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

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

On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 04:42:46PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > dpkg-statoverride --list is OK, adding or removing overrides is almost
> > certainly not.
> 
> It most certainly is. Think dynamic useres and groups, user interaction 
> if debconf isn't available, etc.

You're right: I hadn't thought of dynamic users and groups.
But somehow one must ensure that one doesn't overwrite any local
configurations made using dpkg-statoverride.

Is there any easy way in which dpkg-statoverride can be modified to
distinguish between local and package overrides, in the way that
suidmanager used to do?

   Julian

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