Hi,


>> Is this really necessary, it seems like it might be a security
>> vulnerability ?
>>
>>         2001-11-03  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
>>                  * config/ltmain.sh: chmod 777 the .libs directory, so that
>>                  "make install" succeeds.


It certainly is a security vulnerability. But it's also necessary to
follow the GNU standards, namely to allow

   make
   su -p bin
   make install

to work. libtool unfortunately wants to write into the .libs directory
during "make install".

Bruno