Bug#238193: use debconf to manage permissions of ls-r not high-priority question

[frank@kuesterei.ch (Frank Küster)]

Hi all,

Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> wrote:

> :-! Use debconf to manage permissions of ls-R files? 
> 
> That's completely unacceptable to present as a high priority question
> to a new user.  IT has an obvious default (yes) and tetex-bin is a
> dependency of enough stuff that it should not ask questions during a
> normal install.

I'd suggest to set the priority to low. Or is there any specific reason
why it was initially set to high - Atsuhito?

I propose the following patch.

Regards, Frank

--- debian/tetex-bin/debian/config	2004/04/29 15:46:51	1.1.2.1
+++ debian/tetex-bin/debian/config	2004/05/03 15:37:07	1.1.2.2
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
 db_go || true
 
 # ls-R handling
-db_input high tetex-bin/lsr-perms || true
+db_input low tetex-bin/lsr-perms || true
 db_go
 
 db_get tetex-bin/lsr-perms
 if [ x"$RET" = x"true" ]; then
     db_beginblock
-    db_input medium tetex-bin/groupname || true
+    db_input low tetex-bin/groupname || true
     db_input low tetex-bin/groupperm || true
     db_input low tetex-bin/userperm || true
     db_endblock
--- debian/tetex-bin/debian/templates	2004/04/29 15:46:51	1.1.2.1
+++ debian/tetex-bin/debian/templates	2004/05/03 15:37:07	1.1.2.2
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
  where the font files are stored.
  .
  Accepting this option will allow you to easily manage the permissions of
- those ls-R files using debconf.
+ those ls-R files using debconf. Otherwise you will have to manually
+ ensure that they get useful but safe permissions.
 
 Template: tetex-bin/groupname
 Type: string


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Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie