On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:29:25 +0200 Jan de Groot <jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 15:25 +0200, Ali H. Caliskan wrote: > > Hello fellow Arch Linux devels and users, > > > > I'm wondering if it's inappropriate to use "mkdir -p" in PKGBUILD > > instead of "install". I've seen quite many official PKGBUILDs that > > use mkdir instead of install, whose very structure I've adopted and > > applied in my various PKBUILDs. Does it matter if it's mkdir or > > install, and why? > > > > Kind regards, > > Ali > > Usually it doesn't matter, but I prefer to use install -d instead of > mkdir. Some users like to have umask set to something completely > non-default, which breaks permissions with mkdir -p. With install > -m755 -d I can specifiy the correct permissions explicit instead of > hoping the user doesn't have umask set. > A workaround would be to chmod afterwards. But I also prefer to use install. (one command instead of 2) Dieter
