Re: Introduction of a "lock" group

[Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>]

* Roger Leigh (rleigh@codelibre.net) [110815 17:12]:
> Are these any other downsides we need to consider?  One issue is the
> existence of badly broken programs³, which make stupid assumptions
> about lockfiles.

This will break all existing programms on an partial upgrades. There
are three ways to deal with it:
1. Don't adjust permissions on existing systems
2. Add Breaks to all relevant programs
3. Adjust permissions on existing systems one release later


Andi