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Re: RFS: acon & thwab-lib



On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 02:40:26PM +0200, Ahmed El-Mahmoudy wrote:
> as-salamu alaykom,
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 03:08:48PM +0200, Mohammed Sameer wrote:
> > > Oh, that was a typo ! I fixed it.
> > 
> > Can you please add that to the changelog ?
> 
> Ok, done.
> 
> > > > Why are you Using install -m 4755 instead of dpkg-override to set setuid for acon. ?
> > > The previous sponsor wanted it that way I think. Also the original 
> > > Makefile had it this way: install -m 4711
> > > I just patched it to be 4755.
> > 
> > He didn't say why ? Weird.
> 
> That was the reason:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=418880
> 
> It is a bug report against another package that I've also done, that 
> also needed a setuid.
> 

I still don't understand why not use it.
10.9.1:This section is not intended as policy, but as a description of the use of dpkg-statoverride.

> > Can you also please add the quilt change to the changelog ?
> 
> Ok, done.
> 
> I've uploaded again:
> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/a/acon/acon_1.0.5-4.dsc

Uploaded. Thanks!

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