12 Jul
2007
12 Jul
'07
9:58 p.m.
On 7/12/07, Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 05:47:43PM -0400, Dan McGee wrote:
On 7/12/07, Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> wrote: 2. When extracting directories, we should compare the mode of the existing and the mode of the one to be extracted, and probably spit a warning if they are different so the user at least knows this could be an issue. I am not sure which set of permissions to go with, however.
What do you mean in that last sentence ?
Should we assume the directory permissions in the package being installed are correct, or should we assume the permissions on the user's filesystem are correct? Package: rw-r--r-- root root /foo Filesystem: rw-rw-r-- root fooey /foo Which one do we go with? -Dan