From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 3800@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com,
"Nelson H. F. Beebe" <beebe@math.utah.edu>
Subject: bug#3800: [emacs-devel] emacs-23.0.96 make install misbehavior
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:31:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <qk4othpgnc.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87k52dn3al.fsf@stupidchicken.com
Chong Yidong wrote:
>> chmod -R a+r \
[...]
> 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?
("u" is probably root when installing)
I imagine it is the "-R" that is the problem. I guess the install
should make sure the directories themselves, and those files we
install in them, are readable, but leave other things under these
directories alone.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-07-13 0:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-07-12 18:50 bug#3800: [emacs-devel] emacs-23.0.96 make install misbehavior Chong Yidong
2009-07-13 0:31 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2009-07-13 2:44 ` Chong Yidong
2009-07-13 6:30 ` Glenn Morris
2009-07-13 6:44 ` Glenn Morris
2009-07-13 19:04 ` Nelson H. F. Beebe
2009-07-13 19:03 ` Nelson H. F. Beebe
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2009-07-09 20:12 Nelson H. F. Beebe
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