Subject: Re: bug#11043: chmod - new feature - restore default mode regarding the umask value

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:56:15 -0700

Isn't the proposed "chmod --umask FILES" almost the
same as "chmod a=,+rwX FILES"?  If so, perhaps all we need
to do is to update the documentation to mention this
already-standardized solution to a common problem.