Package: dpkg Version: 1.14.25 Severity: normal http://intertwingly.net/blog/2009/02/12/Debian-Package-Management#c1234474348
base-files in eeebuntu at one point had the wrong mode on /var/tmp. Despite the mode of /var/tmp being corrected in later versions of the package, the mode on the filesystem wasn't changed upon upgrade or reinstallation of the package. Reading archives.c, for all files other than existing directories the mode is set to 0 before being set to the values in the tar file. To me, the special-casing of existing directories' modes not being changed is a bug, as it means packaging mistakes can't be corrected. It also means dpkg-statoverride can't be used for existing directories. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (600, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.28-c2d64-toi (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii coreutils 6.10-6 The GNU core utilities ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 0.7.20.2 Advanced front-end for dpkg -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
