GNU bug report logs - #11043
chmod - new feature - restore default mode regarding the umask value

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Julien Blitte <julien.blitte <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:47:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Julien Blitte <julien.blitte <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11043 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11043: chmod - new feature - restore default mode regarding the umask value
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.
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