Bug#357983: tetex-bin: mktexmf can't write new .mf files

[Florent Rougon <f.rougon@free.fr>]

Frank Küster <frank@debian.org> wrote:

> That's how it's always been on UNIX systems.

Didier: you can verify this with the 'groups' command.

> teTeX folks, I fear we have to revert this change and make the system
> insecure by default.  I suggest that we change it only for fresh
> installations and leave unstable users to chmod -R.
>
> Comments?

Well, that's sad---I find the current setup relatively sane.
Didier: why don't you want your TeX users to be members of the 'users'
group? That doesn't sound that insane.

If I understand you correctly, Frank, you are proposing to give the
current setup to fresh installations and have the stuff world-writable
for those continuously upgrading, right? That would be a way to reduce
complaints, for sure...

-- 
Florent