[Pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#485458: Bug#485458: gnupg: crashes with "Ohhhh jeeeee: ... this is a bug"

[Thijs Kinkhorst]

On Monday 9 June 2008 20:57, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> You can overwrite the package permissions via dpkg-statoverride to get
> the setuid bit and you just need to do this once. I don't know your
> program so I don't know, if running gnupg with the setuid bit is the
> only choice you have, but normally I would doubt that. However,
> dpkg-statoverride IMO is the correct choice here and not reverting the
> change.
>
> Other opinions?

I think it's sensible to not install gnupg setuid by default and have those 
special use cases that need it use dpkg-statoverride.


Thijs
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