Chris Yeoh writes: > Whilst attempting to convert an RPM package to a deb package using > alien I noticed that alien appears to have problems with preserving > the ownership of files if the user accounts do not (yet) exist on the > system on which the conversion is done. ...
> Do we need to add a note to the specification that requires that the > RPM packages only rely on the ownership of files being preserved if > those files are owned by user accounts required to exist by the LSB > spec? Chris' suggestion sounds both reasonable and sensible. A straightforward policy like this would also enable stronger enforcement of package file permissions, thereby making it more difficult to be sloppy about such things. Furthermore, a reduced set of allowable permissions might even simplify the packaging process. Cheers, Mark > Regards, > > Chris. > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- _____________________________________ Mark Johnson Senior Lecturing Fellow Department of Physics Duke University Durham, NC 27708-0305
