On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 02:13:23AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> If these were ordinary log files of a running program
> generating data, I may agree.
>
> But since we are down to gut feelings, a bunch of files are
> generated by postinst, and they all reside in the same place. So
>>"Branden" == Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Branden> On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 06:13:50PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> >>"Branden" == Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
Branden> Well, according to the FHS, you shouldn't be putting variabel data in
Branden> /us
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 06:13:50PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>"Branden" == Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Branden> Well, according to the FHS, you shouldn't be putting variabel data
> in
> Branden> /usr at all:
>
> It is not variable data. It is static data; tha
>>"Branden" == Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Branden> Well, according to the FHS, you shouldn't be putting variabel data in
Branden> /usr at all:
It is not variable data. It is static data; that does not
change after installation. /usr/ is allowed to change when you
ins
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 01:57:43AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>"Branden" == Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Branden> I don't have one any more specific than "somewhere under /var".
> Branden> /var/log doesn't work if the byte-compiler isn't running as the root
> Branden>
>>"Branden" == Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Branden> I don't have one any more specific than "somewhere under /var".
Branden> /var/log doesn't work if the byte-compiler isn't running as the root
Branden> user or the adm group.
Branden> *Does* the byte-compiler run as root?
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 12:17:48AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>"Branden" == Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Branden> On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 08:10:02PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >> You can decide not to log for _your_ package. I certainly am
> >> going to continue
>>"Branden" == Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Branden> On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 08:10:02PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> You can decide not to log for _your_ package. I certainly am
>> going to continue to log the compilation for mine.
Branden> Well, will you consider placing
On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 08:10:02PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> You can decide not to log for _your_ package. I certainly am
> going to continue to log the compilation for mine.
Well, will you consider placing them in a more FHS-friendly location
than /usr/share? :)
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G. Branden Rob
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 09:15:09PM -0500, James R. Van Zandt wrote:
> However, I think substituting
>
> LOG=`tempfile -m 644`
>
> would introduce a security bug.
How? Surely tempfile still creates the file securely, even when the
mode is other than 600?
Julian
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>>"Santiago" == Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Santiago> Manoj Srivastava wrote:
Santiago> What I don't understand is why those .log files have to be
>> created.
>>
>> Because it helps me in debugging problems users may have with
>> my packages.
Santiago> We usually turn off de
Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Santiago> What I don't understand is why those .log files have to be
> created.
>
> Because it helps me in debugging problems users may have with
> my packages.
We usually turn off debugging when we are confident that things work as
they are expected to do. That's
>>"Santiago" == Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Santiago> What I don't understand is why those .log files have to be created.
Because it helps me in debugging problems users may have with
my packages.
Santiago> The example `install' script in debian-emacs-policy does
Santi
James R. Van Zandt wrote:
> Matt Swift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> ...
> >In the source package, the file ./debian/PVER-elisp.install.in
> >contains the lines:
> >
> >ELCDIR=/usr/share/$FLAVOR/site-lisp/$PACKAGE
> > [...]
> >LOG=`tempfile`
> > [...]
> >$FLAVOR $BATCHFL
Matt Swift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
...
>In the source package, the file ./debian/PVER-elisp.install.in
>contains the lines:
>
>ELCDIR=/usr/share/$FLAVOR/site-lisp/$PACKAGE
> [...]
>LOG=`tempfile`
> [...]
>$FLAVOR $BATCHFLAGS $PRELOADS $COMPILE >>$LOG 2>&1
>
>> On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 23:30:02 -0500, Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
G> I'd suggest closing this bug and filing bugs against the individual
G> packages. Perhaps a wishlist bug should be filed against lintian to
G> check for this, too.
In the case of the emacs add-on packag
Steve's message was only sent to d-d, not this bug, so you might have
missed it:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200211/msg00148.html
> > Also, make a policy proposal that all files in /usr/share be
> > world-readable on Debian systems.
>
> No need; see section 11.9, parag
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