Re: emacsen-common 2.0.6 uploaded (new requirements for add-on packages)

[Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>]

Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org> writes:

> There has also been one important policy change for add-on packages.
> They are now required to manage their "installed" state file directly.
> See debian-emacs-policy section 5B for further details, but here's the
> relevant diff:

Unpleasant typo:

>   --- a/debian-emacs-policy
>   +++ b/debian-emacs-policy
>   @@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ First, for the purposes of this policy, some terminology:
>           fi
>
>         postinst:
>   +       mkdir -p 0755 /var/lib/emacsen-common/state/package/installed
>   +       touch /var/lib/emacsen-common/state/package/installed/<package>

That should obviously be "mkdir -p -m 0755 ...".

Fixed in 2.0.7:

  emacsen-common (2.0.7) unstable; urgency=medium

    * Fix typo; add missing "-m" to mkdir call in postinst and policy.
      Thanks to Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.L-H@gmx.de> for the report.
      (Closes: 735155)

   -- Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>  Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:00:10 -0600

Thanks
-- 
Rob Browning
rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org
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