Re: base-files and /dev
Russell Coker wrote:
> Does base-files really need to own /dev? If so why?
>
> In my SE Linux security policy I am only allowing devfsd to change the
> context of all /dev on a devfs system. Upgrading base-files causes dpkg to
> try and relabel /dev as it's apparently owned by base-files.
Seems like a misfeature that we should better fix rather than hide it
by removing /dev from base-files.
In either case, I believe APT has hooks that allow you to do certain
things before an upgrade and other things after the upgrade. Perhaps
you could use them to work around this problem.
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