Bug#287184: [Logcheck-devel] Bug#287184: logcheck overwriting ownership/permissions of /etc/logcheck/* on upgrades

[maximilian attems]

On Sat, 25 Dec 2004, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:

> On 25-12-2004 14:48, Peter Palfrader wrote:
> > In postinst logcheck "fixes" permissions of /etc/logcheck/* to 750.
> > 
> > In my (and others on #d-d) opinion ownership and permissions should be
> > preserved upon package upgrades.  Logcheck must not screw with my
> > decision to make them world readable every time it configures.
> 
> The better approach is probably to wrap to fix in a test for upgrades
> older than the version where the change of permissions was introduced.

setgid wasn't set until current cvs,
so it might be a good idea to add it for upgrades from 1.2.33 on.

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maks