Ports changing permissions on directories

[Andrea Venturoli]

On 12/08/14 21:04, Charles Swiger wrote:

>> Since I always need to "chmod 775 /var/db/clamav" after an upgrade, I'm asking:
>> _ where does this come from? I tried to look into Makefile, but didn't get to it;
>
> Is the umask setup in your shell 022 or 002?

If I run "umask" as root, I get 22, if that's what you mean.

However, I'm puzzled about how this should affect directories which 
already exist.

Is there some official doc on the interaction between umask and the port 
system?

  bye & Thanks
	av.