Re: install when used with -D, -o, and -g

[Jim Meyering]

Evan Dandrea <address@hidden> wrote:
> When install is run with -D, -o, and -g, the directories created are
> owned by the user who spawned install, rather than the user specified in
> -o.  Is this expected behavior?  In my humble opinion, its reasonable to
> assume the intention of the user is that everything created by install
> gets the user and group permissions when they are provided.
>
> I apologize in advance if this has previously been covered.  I searched
> the archive before posting, but it's possible that I failed to use the
> right keywords.

Good catch.  That's a bug.
Would you like to submit a patch that fixes it?
If so, please look through the new contribution guidelines,
just renamed to HACKING (feedback welcome):

  http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=blob;f=HACKING;hb=HEAD