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[PATCH] no need to install manpages as executable

From
CWChris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Date
Dec 11, 2006, 07:39 UTC
Message-ID
<20061211073932.GA12555@sequoia.sous-sol.org>
No need to install manpages as executable.  Noticed by Ville Skyttä.
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
---
Applies cleanly to maint and master.
 Documentation/Makefile |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index c00f5f6..d68bc4a 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ man7: $(DOC_MAN7)
 
 install: man
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m755 $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir) $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir)
-	$(INSTALL) $(DOC_MAN1) $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)
-	$(INSTALL) $(DOC_MAN7) $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir)
+	$(INSTALL) -m644 $(DOC_MAN1) $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)
+	$(INSTALL) -m644 $(DOC_MAN7) $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir)
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