[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #38574] signal: files in version 1.2.1 not world readable

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                 Summary: signal: files in version 1.2.1 not world readable
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Fri 22 Mar 2013 06:59:10 PM UTC
                Category: Octave Forge Package
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Installation
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Clemens Buchacher
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.6.3
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

In signal-1.2.1.tgz files have 640 and directories 750 permissions. In version
1.2.0, and in other packages it's 644 and 755. After a pkg install -global,
the files are readable only by root:

> news('signal')
error: fgets: invalid stream number = -1
error: evaluating argument list element number 1
error: called from:
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.6.3/m/miscellaneous/news.m at line 49, column 5

> pkg load signal
warning: load_path: /usr/share/octave/packages/signal-1.2.1/private:
Permission denied

> fwht()
error: no such file, `/usr/share/octave/packages/signal-1.2.1/fwht.m'




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