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Stefan Monnier wrote:

> What's the "standard procedure"?
> Obviously, Emacs is not the first package to face this question.

I found the question repeated a few times, but haven't found a clear answer:

curl:
http://curl.haxx.se/mail/tracker-2008-01/0077.html

automake:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-automake/2003-05/msg00004.html

install.sh seems to set directories to 755.


Maybe someone here can tell us...