Message-ID: <16400.394.283300.509663@gargle.gargle.HOWL>
Date: 2004-01-22T16:59:54Z
From: Martin Maechler
Subject: File permissions and packages, openVignette
In-Reply-To: <BAA35444B19AD940997ED02A6996AAE0B5C439@sanmail.picr.man.ac.uk>
>>>>> "Crispin" == Crispin Miller <CMiller at picr.man.ac.uk>
>>>>> on Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:08:01 -0000 writes:
Crispin> Hi,
Crispin> I've got a quick question about file permissions and packages...
Crispin> I'm creating my own package, and am having problems
Crispin> with its vignette not being seen when I install it
Crispin> into R...
Crispin> As I understand it, the permissions of the source tree should be as
Crispin> follows:
Crispin> o Directories - drwxrwxr--
Crispin> o Files - -rw-r--r--
No. Directories (most of the time) need the 'x' bit everywhere
(and typically shouldn't be group writable) hence:
o Directories - drwxr-xr-x (aka 755)
o Files - -rw-r--r-- (aka 644)
I don't know if this solves your problem.
Regards,
Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch> http://stat.ethz.ch/~maechler/
Seminar fuer Statistik, ETH-Zentrum LEO C16 Leonhardstr. 27
ETH (Federal Inst. Technology) 8092 Zurich SWITZERLAND
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