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Diffstat (limited to 'dh_usrlocal')
| -rwxr-xr-x | dh_usrlocal | 29 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/dh_usrlocal b/dh_usrlocal index 93bf3d6b..cda686f2 100755 --- a/dh_usrlocal +++ b/dh_usrlocal @@ -33,18 +33,19 @@ snippets are inserted into the maintainer scripts by B<dh_installdeb>. See L<dh_installdeb(1)> for an explanation of debhelper maintainer script snippets. -When the I<Rules-Requires-Root> field is not (effectively) -I<binary-targets>, the directories in F</usr/local> will have -ownership root:staff and the mode will be 02775. These values have -been chosen to comply with the recommendations of the Debian policy -for directories in F</usr/local>. +When the I<DEB_RULES_REQUIRES_ROOT> environment variable is not (effectively) +I<binary-targets>, the directories in F</usr/local> will be handled as if +they were owned by root:root (see below). -When I<Rules-Requires-Root> has an effective value of +When the I<DEB_RULES_REQUIRES_ROOT> environment variable has an effective value of I<binary-targets>, the owners, groups and permissions will be -preserved with one exception. If the directory is owned by root:root, -then ownership will be reset to root:staff and mode will be reset to -02775. This is useful, since that is the group and mode policy -recommends for directories in F</usr/local>. +preserved with the sole exception where the directory is owned by root:root. + +If a directory is owned by root:root, then ownership will be determined +at install time. The ownership and permission bits will either be root:root +mode 0755 or root:staff mode 02775. The actual choice depends on whether +the system has F/etc/staff-group-for-usr-local> (as documented in the Debian +Policy Manual ยง9.1.2 since version 4.1.4) =head1 OPTIONS @@ -107,7 +108,9 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) { if (should_use_root()) { my $stat = stat $File::Find::dir; if ($stat->uid == 0 && $stat->gid == 0) { - push @dirs, "$fn 02775 root staff"; + # Figure out the ownership and permission at runtime + # (required by Policy 9.1.2) + push(@dirs, "$fn default"); } else { my $user = getpwuid $stat->uid; my $group = getgrgid $stat->gid; @@ -115,7 +118,9 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) { push @dirs, "$fn $mode $user $group"; } } else { - push @dirs, "$fn 02775 root staff"; + # Figure out the ownership and permission at runtime + # (required by Policy 9.1.2) + push(@dirs, "$fn default"); } }}, "$tmp/usr/local"); |