Re: Immutable flag and packages

To: pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu, Bear Giles <bear@coyotesong.com>
Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Immutable flag and packages
From: Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 08:26:53 -0400
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 87sonr6t3k.fsf@pfaffben.user.msu.edu>; from Ben Pfaff on Mon, Apr 06, 1998 at 08:18:55AM -0400
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Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu> wrote:
> I don't see this as a good idea, myself. If the superuser wants to
> modify/remove a file, why should we stand in his way?

Hmm... how about going the other direction? If the system administrator
has set a file as immutable, the package system should refuse to
overwrite it?

-- 
Raul

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