diff -urN automake-1.7.9.old/lib/am/distdir.am automake-1.7.9/lib/am/distdir.am --- automake-1.7.9.old/lib/am/distdir.am 2003-06-04 21:23:26.000000000 +0200 +++ automake-1.7.9/lib/am/distdir.am 2010-02-16 14:04:04.000000000 +0100 @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ ## the file in place in the source tree. ## if %?TOPDIR_P% - -find $(distdir) -type d ! -perm -777 -exec chmod a+rwx {} \; -o \ + -find $(distdir) -type d ! -perm -755 -exec chmod u+rwx,go+rx {} \; -o \ ! -type d ! -perm -444 -links 1 -exec chmod a+r {} \; -o \ ! -type d ! -perm -400 -exec chmod a+r {} \; -o \ ! -type d ! -perm -444 -exec $(SHELL) $(install_sh) -c -m a+r {} {} \; \ diff -urN automake-1.7.9.old/Makefile.in automake-1.7.9/Makefile.in --- automake-1.7.9.old/Makefile.in 2010-02-16 14:02:50.000000000 +0100 +++ automake-1.7.9/Makefile.in 2010-02-16 14:03:42.000000000 +0100 @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) \ top_distdir="$(top_distdir)" distdir="$(distdir)" \ dist-info - -find $(distdir) -type d ! -perm -777 -exec chmod a+rwx {} \; -o \ + -find $(distdir) -type d ! -perm -755 -exec chmod u+rwx,go+rx {} \; -o \ ! -type d ! -perm -444 -links 1 -exec chmod a+r {} \; -o \ ! -type d ! -perm -400 -exec chmod a+r {} \; -o \ ! -type d ! -perm -444 -exec $(SHELL) $(install_sh) -c -m a+r {} {} \; \