Bug#89473: PROPOSAL] dpkg-statoverride and Conflicts: suidmanager (<< 0.50)
On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 11:56:59AM -0300, Henrique M Holschuh wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > I oppose that. How am I supposed to have dynamically-created UIDs [that are
> > not created by default in a debian install, and therefore cannot be added to
> > the .deb without creating that uid first] inside the .deb without royally
> > screwing all autobuilders?
>
> In that case, use chown and chmod (if necessary), and
> dpkg-statoverride --list to determine whether an override is to be
> used for your package/file.
That's what I do. And that's what I don't want forbidden.
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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