On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 11:28:48AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > I wrote: > > What if the directory was created by another package and had its > > permissions and/or ownership changed by the admin? Should dpkg override > > her changes? > > Matt Zimmerman writes: > > That would be a different situation. > > Yes, of course it would, but how would dpkg know that? Because dpkg knows what files and directories it has created on the system. -- - mdz