Description of problem: The command 'desktop-file-install --mode 664 ...' works, while 'desktop-file-install -m664 ...' results in: Unknown option "" Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): desktop-file-utils-0.12-4.fc7 How reproducible: always Expected results: -m644 should be equivalent to --mode 664 Additional info: $ desktop-file-install --help-all ... -m, --mode Set the given permissions on the destination file. ...
You can use -m 644 or --mode 644 or --mode=644. Only -m644 does not work.
I see, 10x for the info and sorry. There are .spec files (at least one) that use exactly -m644, because I copy-pasted it from someone else's...