ref: 1e3ce2a36f651641b9158a476dd65ebda0978b83
parent: 153915dc2ff73312354eab20f90f7558759c44bd
author: JL2210 <[email protected]>
date: Sun Apr 5 12:00:45 EDT 2020
Use more conventional permissions and man-page directory As 444 and 555 seem to be used for no apparent reason, use the more conventional 644 and 755. /man is typically unused or a symlink to /share/man now, so just use /share/man. Signed-off-by: JL2210 <[email protected]>
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
Q := @
PREFIX := /usr/local
bindir := ${PREFIX}/bin
-mandir := ${PREFIX}/man
+mandir := ${PREFIX}/share/man
STRIP := -s
-BINMODE := 555
-MANMODE := 444
+BINMODE := 755
+MANMODE := 644
CHECKPATCH := ../linux/scripts/checkpatch.pl
# Other variables
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
``${PREFIX}/bin``.
- ``mandir``: Location where the manpages will be installed. Defaults to
- ``${PREFIX}/man``.
+ ``${PREFIX}/share/man``.
- ``DESTDIR``: This is prepended to all paths during the installation. It is
mainly used for packaging.
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@
- ``STRIP``: Whether to strip the installed binaries of debug symbols or not.
Defaults to ``-s``.
-- ``BINMODE``: Permissions of the installed binaries. Defaults to ``555``.
+- ``BINMODE``: Permissions of the installed binaries. Defaults to ``755``.
-- ``MANMODE``: Permissions of the installed manpages. Defaults to ``444``.
+- ``MANMODE``: Permissions of the installed manpages. Defaults to ``644``.
- ``CHECKPATCH``: Path of the script ``checkpatch.pl`` of the Linux kernel.
Defaults to ``../linux/scripts/checkpatch.pl``.