On Fri May 4 2007 11:41:11 am Conrado Buhrer wrote: > Hello all, > > I would probably be a nice feature to have file permissions added to > /var/lib/dpkg/*.list files for several reasons. > > In case of mistakes all file permissions could be restored.
What kind of mistakes? > It would facilitate installed package verification, > eliminating the need for tripwire. Tripwire does more than keep track of permissions. > Perhaps you can think of more. I'm having trouble thinking of the two or three (far less than "several") reasons you've mentioned. > RPM does it, Solaris pkg does it, AIX supports it. Why not dpkg? I don't know. Why do RPM, Solaris and AIX pkg managers keep track of permissions; what kinds of operations can those other pkg managers do which dpkg is prevented from doing because it doesn't keep track of permissions? - Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
