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bug#3800: [emacs-devel] emacs-23.0.96 make install misbehavior
From: |
Glenn Morris |
Subject: |
bug#3800: [emacs-devel] emacs-23.0.96 make install misbehavior |
Date: |
Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:31:51 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Chong Yidong wrote:
>> chmod -R a+r \
[...]
> Fair enough. But the installation process needs to read the contents of
> /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp and /usr/local/share/info in order to
> function properly.
>
> How about doing `u+r' instead of `a+r' for those directories?
("u" is probably root when installing)
I imagine it is the "-R" that is the problem. I guess the install
should make sure the directories themselves, and those files we
install in them, are readable, but leave other things under these
directories alone.