diff -u -r man-1.5g.old/configure man-1.5g/configure
--- man-1.5g.old/configure	Wed Apr  7 04:16:05 1999
+++ man-1.5g/configure	Mon May 15 15:22:44 2000
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@
     read mode
     if test "$mode" != ""; then man_mode=$mode; fi
   fi
-  man_install_flags="-m $man_mode -o $man_user -g $man_group"
+  man_install_flags=""
 fi
 
 # What sections do we anticipate?
