Bug#895136: marked as done (debian-policy: §9.1.2 - Contains example that is misleadingly different than what the policy mandates)
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has caused the Debian Bug report #895136,
regarding debian-policy: §9.1.2 - Contains example that is misleadingly different than what the policy mandates
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Package: debian-policy
Version: 4.1.4
Severity: normal
Last paragraph of 9.1.2 reads:
"""
If /etc/staff-group-for-usr-local does not exist, /usr/local and all
subdirectories created by packages should have permissions 0755 and be
owned by root:root. If /etc/staff-group-for-usr-local exists,
/usr/local and subdirectories should have permissions 2775
(group-writable and set-group-id) and be owned by root:staff.
"""
In the middle of 9.1.2, there is the following example of how to do
directory creation in /usr/local:
"""
if [ ! -e /usr/local/share/emacs ]; then
if mkdir /usr/local/share/emacs 2>/dev/null; then
if chown root:staff /usr/local/share/emacs; then
chmod 2775 /usr/local/share/emacs || true
fi
fi
fi
"""
The example is way too simple to comply with policy. A more compliant
example would be:
"""
if [ ! -e /usr/local/share/emacs ]; then
if mkdir /usr/local/share/emacs 2>/dev/null; then
if test -e /etc/staff-group-for-usr-local ; then
if chown root:staff /usr/local/share/emacs; then
chmod 2775 /usr/local/share/emacs || true
fi
elif chown root:staff /usr/local/share/emacs; then
chmod 2775 /usr/local/share/emacs || true
fi
fi
fi
"""
Thanks,
~Niels
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: debian-policy
Source-Version: 4.1.4.1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 895136@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> (supplier of updated debian-policy package)
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Hash: SHA512
Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2018 09:13:01 -0700
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: all source
Version: 4.1.4.1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Policy Editors <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Closes: 895136
Description:
debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Changes:
debian-policy (4.1.4.1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Fix some errors in upgrading checklist.
Thanks to several people for noticing these.
Thanks to Jeremy Bicha for a patch.
* Soften wording in upgrading checklist for removal of get-orig-source
target.
Thanks Helmut Grohne for the new wording.
* Fix sample postinst in 9.1.2 to comply with new required permissions
for /usr/local (Closes: #895136).
Thanks to Niels Thykier for noticing the problem, and for the new
sample script.
- Reorder 9.1.2 so that details of the permissions requirement appear
before the sample postinst.
This ensures that the complexity of the sample postinst makes sense
to the reader.
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