Bug#89473: PROPOSAL] dpkg-statoverride and Conflicts: suidmanager (<< 0.50)

[Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 10:20:49PM -0800, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.5.2.0
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> The man page for dh_suidregister says that any package containing a
> SUID/SGID binary no longer needs to use suidregister, instead, users
> can use dpkg-statoverride as necessary.
> 
> Policy (section 11.9, "Permissions and Owners") doesn't talk about
> either way, but it should mention that suidregister should no longer
> be used; also, that packages previously using suidregister should
> Conflict: with suidmanager (<< 0.50).
> 
> If I understand dpkg-statoverride correctly, mentioning that
> dpkg-statoverride is not to be called from maintainer post/pre
> install scripts should also be added.

Agreed.

   Julian

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