On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 11:06:27PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > > > I am using dh_suidregister in my packages, one of those actually has to > > > register files as sgid games. How do I do that now with > > > dpkg-stateoverride? > > > Is it enough to just set the permissions in debian/rules (as before) and > > > just omit the dh_suidregister call? Or do I have to do something with > > > dpkg-stateoverride? The package seems to be fine with just setting the > > > permissions. > > > > Just make it sgid games in the package. > > Make sure you do it after dh_fixperms. > > Is it possible to ask for a summary of the change in procedure? If it is OK > to setgid in the package, then why was dh_suidregister being used in the first > place?
The explanation was posted to debian-devel-announce a few days ago. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
