Hi Adam, On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 07:38:55AM -0700, Adam Lewenberg wrote: > I am getting this warning when running lintian (version 2.4.3): > non-standard-dir-perm var/cache/project/ 2775 != 0755 > N: > N: The directory has a mode different from 0755, and it's not one of the > N: known exceptions. > N: > N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 10.9 (Permissions and > owners) for > N: details. > N: > N: Severity: normal, Certainty: possible > N: > However, when I look at the referenced section of the Debian Policy > Manual it says (in part): "Directories should be mode 755 or (for > group-writability) mode 2775." > So why is lintian complaining? Because it's not a "standard" directory mode, and warns about it in case this was done in error. If it's intentional, you can document this with a lintian override in the package. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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