Install modes
There seems to be little practical reason why we couldn't go along with
the standard install modes of:
programs, shared libraries 0755 [*]
data (libraries, headers, *.sample) 0644
rather than our current
program 0555
static library 0644
shared library 0644 most of the time
"everything else" 0444
On the other hand, I'm sure somebody knows one. Comments?
[*] assuming that "HPUX wants shared libs to be mode 555" does not
preclude mode 755
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Peter Eisentraut Sernanders v�g 10:115
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
There seems to be little practical reason why we couldn't go along with
the standard install modes of:
programs, shared libraries 0755 [*]
data (libraries, headers, *.sample) 0644
[*] assuming that "HPUX wants shared libs to be mode 555" does not
preclude mode 755
555 for shlibs on HPUX is not negotiable --- the performance cost of not
doing it that way is horrific. Shlibs are so wonderfully nonstandard
that there are likely other platforms with weird requirements for
shlibs. So I'd suggest 3 categories:
programs 0755
shared libraries platform-specific but usually 0755
data (libraries, headers, *.sample) 0644
Otherwise I agree --- no real need for 444 on data files.
regards, tom lane