On 2012-05-12 13:10 +0200, Charles Plessy wrote:
> I was always wondering:
>
> Unless we expect that two different binary packages that can be co-installed
> will distribute the same directory under different ownership or permissions
> for
> a good reason, why not simply let dpkg apply ownership and permissions found
> in
> data.tar.{gz|bz2|xz}, and treat it the same as a file conflict when unpacking
> a
> package on a system where another package has already set different ownersip
> and permissions ?
An obvious obstacle is that dpkg does not currently track ownership and
permissions of installed files and directories in its database.
Cheers,
Sven
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