Le Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 02:13:38PM +0200, Javier Fernandez-Sanguino a écrit : > > This really sounds like there is a "use case" for data-only "packages" that: > > - do not include maintainer scripts (dpkg refuses to run them) or are > only allowed a set of limited tasks (run in a restricted shell or with > reduced privileges) > > - are only allowed to write in a specific place on disk (such as > /var/lib/<packagename>) > > Wouldn't that reduce the problems surrounding clamav-data and other > frequently-updated data packages? > > <long-shot>Maybe that's something that could be taken on board by dpkg > maintainers?</long-shot>
Hi Javier, it is an interesting idea to define a set of criteria that data package must follow, but I think it will be much easier for everybody to have this enforced by a policy rather than by tools. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Debian Med packaging team, http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
