Jeff Epler <jep...@unpythonic.net> writes: > I was not familiar with this behavior of 'install -d' that it tries to change > the mode of an existing directory, but GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb > certainly behaves as TJ reports. > > As a possible alternative, what about > [ -d $(DESTDIR)$(main1dir) ] || $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir) > so that $(INSTALL) is not called when the target directory exists > already.
That can cut both ways, though. If it exists and its permission is too tight (say 0750), $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 ought to loosen for others, but with the additional test, it won't be given a chance to do so. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
