Package: devscripts Version: 2.8.10 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch With ACL-based file systems like AFS, the stat information for a file may not tell the correct story on whether or not it's writable. For example:
windlord:/afs/ir/dev/pubsw/debian/libafs-perl> dir debian/changelog -rw-r--r-- 1 rra root 137 Mar 8 20:32 debian/changelog windlord:/afs/ir/dev/pubsw/debian/libafs-perl> id -un eagle I can modify this file because I have an [EMAIL PROTECTED] token, but debchange aborts, believing that the changelog file is not writable. The following one-line patch will tell debchange to use access() rather than stat() to determine if the changelog is writable. access(), as a kernel call, will do the right thing. There are no backward compatibility issues since debchange already requires Perl 5.8. The main benefit will be for OpenAFS users, but other ACL-controlled file systems may also benefit. --- devscripts-2.8.10.orig/debchange.pl 2004-11-27 16:18:43.000000000 -0800 +++ devscripts-2.8.10/debchange.pl 2005-03-08 20:28:59.000000000 -0800 @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ use 5.008; # We're using PerlIO layers use strict; use open ':utf8'; # changelogs are written with UTF-8 encoding +use filetest 'access'; # use access rather than stat for -w use Encode 'decode_utf8'; # for checking whether user names are valid use Getopt::Long; use File::Copy; I have tested this patch and confirmed that it solves this problem. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.26 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Versions of packages devscripts depends on: ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg-dev 1.10.27 Package building tools for Debian ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii perl 5.8.4-6 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
