On Thu, 17 May 2007 20:57:30 -0700 Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 09:33:38PM +0200, Francesco Poli > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: [...] > > Indeed, if explicit permission setting is actually common practice > > for other programs, it would be a nice thing to have for aptitude > > too... > > I haven't read their code -- but if this were *not* the case, I > would expect you to hit permission problems all the time when running > with umask 007. (e.g., think about apt and dpkg cache files, which > you can apparently read without trouble)
Well, maybe checking their code or asking their maintainers/authors would be a good idea anyway... -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.html Need to read a Debian testing installation walk-through? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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