On Thu, 04 Feb 2010, martin f krafft wrote: > I can perfectly understand admins wanting to override package > defaults, but not why the package maintainer needs to use > dpkg-statoverride.
You need to use dpkg-statoverride when you are using a dynamic uid/gid and files that you ship need to be setuid/setgid to that uid/gid, or when you've got a sensible default of not setgid (or similar) but you want that setting to be easily configurable via debconf. Don Armstrong -- "There's no problem so large it can't be solved by killing the user off, deleting their files, closing their account and reporting their REAL earnings to the IRS." -- The B.O.F.H.. http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
