[Pkg-texlive-maint] TeX Live and Debian/Sid : (Status: 29.12.05, np) font permission issues

[Marc Jeffrey Driftmeyer]

The installation transition from TeTeX 3 in Sid to TeXLive was painless. 
I only rebuilt 3 main packages.  Kile/Kilei18n/Scalable-Cyrfonts-tex 
with ``| texlive-latex-recommended''.

Notes: Instructions were clear on augmenting the control file per 
package. You might want to show a sample comparison to eliminate any 
confusion for those who've never packaged their own debs.

Now onto using TeXLive.

Write permissions to /var/cache/fonts... fail with the owner/group set 
up by default. If one changes owner:group to include a group the user 
belongs to then it will work itself out.

drwxrwxr-x 20 root www-data

As far as security issues, I'm surprised the font creation doesn't run 
sudo and thus allow only sudo users to have write permissions to 
/var/cache/.

The subsequent font directory created gives the user:user user/group 
ownership and 777 permissions.

drwxrwxrwt with sticky bit turned on.

Unless these owner:group permissions are done in the install scripts it 
can't be completely ready for Sid, or perhaps I'm too picky?

- Marc
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Marc J. Driftmeyer
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