Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:46:25 +0200 From: martinko <gamato@users.sf.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports system and umask Message-ID: <fbbqfi$va7$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <20070830004020.GA58539@blazingdot.com> References: <20070830004020.GA58539@blazingdot.com>
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Marcus Reid wrote: > Hi, > > I had my umask set to 007 and installed some ports, and it broke a > lot of things. Some ports seem to install files with correct permissions, > while others install files with the default umask. Worse, one port > even changed the perms on /usr/local/lib to 770, which made my system > unusable until I booted into single and fixed it. > > Should the ports system check for this and correct the umask before > installing files with bad permissions? > > Thanks, > > Marcus Hallo, We have similar problems here -- default umask is set to 027 and therefore one needs to always remember changing it to 022 prior installing any ports or packages. Been bitten many times because of this. :-\ Martin
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