Re: bashbug install mode

2016-11-28 Thread Michał Górny
On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 13:38:31 -0800 Chet Ramey wrote: > On 11/28/16 1:35 PM, Michał Górny wrote: > > > I don't think they do that anymore. Today, the de facto recommendation > > from GNU would be automake, which installs all executables 0755. Here bash > > stands out as doing something possibly w

Re: bashbug install mode

2016-11-28 Thread Chet Ramey
On 11/28/16 1:35 PM, Michał Górny wrote: > I don't think they do that anymore. Today, the de facto recommendation > from GNU would be automake, which installs all executables 0755. Here bash > stands out as doing something possibly wrong. I disagree that it's wrong, per se. Certainly there's no

Re: bashbug install mode

2016-11-28 Thread Michał Górny
On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 13:25:12 -0800 Chet Ramey wrote: > On 11/27/16 1:35 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > > Hi, > > > > While scanning our systems for executables that are installed u-w, I've > > noticed this specific mode is used for bashbug explicitly. Is there > > a good reason for doing that? > >

Re: bashbug install mode

2016-11-28 Thread Chet Ramey
On 11/27/16 1:35 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > Hi, > > While scanning our systems for executables that are installed u-w, I've > noticed this specific mode is used for bashbug explicitly. Is there > a good reason for doing that? Well, twenty years ago when the two installation modes were introduced,

Re: bashbug install mode

2016-11-27 Thread L A Walsh
Michał Górny wrote: Hi, While scanning our systems for executables that are installed u-w, I've noticed this specific mode is used for bashbug explicitly. Is there a good reason for doing that? --- Doesn't it have execute permission? But it seems semi normal for a system-"executable" t

bashbug install mode

2016-11-27 Thread Michał Górny
Hi, While scanning our systems for executables that are installed u-w, I've noticed this specific mode is used for bashbug explicitly. Is there a good reason for doing that? This normally doesn't cause any major issues, except for a few minor inconveniences when installed by a regular user. For e