[Bug 821480] New: /usr/bin/xorg-x11-fonts-update-dirs is only executable by root

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Summary: /usr/bin/xorg-x11-fonts-update-dirs is only executable by root

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=821480

           Summary: /usr/bin/xorg-x11-fonts-update-dirs is only executable
                    by root
           Product: Fedora
           Version: 17
          Platform: Unspecified
        OS/Version: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: unspecified
          Priority: unspecified
         Component: xorg-x11-font-utils
        AssignedTo: xgl-maint at redhat.com
        ReportedBy: mads at kiilerich.com
         QAContact: extras-qa at fedoraproject.org
                CC: xgl-maint at redhat.com,
                    fonts-bugs at lists.fedoraproject.org
    Classification: Fedora
      Story Points: ---
              Type: Bug
        Regression: ---
        Mount Type: ---
     Documentation: ---


-rwxr--r--.   1 root root        1226 Jan 15 05:39
/usr/bin/xorg-x11-fonts-update-dirs

It is possible that it only makes sense to run it as root, but limiting that by
removing the x bit when it is placed in /usr/bin is confusing.

xorg-x11-font-utils-7.5-7.fc17.i686

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