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Re: dh_suidregister -> ?



On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 11:06:27PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote:
> > > I am using dh_suidregister in my packages, one of those actually has to
> > > register files as sgid games. How do I do that now with dpkg-stateoverride?
> > > Is it enough to just set the permissions in debian/rules (as before) and
> > > just omit the dh_suidregister call? Or do I have to do something with
> > > dpkg-stateoverride? The package seems to be fine with just setting the
> > > permissions.
> > 
> > Just make it sgid games in the package.
> > Make sure you do it after dh_fixperms.
> 
> Is it possible to ask for a summary of the change in procedure?  If it is OK
> to setgid in the package, then why was dh_suidregister being used in the first
> place?

The explanation was posted to debian-devel-announce a few days ago.

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