Evan Dandrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils