rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu writes ("unexecutable debian scripts"):
> While examining the dpkg info directory, I happened to notice that a
> lot of the debian scripts are unexecutable.
>
> This strikes me as strange. Does dpkg just ignore these? Do
> they get executed?
You must have looked while packages were `unpacked'; dpkg chmods the
scripts to make them executable before it runs them, IIRC.
If it doesn't please let me know and report it as a bug :-).
Ian.