Re: 2G tmpfile of sort

2006-09-21 Thread Jim Meyering
Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Eggert checked in a gnulib patch today that tries to address your > problem, which appeared to still be present even in the latest 6.2 > tarball. So you would have to test a CVS build to see if it resolves your > problem. I've made a snapshot tarball,

coreutils_5.97-5_i386.deb : install option -m with symbolic modes

2006-09-21 Thread Roland Eggner
On Friday September 15th 2006 10:32 Jim Meyering wrote: > Roland Eggner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > install -m a-x SOURCE DEST > > install -m a-X SOURCE DEST > > both commands reset ALL bits like "chmod 000 DEST", should ONLY reset > > executable bits! > > Thanks for the report, but install ha

Re: coreutils_5.97-5_i386.deb : install option -m with symbolic modes

2006-09-21 Thread Paul Eggert
Roland Eggner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What about an additional option -M to install: > "install -D -m MODEofFILE -M MODEofDIRECTORIES SOURCE DEST"? You can already install each parent directory separately, with the exact mode that you want for each one. That's far more flexible than the pr

Re: "chmod a+rwx A B" doesn't chmod A before chmoding B

2006-09-21 Thread Jim Meyering
Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Regarding your conceptually separate change that adds the check >> for fts_close failure, you're welcome to add it back, especially >> if you can come up with a test case that triggers it. > > Those changes aren't