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Re: Bug#167422: files in /usr/share should be world-readable



On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 02:13:23AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> 	If these were ordinary log files of a running program
>  generating data, I may agree.
> 
> 	But since we are down to gut feelings, a bunch of files are
>  generated by postinst, and they all reside in the same place. Some of
>  these files are read by emacs; some times there is a README read by
>  the inquisitive users, and then there is a record of what transpired
>  while gemerating these files.
> 
> 	It strikes my gut as sane that these files, all generated by
>  the postinst, live in the same location.
[...]
> 	They are not even accessed by the user directly, and certainly
>  not by emacs.

This description unambiguously screams /var/log to me.  Clearly your
mileage varies.

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