On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 08:21:27AM -0800, Mark Sapiro wrote: > You should run 'check_perms -f' as root until the problems are fixed, > but there is one caveat. I think the Debian package installs a number > of symlinks and check_perms doesn't do well with symlinks. It checks > the ownership and mode of the symlink itself and finds a problem. It > then tries to fix the problem, but this fixes the target, not the > symlink. So, it will continue to report problems with the permissions > of the symlink even though there are really no problems.
It does. I keep meaning to write a patch to fix that, as it annoys me quite a lot. The symlinks are part of making the package adhere to Debian Policy, istr. One of the PPA packagers is onlist (although maybe the dev list), ISTR. -- ``What the bloody hell is the point of 24-hour rolling news if it doesn't carry terrifying-lizard-related news?'' (Anthony Wells, on learning from the web that `a giant lizard is terrorising Beirut') ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
