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Re: bashbug install mode
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: bashbug install mode |
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Mon, 28 Nov 2016 13:38:31 -0800 |
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On 11/28/16 1:35 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
> I don't think they do that anymore. Today, the de facto recommendation
> from GNU would be automake, which installs all executables 0755. Here bash
> stands out as doing something possibly wrong.
I disagree that it's wrong, per se. Certainly there's no real compelling
reason to change it now. Who wants to be able to edit a shell script in
situ after it's been installed?
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