# [PATCH] Install templates with the user and group of the installing personality

2 messages from 2008-08-20 to 2008-08-20. Participants: Johannes Sixt, Jeff King.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/15109

## Johannes Sixt, 2008-08-20 15:36

Subject: [PATCH] Install templates with the user and group of the installing personality
Message-ID: <1219246585-31993-1-git-send-email-johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1219246585-31993-1-git-send-email-johannes.sixt%40telecom.at

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If 'make install' was run with sufficient privileges, then the installed
templates, which are copied using 'tar', would receive the user and group
of whoever built git. This instructs 'tar' to ignore the user and group
that are recorded in the archive.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
---
 I hope this tar option 'o' is universal enough. Even my ancient AIX 4.3.3
 box has it.

 -- Hannes

 templates/Makefile |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/templates/Makefile b/templates/Makefile
index 9f3f1fc..cc3fc30 100644
--- a/templates/Makefile
+++ b/templates/Makefile
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ clean:
 install: all
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(template_instdir_SQ)'
 	(cd blt && $(TAR) cf - .) | \
-	(cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(template_instdir_SQ)' && umask 022 && $(TAR) xf -)
+	(cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(template_instdir_SQ)' && umask 022 && $(TAR) xfo -)
-- 
1.6.0.rc2.31.g4f33a

```

## Jeff King, 2008-08-20 17:20

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Install templates with the user and group of the installing personality
Message-ID: <20080820172000.GB27773@sigill.intra.peff.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080820172000.GB27773%40sigill.intra.peff.net
In-Reply-To: <1219246585-31993-1-git-send-email-johannes.sixt@telecom.at>

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On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 05:36:25PM +0200, Johannes Sixt wrote:

>  I hope this tar option 'o' is universal enough. Even my ancient AIX 4.3.3
>  box has it.

The oldest thing I have is Solaris 5.8, which also has it.

-Peff

```
