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Re: [PATCH da/difftool-mergtool-refactor] Makefile: fix permissions of mergetools/ checked out with permissive umask

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 9, 2011, 11:43 UTC
Message-ID
<20111009114333.GA29829@elie.hsd1.il.comcast.net>
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<20111009091617.GA29150@elie.hsd1.il.comcast.net>
Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> ---
[...]
> Since debian/rules install is run as root, the default is for tar to
> act as thought --preserve-permissions were passed
I should have said: "when 'make install' is run as root, ...".

Typically people building git for private use would run "make install" as root when installing to /usr/local, but as an unprivileged user when installing to $HOME. The RPM packaging runs "make install" without special privileges and the Debian packaging runs it as (fake) root, iirc.

Sorry for the lack of clarity.
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Message 9 of 18 in “Refactor git-mergetool--lib.sh”
  1. 0/4 Refactor git-mergetool--lib.shDavid Aguilar, Aug 18, 2011
  2. 1/4 difftool--helper: Make style consistent with gitDavid Aguilar, Aug 18, 2011
  3. Sebastian SchuberthAug 18, 2011
  4. David AguilarAug 18, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2011
  6. 2/4 mergetool--lib: Make style consistent with gitDavid Aguilar, Aug 18, 2011
  7. 3/4 mergetool--lib: Refactor tools into separate filesDavid Aguilar, Aug 18, 2011
  8. Makefile: fix permissions of mergetools/ checked out with permissive umaskJonathan Nieder, Oct 9, 2011
  9. Jonathan NiederOct 9, 2011
  10. David AguilarOct 9, 2011
  11. Jonathan NiederOct 9, 2011
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2011
  13. 4/4 mergetools/meld: Use '--output' when availableDavid Aguilar, Aug 18, 2011
  14. Jonathan NiederAug 18, 2011
  15. David AguilarAug 18, 2011
  16. 4/4 mergetools/meld: Use '--output' when availableDavid Aguilar, Aug 19, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2011
  18. Sebastian SchuberthAug 18, 2011

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