mpan via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Lately, possibly starting at mid December, files in /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ > > are kept with mode u=rw,g=,o= . Am I the only one having it? > Not observed here: > ----- > $ find /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ -iname '*.tar.zst' -exec stat -c '%a' {} > + | sort -u > 644 > ----- > > Check what `umask` prints before invoking pacman. If not 0022, here???s > the culprit. Right to the point. A systemd timer script had a too strict Umask setting. Thank for all replies. -- jadon > Otherwise please post the EXACT, COMPLETE command line you > are invoking.