[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src setup.py,1.126,1.127

[Michael Hudson]

Andrew Kuchling <akuchlin@mems-exchange.org> writes:

> On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 08:47:20AM -0800, mwh@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> >+     # Do exactly what install_lib does but make sure correct access modes get
> >+     # set on installed directories and files. All installed files with get
> >+     # mode 644 unless they are a shared library in which case they will get
> >+     # mode 755. All installed directories will get mode 755.
> 
> If install_lib is getting the mode wrong, shouldn't this fix be applied to 
> install_lib instead of just the setup.py?

Probably.  Do you have the time/inclination to work out any possible
backwards compatibility interactions, where it needs to go, etc.?  If
you do, be my guest.  I don't, and neither did the guy who wrote the
patch.

Cheers,
M.

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