We currently perform the following sequence of commands as part of the installation (-m 444 being the default on current FreeBSD systems).
install -m 444 ./libgcc.a /prefix/lib/gcc/i386-portbld-freebsd5.4/3.4.5/gcc/i386-portbld-freebsd5.4/3.4.5/ ranlib /prefix/lib/gcc/i386-portbld-freebsd5.4/3.4.5/gcc/i386-portbld-freebsd5.4/3.4.5/libgcc.a This works fine when running as root, but when doing an installation as user, installation fails: ranlib: unable to copy file '/prefix/lib/gcc/i386-portbld-freebsd5.4/3.4.5/gcc/i386-portbld-freebsd5.4/3.4.5/libgcc.a' reason: Permission denied gmake[2]: *** [install] Error 1 I believe installing libraries with permissions 444 ought to be okay, as is for ranlib to refuse working on files which are not writeable. Does anyone disagree (and if not, have suggestions how to address this in GCC)? Gerald
