Bug#332264: tex-common: permission-handling of ls-R files is one-way
Hi Frank!
On Mit, 05 Okt 2005, Frank Küster wrote:
> When invoking dpkg-reconfigure tex-common, it is possible to change
> permissions of ls-R files from anything (e.g. 644) to 664 by selecting
> the corresponding directory. However, when *deselecting* a directory,
> the permissions are not changed to 644, they are not touched at all.
All fixed in current svn. Thanks for spotting this.
But stop, well, isn't this the whole point of it???
Asume someone managed xyz-ls-R with debconf.
Then changes permissions/owner.
Then realizes that he has to reconfigure tex-common.
Then he calls dpkg-reconfigure -plow tex-common
What should tex-common do? Change permission/owner?
I would say no. I guess we need more discussion here.
Damned. I revert the svn diff for now.
> Furthermore, LOCALTEXMF's ls-R file is only managed if it resides in
> /var/lib/texmf. Since there was no such symlink in older versions, we
> should either provide a transition (is fiddling with /usr/local allowed
> in maintainer scripts?), or at least document it.
This has to be discussed, too.
Best wishes
Norbert
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