Make modes for installed files and directories variables; change the

default for directories (not for files!) to be group writable.

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index f1e86ed6d9c6a3d2518bac862d7b31480ad7ea99..564dce20dbdbf1df2b1b6b682b2cc63ca420f344 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -122,10 +122,17 @@ SHELL=            /bin/sh
 # Use ``EXE=.exe'' for Unix emulations on DOS/Windows (e.g. GNUWIN32)
 EXE=
 
+# Modes for directories, executables and data files created by the
+# install process.  Default to group-writable directories but
+# user-only-writable for executables and data files.
+DIRMODE=       775
+EXEMODE=       755
+FILEMODE=      644
+
 # Portable install script (configure doesn't always guess right)
 INSTALL=       @srcdir@/install-sh -c
-INSTALL_PROGRAM=${INSTALL} -m 755
-INSTALL_DATA=  ${INSTALL} -m 644
+INSTALL_PROGRAM=${INSTALL} -m $(EXEMODE)
+INSTALL_DATA=  ${INSTALL} -m $(FILEMODE)
 
 # --with-PACKAGE options for configure script
 # e.g. --with-readline --with-svr5 --with-solaris --with-thread
@@ -233,7 +240,7 @@ altbininstall:      python
                        if test ! -d $$i; then \
                                echo "Creating directory $$i"; \
                                mkdir $$i; \
-                               chmod 755 $$i; \
+                               chmod $(DIRMODE) $$i; \
                        else    true; \
                        fi; \
                done
@@ -246,7 +253,7 @@ maninstall:
                        if test ! -d $$i; then \
                                echo "Creating directory $$i"; \
                                mkdir $$i; \
-                               chmod 755 $$i; \
+                               chmod $(DIRMODE) $$i; \
                        else    true; \
                        fi; \
                done
@@ -263,7 +270,7 @@ libinstall: python $(srcdir)/Lib/$(PLATDIR)
                        if test ! -d $$i; then \
                                echo "Creating directory $$i"; \
                                mkdir $$i; \
-                               chmod 755 $$i; \
+                               chmod $(DIRMODE) $$i; \
                        else    true; \
                        fi; \
                done
@@ -275,7 +282,7 @@ libinstall: python $(srcdir)/Lib/$(PLATDIR)
                        if test ! -d $$b; then \
                                echo "Creating directory $$b"; \
                                mkdir $$b; \
-                               chmod 755 $$b; \
+                               chmod $(DIRMODE) $$b; \
                        else    true; \
                        fi; \
                done
@@ -332,7 +339,7 @@ inclinstall:
                        if test ! -d $$i; then \
                                echo "Creating directory $$i"; \
                                mkdir $$i; \
-                               chmod 755 $$i; \
+                               chmod $(DIRMODE) $$i; \
                        else    true; \
                        fi; \
                done
@@ -352,7 +359,7 @@ libainstall:        all
                        if test ! -d $$i; then \
                                echo "Creating directory $$i"; \
                                mkdir $$i; \
-                               chmod 755 $$i; \
+                               chmod $(DIRMODE) $$i; \
                        else    true; \
                        fi; \
                done