ports system and umask

[Kris Kennaway]

martinko wrote:
> Marcus Reid wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I had my umask set to 007 and installed some ports, and it broke a
>> lot of things.  Some ports seem to install files with correct 
>> permissions,
>> while others install files with the default umask.  Worse, one port
>> even changed the perms on /usr/local/lib to 770, which made my system
>> unusable until I booted into single and fixed it.
>>
>> Should the ports system check for this and correct the umask before
>> installing files with bad permissions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Marcus
> 
> Hallo,
> 
> We have similar problems here -- default umask is set to 027 and 
> therefore one needs to always remember changing it to 022 prior 
> installing any ports or packages.
> Been bitten many times because of this. :-\
> 
> Martin

There is an argument that if you set the umask then you are getting 
exactly what you ask for :)

Kris