GNU coreutils behavior:
$ install -m 755 -d ./path/to/dir
$ stat -c %a path
755
$ stat -c %a path/to
755
$ stat -c %a path/to/dir
755
uutils --version 0.2.2 behavior:
$ install -m 755 -d ./path/to/dir
$ stat -c %a path
775
$ stat -c %a path/to
775
$ stat -c %a path/to/dir
755
Only the last component of the path receives the desired permissions. Is this intentional?