dpkg-statoverride by the postinst?

[Shaul Karl]

On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 09:01:07PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> 
>                                                            If the files need
> certain ownership on the installed system, set the permissions in postinst
> (allowing for the user to dpkg-statoverride them if they want).
> 


  Assuming that the package will work with only a specific set of
ownership and permissions, are there reasons for not letting the
postinst do the statoverride?

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