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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] updating baselayout PERMS_PROTECT
From:       Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2009-03-23 14:25:33
Message-ID: 20090323142533.03fc12d6 () snowcone
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On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:53:23 -0400
Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide@gmail.com> wrote:
> of course this leads to the problem... what if the 'admin' explicitly
> changed the permissions... Maybe we should have something like
> PERMS_PROTECT (similar to config_protect). where portage won't update
> the permissions if file/directory is protected.

The package manager shouldn't be messing with permissions on existing
directories at all (directories are a shared resource). If you want to
change permissions on an existing directory, do it in pkg_preinst.

--=20
Ciaran McCreesh

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