[New-bugs-announce] [issue34245] Python library should be installed writable

[Jeroen Demeyer]

New submission from Jeroen Demeyer <J.Demeyer at UGent.be>:

In Makefile.pre.in, there is this:

# Shared libraries must be installed with executable mode on some systems;
# rather than figuring out exactly which, we always give them executable mode.
# Also, making them read-only seems to be a good idea...
INSTALL_SHARED= ${INSTALL} -m 555

Installing libraries read-only is very non-standard (I'm not aware of any other build system which does that). Python should just use the more standard 755 install mode.

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components: Build
messages: 322469
nosy: jdemeyer
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Python library should be installed writable
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8

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