#14017: "make install" with non-standard umask causes bad permission on package.cache -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: djf | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: None | Version: 8.2.1-rc3 Keywords: | Operating System: Linux Architecture: | Type of failure: Installing GHC Unknown/Multiple | failed Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Using Debian 8 binary package ghc-8.2.1-x86_64-deb8-linux.tar.xz to install with `configure` and then `su` and `make install`. If your umask is 0027 rather than the default 0022, a file doesn't get made world-readable. (Other files in this directory do though.) {{{ $ ls -l /usr/local/lib/ghc-8.2.1/package.conf.d/package.cache -rw-r----- 1 root staff 161490 Jul 23 10:02 /usr/local/lib/ghc-8.2.1/package.conf.d/package.cache }}} It results in this message when trying to use ghc or ghci: {{{ $ ghci GHCi, version 8.2.1: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help /usr/local/lib/ghc-8.2.1/package.conf.d/package.cache: openBinaryFile: permission denied (Permission denied) }}} (n.b. I have set the version field in this bug to 8.2.1-rc3 for now because 8.2.1 isn't in the list yet.) -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14017 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler