Bug#192981: dpkg conffile permissions update semantics

2007-10-30 Thread Ian Jackson
retitle 192981 unchanged permissions of conffile should be updated severity 192981 wishlist thanks I don't think it would be correct to overwrite the on-disk permissions of a conffile from the permissions in the package, just because neither the user nor package maintainer had changed the _content

Bug#192981: dpkg conffile permissions

2005-02-01 Thread Justin Pryzby
Hi all, WRT #192981, dpkg clearly does not install all conffiles with mode 0755; the original problem is explained by the installation by ssh of an 0755 conffile, the permissions of which was preserved across upgrades. With your permission, I would like this bug to be closed. (Alternately, it co