Bug#967857: debian-policy: [Files/Permissions and owners] files installed by package manager should not be writable

2020-08-04 Thread Ansgar
On Tue, 2020-08-04 at 23:50 +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > On Tue, 2020-08-04 at 13:56:45 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Ansgar writes: > > > 10.9 Permissions and owners currently says > > > > Files should be owned by root:root, and made writable only by the > > > > owner and universally readable

Bug#967857: debian-policy: [Files/Permissions and owners] files installed by package manager should not be writable

2020-08-04 Thread Russ Allbery
Guillem Jover writes: > On Tue, 2020-08-04 at 13:56:45 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >> I assume this is in support of systems, containers, or jails where UID >> 0 may not have CAP_FOWNER? > If that's the reason, it certainly was not clear from the original > report. :) It seems like the context

Bug#967857: debian-policy: [Files/Permissions and owners] files installed by package manager should not be writable

2020-08-04 Thread Guillem Jover
On Tue, 2020-08-04 at 13:56:45 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Ansgar writes: > > 10.9 Permissions and owners currently says > > > | Files should be owned by root:root, and made writable only by the > > | owner and universally readable (and executable, if appropriate), > > | that is mode 644 or

Bug#967857: debian-policy: [Files/Permissions and owners] files installed by package manager should not be writable

2020-08-04 Thread Bill Allombert
On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 02:15:59PM +0200, Ansgar wrote: > Package: debian-policy > > Hi, > > 10.9 Permissions and owners currently says > > | Files should be owned by root:root, and made writable only by the > | owner and universally readable (and executable, if appropriate), > | that is mode

Bug#967857: debian-policy: [Files/Permissions and owners] files installed by package manager should not be writable

2020-08-04 Thread Russ Allbery
Ansgar writes: > 10.9 Permissions and owners currently says > | Files should be owned by root:root, and made writable only by the > | owner and universally readable (and executable, if appropriate), > | that is mode 644 or 755." > However most files shouldn't be modified as modifications will

Bug#967857: debian-policy: [Files/Permissions and owners] files installed by package manager should not be writable

2020-08-04 Thread Ansgar
Package: debian-policy Hi, 10.9 Permissions and owners currently says | Files should be owned by root:root, and made writable only by the | owner and universally readable (and executable, if appropriate), | that is mode 644 or 755." However most files shouldn't be modified as modifications

Bug#967428: debian-policy: Abstract of Debian Manifesto (doc ID debian-manifesto) should not use verbatim

2020-08-04 Thread Peter Deister
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.3.0.3 Severity: minor Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, the abstract of the Debian Manifest (document ID debian-manifesto, installed as file /usr/share/doc-base/debian-manifesto) is written in all verbatim format (except for the initial line), which to me, judging