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[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / core / variables.sh

diff --git a/scripts/core/variables.sh b/scripts/core/variables.sh
index b6311dacff8517b02357178abcc4ff9a3f09ab6f..351d23c61e3e2ceeb4c7d9937be5c24b287901ce 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/core/variables.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/variables.sh
@@ -149,11 +149,15 @@ define_yeti_variable DEFAULT_FEISTYMEOW_ORG_DIR=/opt/feistymeow.org
   
   ##############
 
-  # umask sets a permission mask for all file creations.
-  # this mask disallows writes by "group" and "others".
-  umask 022
-  # this mask disallows writes by the "group" and disallows "others" completely.
+  # umask sets a permission mask for all file creations.  we don't set this for the users any
+  # more; they should set it themselves.  this is just documentation.
+  # 
+  # this mask disallows writes by the "group" and disallows all permissions for "others".
   #umask 027
+  # this mask disallows writes by "group" and "others".
+  #umask 022
+  # this mask allows writes by "group" but not by "others".
+  #umask 002
 
   # ulimit sets user limits.  we set the maximum allowed core dump file size
   # to zero, because it is obnoxious to see the core dumps from crashed
@@ -224,7 +228,10 @@ define_yeti_variable DEFAULT_FEISTYMEOW_ORG_DIR=/opt/feistymeow.org
   
   # the archive collections list is a set of directories that are major
   # repositories of data which can be synched to backup drives.
-  define_yeti_variable ARCHIVE_COLLECTIONS_LIST=
+  define_yeti_variable ARCHIVE_COLLECTION_LIST=
+  # the source collections list is a set of directories that indicate they
+  # harbor a lot of source code underneath.
+  define_yeti_variable SOURCE_HIERARCHY_LIST=
 
   # initializes the feisty meow build variables, if possible.
   function initialize_build_variables()