From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3800: [emacs-devel] emacs-23.0.96 make install misbehavior Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:50:58 -0400 Message-ID: <87k52dn3al.fsf@stupidchicken.com> Reply-To: Chong Yidong , 3800@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1247425102 11430 80.91.229.12 (12 Jul 2009 18:58:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:58:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 3800@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: "Nelson H. F. Beebe" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 12 20:58:14 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MQ4FE-00061q-4p for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:57:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35030 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MQ4FD-000257-Lq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:57:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MQ4Ex-0001xF-Ow for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:57:35 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MQ4Es-0001un-Nd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:57:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36295 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MQ4Es-0001uj-FJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:57:30 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:35654) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MQ4Er-0005a4-Tm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:57:30 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n6CIvR8X013969; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:57:27 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n6CIt5K0013371; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:55:05 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Chong Yidong Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:55:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3800 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 3800-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B3800.124742466912971 (code B ref 3800); Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:55:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3800) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 12 Jul 2009 18:51:09 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from pantheon-po26.its.yale.edu (pantheon-po26.its.yale.edu [130.132.50.121]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n6CIp40N012925 for <3800@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:51:05 -0700 Original-Received: from furry (c-71-192-161-14.hsd1.nh.comcast.net [71.192.161.14]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po26.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id n6CIowtU014536 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:50:58 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B214CC09B; Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:50:58 -0400 (EDT) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:57:34 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:29364 Archived-At: > chmod -R a+r \ > /usr/local/share/emacs/23.0.96 \ > /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp \ > /usr/local/share/emacs/23.0.96/etc \ > /usr/local/share/emacs/23.0.96/lisp \ > /usr/local/share/info > > While it is appropriate to run chmod at installation time for a > package's own files, it is HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE to run chmod on > directories and files belonging to other packages. The directories > > /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp > /usr/local/share/info > > need to be removed from the install command chmod processing. Fair enough. But the installation process needs to read the contents of /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp and /usr/local/share/info in order to function properly. How about doing `u+r' instead of `a+r' for those directories?