacs/22.3/etc/images/low-color
 > ./emacs/22.3/etc/images/gnus
 > ./emacs/22.3/etc/images/icons
 > ./emacs/22.3/etc/images/gud
 > ./emacs/22.3/etc/images/smilies
 > ./emacs/22.3/etc/images/mail
 > ./emacs/22.3/etc/images/ezimage
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp/net
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp/progmodes
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp/calc
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp/emacs-lisp
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp/url
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp/emulation
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp/play
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp/erc
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp/term
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp/obsolete
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp/textmodes
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp/mail
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp/eshell
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp/calendar
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp/mh-e
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp/international
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp/gnus
 > ./emacs/22.3/lisp/language
 > ./emacs/22.3/leim/ja-dic
 > ./emacs/22.3/leim/quail

Seems okay on my system (0755 for those dirs).
Could it be something specific to yours?