New approach to safer chmod.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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-2005-12-27  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+2006-01-01  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
        * Version 6.0-cvs.
 
+       * NEWS: Document that mkfifo and mknod -m no longer set special bits.
+       * src/copy.c: Include lchmod.h.
+       (copy_internal): Use lchmod rather than chmod.
+       * src/cp.c: Include lchmod.h.
+       (re_protect, make_dir_parents_private): Use lchmod rather than chmod.
+       * src/mkdir.c: Include lchmod.h.
+       (usage): Clarify -m's operation.
+       (main): Use lchmod rather than chmod.  Don't use lchmod unless the
+       new mode contains bits outside the 777 range.
+       * src/mkfifo.c (usage): Clarify -m's operation.
+       (main): If -m is given, don't invoke chmod; use umask 0 instead.
+       Report an error if -m asks for bits outside the 777 range.
+       * src/mknod.c (usage, main): Likewise.
+
+       * src/mkdir.c, src/mkfifo.c, src/mknod.c: Undo 2005-12-19 changes.
+
+2005-12-27  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
        * Makefile.maint (sc_obsolete_symbols): Prohibit use of O_NDELAY.
        (sc_prohibit_assert_without_use): New rule.
        (syntax-check-rules): Add it to the list.

diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
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--- a/doc/ChangeLog
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+2006-01-01  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       * coreutils.texi, perm.texi: Clarify file mode bits versus
+       file permission bits.
+       * coreutils.texi (mkfifo invocation, mknod invocation): -m
+       affects only file permission bits.
+
 2005-12-29  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
        * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Clarify that a blank is a space

diff --git a/lib/ChangeLog b/lib/ChangeLog
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+2006-01-01  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       * chmod-safer.c, chmod-safer.h: Remove.
+       * lchmod.h: New file.
+       * mkdir-p.c: Include lchmod.h, lchown.h.
+       (make_dir_parents): Use lchown rather than chown, and
+       lchmod rather than chmod.
+
 2005-12-26  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
        * chdir-long.c (cdb_free): Don't bother trying to open directory

diff --git a/m4/ChangeLog b/m4/ChangeLog
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--- a/m4/ChangeLog
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+2006-01-01  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       * chmod-safer.m4: Remove.
+       * lchmod.m4: New file.
+       * jm-macros.m4 (gl_MACROS): Require gl_FUNC_LCHMOD.
+       Don't require gl_CHDIR_SAFER.
+
 2005-12-21  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
        * chdir-safer.m4: New file.