# Re: [PATCH] no need to install manpages as executable 2 messages from 2006-12-11 to 2006-12-12. Participants: Junio C Hamano, Chris Wright. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/43585 ## Chris Wright, 2006-12-11 07:39 Subject: [PATCH] no need to install manpages as executable Message-ID: <20061211073932.GA12555@sequoia.sous-sol.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20061211073932.GA12555%40sequoia.sous-sol.org ``` No need to install manpages as executable. Noticed by Ville Skyttä. Signed-off-by: Chris Wright --- 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) ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2006-12-12 01:15 Subject: Re: [PATCH] no need to install manpages as executable Message-ID: <7virghzzg9.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7virghzzg9.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net In-Reply-To: <20061211073932.GA12555@sequoia.sous-sol.org> ``` Chris Wright writes: > No need to install manpages as executable. Noticed by Ville Skyttä. Thanks. I agree there is no need but I wonder why we even need to specify that explicitly. Well, I guess I did not know that install(1) was that stupid. ```