* make-dist: Keep necessary restrictions on file access.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 29433c8f13..bdbeddae07 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-05-01  Paul Eggert  <[email protected]>
+
+	* make-dist: Keep necessary restrictions on file access.
+
 2013-04-29  Paul Eggert  <[email protected]>
 
 	Merge from gnulib, incorporating:
diff --git a/make-dist b/make-dist
index e1e62c895c..b82a3cba9d 100755
--- a/make-dist
+++ b/make-dist
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ LC_MESSAGES=
 LANG=
 export LANGUAGE LC_ALL LC_MESSAGES LANG
 
-## Don't restrict access to any files.
-umask 0
+## Remove unnecessary restrictions on file access.
+umask 022
 
 update=yes
 check=yes