installpkg messing up perms
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From: Mike Jones on 16 Jul 2010 16:08 Responding to Dario Niedermann: > Helmut Hullen <Helmut(a)Hullen.de> wrote: > >> Rubbish. When you install software you change the system. > > Yeah, and if you use installpkg you'll change it more than you expect. Apparently only true for you and people who mess with root's umask. The rest is just "in theory" and not a matter of record. IOW, not a "bug", just a personal "working practice" preference. -- *=( http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ *=( For all your UK news needs.
From: Helmut Hullen on 16 Jul 2010 16:00 Hallo, Dario, Du meintest am 16.07.10: >> Rubbish. When you install software you change the system. > Yeah, and if you use installpkg you'll change it more than you > expect. That's wrong. I know what "installpkg" does. Viele Gruesse Helmut "Ubuntu" - an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".
From: Dan C on 16 Jul 2010 17:21 On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:08:29 +0000, Mike Jones wrote: > Responding to Dario Niedermann: > >> Helmut Hullen <Helmut(a)Hullen.de> wrote: >> >>> Rubbish. When you install software you change the system. >> >> Yeah, and if you use installpkg you'll change it more than you expect. > > > Apparently only true for you and people who mess with root's umask. > > The rest is just "in theory" and not a matter of record. > > IOW, not a "bug", just a personal "working practice" preference. Will you people *please* stop feeding this troll? It's probably becoming a near record-setting thread (length), which is what trolls set out to accomplish. You are helping it. It's almost become ANC'ish. Is it possible....? Nah... -- "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". "Bother!" said Pooh, as he sent another AreaFix message. Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ Thanks, Obama: http://brandybuck.site40.net/pics/politica/thanks.jpg
From: Dario Niedermann on 16 Jul 2010 18:12 Helmut Hullen <Helmut(a)Hullen.de> wrote: > That's wrong. I know what "installpkg" does. Great, good luck then. -- > head -n1 /etc/*-{version,release} && uname -moprs Slackware 12.2.0 Linux 2.6.27.31-smp i686 AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology MK-36 GNU/Linux
From: Res on 16 Jul 2010 17:49
On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:40:21 +0200, Dario Niedermann wrote: > Jim Diamond <Jim.Diamond(a)deletehis.AcadiaU.ca> wrote: > >> And it could also fix software that isn't working correctly. > > And it could also break software that is working correctly... > >> I think you need to wrap your mind around the fact that just because >> *you* think "installpkg" is the place to catch (alleged) errors in >> packages, that is just one opinion of where the error checking should >> occur. > > Whether you like it or not, installpkg *is* the *last* link where a > flawed package - and that of course means flawed _unbeknownst_ to you - > can be prevented from causing damage. If you don't stop it at the > installer's level, you don't stop it at all. > >> There are examples of situations in which the current behaviour of >> installpkg is a good thing > > They are exceptional/rare situations where the current, unsafe behaviour > could be invoked as an option. *yaaaaawwwwnnnnnn* why are ppl feeding this troll still? sounds like ANC all over again |