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Subject:
umask issue with SL_rpm_show_arch scripts
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Dr Andrew C Aitchison <[log in to unmask]>
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Dr Andrew C Aitchison <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:48:59 +0100
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TEXT/PLAIN (826 bytes) , SL_rpm_show_arch.patch (130 bytes) 

Whilst updating to 5.2 on a machine with a non default umask
I got caught by an "interesting" problem with the rpm command.

On this the default umask is 066 (user request, but I think I'll
revert to 022 for root). After updating rpm and SL_rpm_show_arch
the rpm command failed with permission problems.

We eventually tracked this down to SL_rpm_show_arch modifying
/usr/lib/rpm/macros in such a way that the permissions are changed
from the default in the package.

Not sure whether to fix this by replacing the mv with cat and rm
or to use the sed -i option.
The untested patch attached illustrates
both options. Note that there are three instances of the problem
in the spec file - %post, %postun, and %triggerin.

-- 
Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison		Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
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