> > As for setting permissions for files with dynamic ids, debian policy > > says that dpkg-statoverride is necessary. This is not true, or at > > least misleading. Certainly the post install script should check to > > make sure that there isn't any override in place before setting > > file permissions, but I think it would be better to set permissions > > with chown and chmod than dpkg-statoverride. > > If you set the permissions with chown, aren't they overwritten every > time the package is upgraded and then have to be reset again
No. You have to check for overrides first, and only chown/chmod if there aren't any in place. You have to do this regardless of which method you use. > leaving windows on every upgrade when they have the wrong permissions? I don't know what this means. -Brandon
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