#14017: "make install" with non-standard umask causes bad permission on package.cache -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: djf | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: high | Milestone: 8.2.2 Component: Build System | Version: 8.2.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Linux | Architecture: Type of failure: Installing GHC | Unknown/Multiple failed | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: #13375, #13354, | Differential Rev(s): #13194 | Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by bgamari): * cc: arybczak (added) * related: => #13375, #13354, #13194 Comment: I believe this more fallout from the atomic package database modification patch. The problem appears to be that `writeFileAtomic` (which is used by `writePackageDb` to populate the package database cache) uses the create- and-rename trick for atomic writes on POSIX platforms. However, when it creates the new file it doesn't take care to set the mode bits. It's not clear to me what should be done about this; what is the "correct" mode for this file? -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14017#comment:2 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler