Re: new snapshot

[Bob Proulx]

Bauke Jan Douma wrote:
> >./../../../coreutils-6.9-354-68c33a/tests/rm/fail-eperm: skipping this test
> >
> >grep nobody /etc/passwd:
> >nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/:/bin/false
> >
> >Whereas it just succeeded when building from $(srcdir).
> >(And I do have /tmp, with mode 1777...).
> 
> Ah, I see, the untarred sources' directories all have 777,
> whereas the build directory has 755 throughout.  That explains.
> Sorry for that noise.

What umask are you using when unpacking, building, and testing?  In
order to get directory modes 777 I would expect that you have a zero
umask set.

If you unpack, build and test using 'umask 02' or 'umask 022' does
that work better?

Bob