Re: install -d sometimes fails

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   The problem is that the default permissions for install are
   'rwxr-xr-x' and the directory is currently 'drwxrwsr-x' therefore
   the program is attempting to make the change to make the directory
   not group writable.

Hmph, didn't think of that... Cute.

Can't install just ignore changing the permissions if a file/directory
exists, and if no --mode/--owner/--group flags have been passed in
this case?  And essentially just use the default permissions when
creating a new file/directory?