Re: File ownership

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 01:51:01PM +0200, Edgar Fuß wrote:
> If a package wants to install files (under PREFIX) with a package-
> specific owner, the instructions in the Guide suggest to use
> SPECIAL_PERMS. Is that (still?) true? If yes, how does it work (the
> Guide doesn't explain that)?

Yes. Avoid it possible, there is seldomly a point for it other than
suid/sgid binaries. Otherwise:
        make help topic=SPECIAL_PERMS

Joerg