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Re: APR/Subversion "make install" bug

From: Bruce Elrick <bruce_at_elrick.ca>
Date: 2004-08-12 17:48:02 CEST

Greg Hudson wrote:

>SergeyKSV@mail.ru wrote:
>
>
>>>Please fix the makefile to set correct permissions.
>>>
>>>
>
>On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 09:47, Bruce Elrick wrote:
>
>
>>umask is considered a 'local' setting; there are many reasons to set it
>>to various values depending on your local circumstances. It would not
>>make sense to set it in the makefile of a software package; someone else
>>would have a problem with that overriding their umask settings and
>>wondering why this was done.
>>
>>
>
>While this is a perfectly valid viewpoint, it is quite non-standard.
>APR should be using "install" in its install rule, not "cp", for
>consistency with other software packages.
>
>
>
True enough. I had neglected to think about that.

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