Hi, On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:12:42 +0200 Olivier Berger wrote:
> I'm not sure I can find authoritative information on how a packager > should change the ownership (chown) of a shipped directory. Not at all in the best case ;) (But yours seems okay to me) > Of course this can be done in the package's postinst. > > May it also be done in the debian/rules ? > For instance something like : > install: build > dh_testdir > dh_testroot > dh_clean -k > dh_installdirs > dh_install > install -m 750 -o www-data -g www-data -d > debian/whatever_package/var/lib/mypackage/somedir > or > chown -R www-data:www-data > debian/whatever_package/var/lib/mypackage/somedir > When doing so, it seems that dpk-buildpackage -rfakeroot won't respect > that user definition (btw, that user may not exist on the machine the > package is build from, right ?). You already got answers about the non-existant user problem. Another one could be dh_fixperms which will strip all user permisions from everything and assign root:root to them. I'd go for the postinst solution. Regards Evgeni -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
