Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.5.0 Severity: wishlist
Hello Developers, Policy 11.9 document the way permissions of files are handled. It basically say "Put permission in the package as you want them on the installed system". There is one case where it is false, when you upgrade a package and want to change the permission of a directory in a new version. dpkg will keep the old permission so you must use postinst script. This behaviour is not well documented see <http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2002/debian-mentors-200202/msg00191.html> Documenting it in this section may avoid mistakes and would be logical. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- System Information Debian Release: 2.2 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux yellowpig 2.2.19 #1 Tue Apr 24 20:02:21 CEST 2001 i686 Versions of packages debian-policy depends on: ii fileutils 4.0l-8 GNU file management utilities.
