Le Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 12:56:52PM -0600, Jonathan Nieder a écrit : > Sam Morris wrote: > > > C.1.2 says: > > > > If no root-command is supplied then dpkg-buildpackage will take > > no special action to gain root privilege, so that for most > > packages it will have to be invoked as root to start with. > > > > This is wrong according to the dpkg-buildpackage man page > > True. How about this patch?
Hi Jonathan, I think that it is a bit drastic. In the case of dpkg-buildpackage, I agree that we should not repeat information found in the manual page, but I like the short explanations on the purpose of each Dpkg helper tool. How about limiting the deletions to the following. > - <taglist compact="compact"> > - <tag><tt>-uc</tt>, <tt>-us</tt></tag> > - <item> > - <p> > - Do not sign the <tt>.changes</tt> file or the > - source package <tt>.dsc</tt> file, respectively.</p> > - </item> > - <tag><tt>-p<var>sign-command</var></tt></tag> > - <item> > - <p> > - Invoke <var>sign-command</var> instead of finding > - <tt>gpg</tt> or <tt>pgp</tt> on the <prgn>PATH</prgn>. > - <var>sign-command</var> must behave just like > - <prgn>gpg</prgn> or <tt>pgp</tt>.</p> > - </item> > - <tag><tt>-r<var>root-command</var></tt></tag> > - <item> > - <p> > - When root privilege is required, invoke the command > - <var>root-command</var>. <var>root-command</var> > - should invoke its first argument as a command, from > - the <prgn>PATH</prgn> if necessary, and pass its > - second and subsequent arguments to the command it > - calls. If no <var>root-command</var> is supplied > - then <var>dpkg-buildpackage</var> will take no > - special action to gain root privilege, so that for > - most packages it will have to be invoked as root to > - start with.</p> > - </item> > - <tag><tt>-b</tt>, <tt>-B</tt></tag> > - <item> > - <p> > - Two types of binary-only build and upload - see > - <manref name="dpkg-source" section="1">. > - </p> > - </item> > - </taglist> (plus removing "; useful arguments include:" in the second paragraph). Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120212033151.gb8...@falafel.plessy.net
