On Tue, 29 Dec 1998 13:14:08 +0800, Anthony Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hi Debian developers, I'm still very new in creating Debian > packages, so here are two of my silly questions :)
> Q1: What should be the version of a package if the upstream source > does not have a version number? Should I use yymmdd or yyyymmdd as > the version? Clearly YYYYMMDD is better. If the upstream maintainers might eventually add version numbers, you could version it as 0.0.YYYYMMDD. I think this is documented somewhere but I'm too lazy to find it. > Q2: Currently I'm packaging a program that lets people install > Newton programs to their PDA from Linux. As this program requires > access permission to the serial ports, only root can use the program > in normal condition. But I also want the program can be used by > common users, so what should I do? Just inform people to add users > to the group 'dialout' in postinst? Or suid/sgid the program? Don't suid/sgid a program that wasn't written with that in mind. The fewer suid programs there are in Debian, the more secure it will be. So just inform the users. -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
