Re: Bug#352394: tex-common: permission scheme for /var/cache/fonts

[Frank Küster <frank@kuesterei.ch>]

Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:

> Hi Frank!
>
> (taking off the bug, it is enough if we discuss it here)
>
> On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Frank Küster wrote:
>> What about the following patch?
>
> I have no patch, but I would suggest the following:
> - take out cache from the list of selectable mangedlsr options
> - add a general cache question 
>   this question should ask something like: should /var/cache/fonts
>   be writeable by a specific group all, nobody but root, whatever?

If we do this, why not drop any special handling of TEXMFMAIN and
TEXMFVAR completely?  Local admins with special needs can always use
dpkg-statoverride. 

Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX)