bug#12130: "sudo make install" applies umask to new directories

2012-08-03 Thread Jason Eisner
Followup -- see this thread from 2004: http://www.digipedia.pl/usenet/thread/16496/9413/ Looks like at one point, someone fixed this problem in the way I suggested. But then a user on that thread found directory permissions of 755 too restrictive, which may have gotten the fix removed. One w

bug#12130: "sudo make install" applies umask to new directories

2012-08-03 Thread Jason Eisner
Hi automake folks, There are many, many generic and specific installation guides that tell you to type something like ./configure && make && sudo make install and I've been typing that for years. Unfortunately, when installing OpenFST, I just discovered that the "sudo make install" part doe