dpkg (1.13.10) unstable; urgency=low

  The "Bully's Special Prize" Release.

  * Removed /usr/sbin/start-stop-daemon.  Closes: #313400.
  * Fixed md5sum diversion removal.  Closes: #313415.
  * Fixed dpkg-source to handle native tarballs with a Debian revision.
    Closes: #313381, #313433.
  * Fixed upgrade from pre-sarge dpkg outside of dselect.  Closes: #314575.
  * Changed log times to be local rather than UTC.  Closes: #313347.
  * Changed log writing to be line-buffered.  Closes: #314550.
  * Moved log creation to postinst, and don't fail if base-passwd hasn't
    been configured yet.  Closes: #316084.
  * Don't try to compile in SELinux support on Hurd.  Closes: #313398.
  * Place code for SELinux support in the right place so it will actually
    get compiled in and used (Manoj Srivastava).  Closes: #314886.

  * Documentation:
    - Added missing word to dpkg-architecture manpage.  Closes: #313554.
    - Reference to dpkg manpage in dpkg.cfg corrected.  Closes: #314262.
  * Updated Translations (Christian Perrier):
    - Basque (Piarres Beobide Egana).  Closes: #313474.
    - Catalan (Jordi Mallach).  Closes: #313288.
    - Czech (Miroslav Kure).  Closes: #314431.
    - Danish (Claus Hindsgaul).
    - French (Christian Perrier).
    - German (Jens Seidel).  Closes: #314125.
    - Greek (Greek team).  Closes: #314828.
    - Italian (Lele Gaifax).
    - Japanese (Kenshi Muto).  Closes: #313330.
    - Russian (Yuri Kozlov).  Closes: #313620.
  * Hebrew translation de-activated on request of the translator until there
    is better support for RTL languages.  Closes: #313282.

 -- Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>  Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:19:06 +0100

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/debian/dpkg.postinst b/debian/dpkg.postinst
index be5d107ea..f0126626e 100755
--- a/debian/dpkg.postinst
+++ b/debian/dpkg.postinst
@@ -149,8 +149,20 @@ divert_md5sum() {
 }
 
 
+# Create log file and set default permissions if possible
+create_logfile() {
+    logfile=/var/log/dpkg.log
+    touch $logfile
+    chmod 640 $logfile
+    chown root:adm $logfile 2>/dev/null || chown 0:4 $logfile
+}
+
+
 case "$1" in
     configure)
+	create_database
+	create_logfile
+
 	case "$2" in
 	    0.* | 1.0.* | 1.1.0 | 1.1.0[^0-9]* | '' )
 	        remove_duplicate_daemons
@@ -160,7 +172,6 @@ case "$1" in
 	        ;;
 	esac
 
-	create_database
 	move_info_directory
 	remove_info_symlink
 	divert_md5sum