On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 07:34:10AM +0800, Xiao Pan wrote:
Use INSTALL_DATA instead of INSTALL in doc/Makefile.am to install dovecot.conf with 644 instead of 755 file permission. After the patch, after ./autogen.sh and ./configure, doc/Makefile shows dovecot.conf is correclty installed with INSTALL_DATA which is `/usr/bin/install -c -m 644` instead of INSTALL which is `/usr/bin/install -c`. More info about INSTALL_DATA see `info make`.
Signed-off-by: Xiao Pan <xyz@flylightning.xyz> --- doc/Makefile.am | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am index 87b52dbe46..845e70e2db 100644 --- a/doc/Makefile.am +++ b/doc/Makefile.am @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ all-local: stamp-man install-data-hook: $(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/dovecot test -e $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/dovecot/dovecot.conf || \ - $(INSTALL) dovecot.conf $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/dovecot/dovecot.conf + $(INSTALL_DATA) dovecot.conf $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/dovecot/dovecot.conf
install-data-local: $(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(docdir); \ -- 2.52.0
Another way is to use `$(INSTALL) -m 644` instead of `$(INSTALL_DATA)`. This way maybe better for compatibility reason, because I'm not sure if old version of make or non-GNU make has `INSTALL_DATA` or not. More detailed writings about the BUG if you prefer: Issue description: /etc/dovecot.conf should be installed as 644 instead of 755 file permission. Actual behavior: /etc/dovecot.conf is installed as 755 file permission. Expected behavior: /etc/dovecot.conf should be installed as 644 file permission. How to reproduce: `./autogen.sh; ./configure; make; sudo make install` to build and install dovecot, then you can see /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf is installed with 644 file permission before apply my patch.