bjam bug? Strange permission

While tracking down strange directory permissions, I noticed this: find . -name .hg -prune -o -type d \( \! -perm 755 -and \! -perm 775 \) -ls 17315044 4 drwxrw-r-- 3 nbecker nbecker 4096 Aug 2 08:41 ./bin.v2 I assume that dir was created by bjam during the test build, for some reason with strange mode.

AMDG On 08/02/2012 07:47 AM, Neal Becker wrote:
While tracking down strange directory permissions, I noticed this:
find . -name .hg -prune -o -type d \( \! -perm 755 -and \! -perm 775 \) -ls 17315044 4 drwxrw-r-- 3 nbecker nbecker 4096 Aug 2 08:41 ./bin.v2
I assume that dir was created by bjam during the test build, for some reason with strange mode.
The problem is mkdir(path, 0766); I changed it to 0777. In Christ, Steven Watanabe

On Aug 2, 2012, at 8:19 AM, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj@gmail.com> wrote:
AMDG
On 08/02/2012 07:47 AM, Neal Becker wrote:
While tracking down strange directory permissions, I noticed this:
find . -name .hg -prune -o -type d \( \! -perm 755 -and \! -perm 775 \) -ls 17315044 4 drwxrw-r-- 3 nbecker nbecker 4096 Aug 2 08:41 ./bin.v2
I assume that dir was created by bjam during the test build, for some reason with strange mode.
The problem is mkdir(path, 0766);
But Neal's getting 0764 - strange. Neal - what's your umask? -- Marshall Marshall Clow Idio Software <mailto:mclow.lists@gmail.com> A.D. 1517: Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to the church door and is promptly moderated down to (-1, Flamebait). -- Yu Suzuki

Marshall Clow wrote:
On Aug 2, 2012, at 8:19 AM, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj@gmail.com> wrote:
AMDG
On 08/02/2012 07:47 AM, Neal Becker wrote:
While tracking down strange directory permissions, I noticed this:
find . -name .hg -prune -o -type d \( \! -perm 755 -and \! -perm 775 \) -ls 17315044 4 drwxrw-r-- 3 nbecker nbecker 4096 Aug 2 08:41 ./bin.v2
I assume that dir was created by bjam during the test build, for some reason with strange mode.
The problem is mkdir(path, 0766);
But Neal's getting 0764 - strange.
Neal - what's your umask?
Common setting on Redhat-ish linux (in my case, fedora): umask 0002

On Aug 2, 2012, at 10:33 AM, Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> wrote:
Marshall Clow wrote:
On Aug 2, 2012, at 8:19 AM, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj@gmail.com> wrote:
AMDG
On 08/02/2012 07:47 AM, Neal Becker wrote:
While tracking down strange directory permissions, I noticed this:
find . -name .hg -prune -o -type d \( \! -perm 755 -and \! -perm 775 \) -ls 17315044 4 drwxrw-r-- 3 nbecker nbecker 4096 Aug 2 08:41 ./bin.v2
I assume that dir was created by bjam during the test build, for some reason with strange mode.
The problem is mkdir(path, 0766);
But Neal's getting 0764 - strange.
Neal - what's your umask?
Common setting on Redhat-ish linux (in my case, fedora):
Ok - that explains what you're seeing; and Steven's fix will get you 775 on directories, which I think is fine. -- Marshall Marshall Clow Idio Software <mailto:mclow.lists@gmail.com> A.D. 1517: Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to the church door and is promptly moderated down to (-1, Flamebait). -- Yu Suzuki
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