Bug#4525: dpkg-buildpackage assumes file protections and shoots self in foot

1996-09-21 Thread Guy Maor
On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, Heiko Schlittermann wrote: > Hmm, should the root portions change the umask before creating any > files? (I think, it's no good idea.) I also think it's a bad idea of dpkg to change the umask. His debian/rules should fix the permissions of files it creates. This is a non-b

Bug#4525: dpkg-buildpackage assumes file protections and shoots self in foot

1996-09-21 Thread Heiko Schlittermann
Karl Sackett wrote: : : Package: dpkg-dev : Version: 1.4.0 : : The umask for my account is set to 077. Those portions of dpkg-buildpackage : which run as root create files with protection set to 600 and owned by : root.root. Because of this, the non-root portions of dpkg-buildpackage : cannot a

Bug#4525: dpkg-buildpackage assumes file protections and shoots self in foot

1996-09-20 Thread Karl Sackett
Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.4.0 The umask for my account is set to 077. Those portions of dpkg-buildpackage which run as root create files with protection set to 600 and owned by root.root. Because of this, the non-root portions of dpkg-buildpackage cannot access the files debian/files and debi