On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 10:02:30AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Matt Zimmerman writes: > > Even though the directory was created outside the packaging system, its > > existing permissions and ownership are preserved. I don't think this > > should happen. > > What if the directory was created by another package and had its > permissions and/or ownership changed by the admin? Should dpkg override > her changes?
That would be a different situation. -- - mdz
