Le samedi 06 février 2021 à 07:40 -0600, Dirk Eddelbuettel a écrit : > On 6 February 2021 at 10:04, Sébastien Villemot wrote: > > Package: r-base-core > > Version: 3.5.2-1 > > That is two+ years behind (3.5.0 released April 2018, 3.6.0 in April > 2019, > 4.0.0 last year -- and 4.1.0 soon).
Sure. I just wanted to set the correct metadata (since the bug is present in both stable and unstable). > > is present. When it is not, the directory should be owned by > > root:root and have > > permissions 0755. > > A disservice to our users as it makes it harder to have shared R > package installations. For the rationale, see: https://bugs.debian.org/299007 https://bugs.debian.org/484841 In a nutshell, having /usr/local group-writable by default is a security issue. In any case, both setups are now supported. -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Sébastien Villemot ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian Developer ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://sebastien.villemot.name ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ https://www.debian.org
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