Subject: Re: pkgtools/x11-links permissions
To: Jonathan Perkin <jonathan@perkin.org.uk>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 02/01/2005 09:06:30
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Jonathan Perkin wrote:

> > Any other comments or suggestions or should I file a PR?
> >
> > -	${MKDIR} ${X11_LINKS_BUILD_DIR}
> > +	${MKDIR} -m ${PKGDIRMODE} ${X11_LINKS_BUILD_DIR}
>
> My only suggestion is that you may be better off using one of the
> INSTALL_<mumble>_DIR macros, incase one of our supported platforms
> doesn't support the "-m" argument to mkdir, and to possibly aid
> readability.

That will create root-owned files in ${WRKDIR}, which is precisely what the
author was attempting to avoid.

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-- Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org> <tv@pobox.com>