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From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>
To: Julian Jenkins <kaveman@magna.com.au>
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On Fri, 2 Aug 1996, Julian Jenkins wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> 
> > If you read the original poster's message again, you'll note that he
> > was complaining about packages being installed with a fascist umask,
> > and whether or not pkg_add should set the umask.  The ports hack won't
> > help this case.
> 
> Those people need only use a script along the lines of:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> OLD_UMASK=`umask`
> umask 022
> pkg_add $*
> umask $OLD_UMASK

A good script... It could perhaps become upkg_add (as in user friendly 
pkg_add or umask setting pkg_add.

	Sander

> 
> 
> I'm sure the forgetfull but knowledgeable among us could set this up. Or 
> this could be given as part of a FAQ.
> 
> Kaveman
> kaveman@magna.com.au
>