Package: checkinstall Version: 1.6.1-4 Severity: wishlist I have a umask of 027. I find that many programs fail to change the permissions of installed files, so that "make install" ends up with files that are not world-readable/executable.
Of course, I report this as a bug, but given that there are many programs with this problem, it would be good if checkinstall could fix it, by making sure that for every installed file the r and x permissions for others are the same as for owner. (This would then even work for users more paranoid than me, who for example used a umask of 007.) I suggest the name "--fix-perms". Directories are already fixed, of course, by --reset-uids. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (600, 'experimental'), (600, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages checkinstall depends on: ii file 4.21-3 Determines file type using "magic" ii findutils 4.2.31-1 utilities for finding files--find, ii libc6 2.6.1-1+b1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries checkinstall recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
