Bug#269448: [peter@sysnix.com: exim4-base: using install to set directory permissions ignores dpkg-statoverride settings]

[Marc Haber]

severity #269448 important
thanks

On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 06:00:55PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> However the main reason I forwarded the report is that the way I do
> things currently is broken. - I should not reset permissions on every
> installation/upgrade with install -d but only if necessary, i.e. if
> the directory does not exist or if we are upgrading from a version of
> exim running as mail:mail.

Right. We should really fix this - most probaby by honoring
dpkg-statoverride settings.

Greetings
Marc

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