On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 11:52:31AM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Drew Parsons wrote:
> > Anyway, I tried also using dpkg-statoverride in postinst to set the mode for
> > /usr/lib/games/mirrormagic, not just /var/lib... and do get the same
> > problem:
> >
> > warning: --update given but /usr/lib/game
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 11:52:31AM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Drew Parsons wrote:
> > Anyway, I tried also using dpkg-statoverride in postinst to set the mode for
> > /usr/lib/games/mirrormagic, not just /var/lib... and do get the same problem:
> >
> > warning: --update given but /usr/lib/games/mi
Drew Parsons wrote:
> Anyway, I tried also using dpkg-statoverride in postinst to set the mode for
> /usr/lib/games/mirrormagic, not just /var/lib... and do get the same problem:
>
> warning: --update given but /usr/lib/games/mirrormagic does not exist
>
> So does that mean this part of the probl
Drew Parsons wrote:
> Anyway, I tried also using dpkg-statoverride in postinst to set the mode for
> /usr/lib/games/mirrormagic, not just /var/lib... and do get the same problem:
>
> warning: --update given but /usr/lib/games/mirrormagic does not exist
>
> So does that mean this part of the prob
On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 08:25:31AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 12:02:16PM +, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > dpkg-statoverride is only for the sysadmin to change things *from*
> > their normal settings.
>
> But that doesn't explain why it says the directory doesn't exist..
On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 08:25:31AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 12:02:16PM +, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > dpkg-statoverride is only for the sysadmin to change things *from*
> > their normal settings.
>
> But that doesn't explain why it says the directory doesn't exist..
On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 12:02:16PM +, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> dpkg-statoverride is only for the sysadmin to change things *from*
> their normal settings.
But that doesn't explain why it says the directory doesn't exist..
Hamish
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On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 12:02:16PM +, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> dpkg-statoverride is only for the sysadmin to change things *from*
> their normal settings.
But that doesn't explain why it says the directory doesn't exist..
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 12:02:16PM +, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 09:12:48PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote:
> > I'm packaging the new version of mirrormagic, which has a series of data
> > directories all with the setgid bit set (mode g+s). In particular it needs
> > setgid for w
On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 12:02:16PM +, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 09:12:48PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote:
> > I'm packaging the new version of mirrormagic, which has a series of data
> > directories all with the setgid bit set (mode g+s). In particular it needs
> > setgid for
On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 09:12:48PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote:
> I'm packaging the new version of mirrormagic, which has a series of data
> directories all with the setgid bit set (mode g+s). In particular it needs
> setgid for writing high scores to /var/lib/games/mirrormagic, which has
> a hierarc
On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 09:12:48PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote:
> Now when I do this by hand in debian/rules, it all works just fine. But I
> was given to understand that setting gid mode was better done using
> dpkg-statoverride for security reasons in the postinst script, using
> something like:
I have a question about dpkg-statoverride. I won't submit a bug, since maybe
I'm just trying to use it improperly, but as far as I can tell, it sucks
badly.
I'm packaging the new version of mirrormagic, which has a series of data
directories all with the setgid bit set (mode g+s). In particular it
On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 09:12:48PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote:
> I'm packaging the new version of mirrormagic, which has a series of data
> directories all with the setgid bit set (mode g+s). In particular it needs
> setgid for writing high scores to /var/lib/games/mirrormagic, which has
> a hierar
On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 09:12:48PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote:
> Now when I do this by hand in debian/rules, it all works just fine. But I
> was given to understand that setting gid mode was better done using
> dpkg-statoverride for security reasons in the postinst script, using
> something like:
I have a question about dpkg-statoverride. I won't submit a bug, since maybe
I'm just trying to use it improperly, but as far as I can tell, it sucks
badly.
I'm packaging the new version of mirrormagic, which has a series of data
directories all with the setgid bit set (mode g+s). In particular i
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