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  • Touching $HOME in postrm

    From Alec Leamas@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 4 04:50:01 2021
    Dear list,

    Touching files under $HOME in a postrm script is obviously a bad idea.
    However, a colluegue insists in trying to make me do this.

    Just to resolve this issue: is the the limitations on what files which
    can be touched by a packaging script documented somewhere?

    I have been skimming through the Policy Manual, but no luck. Did I miss something? Is it somewhere else? Or is it just an undocumented "good
    judgment" thing?

    Any clue, out there?

    Cheers!
    --alec

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  • From Geert Stappers@21:1/5 to Alec Leamas on Tue May 4 09:00:02 2021
    On Tue, May 04, 2021 at 04:46:42AM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote:
    Dear list,

    Touching files under $HOME in a postrm script is obviously a bad idea. However, a colluegue insists in trying to make me do this.

    Give that person a sharp knife and training to use it.
    Include lessons to avoid self inflicted wounds.


    Just to resolve this issue: is the the limitations on what files which
    can be touched by a packaging script documented somewhere?

    The limits are simple: Only files the package provides.
    Meaning: Don't touch files from other origin.


    I have been skimming through the Policy Manual, but no luck. Did I miss something? Is it somewhere else? Or is it just an undocumented "good judgment" thing?

    Any clue, out there?

    Describe the original goal, tell what you want to achieve.
    Why the need for touching files under $HOME.


    Groeten
    Geert Stappers
    --
    Silence is hard to parse

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  • From Andrey Rahmatullin@21:1/5 to Alec Leamas on Tue May 4 08:40:01 2021
    On Tue, May 04, 2021 at 04:46:42AM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote:
    Touching files under $HOME in a postrm script is obviously a bad idea. However, a colluegue insists in trying to make me do this.
    Under which of the home dirs? Normally it just doesn't make sense to find
    all real users and then find and access their homedirs, especially taking
    into account various complex setups.

    Just to resolve this issue: is the the limitations on what files which
    can be touched by a packaging script documented somewhere?

    I have been skimming through the Policy Manual, but no luck. Did I miss something? Is it somewhere else? Or is it just an undocumented "good judgment" thing?
    I think it's the latter, together with what I said above.

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    WBR, wRAR

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  • From Alec Leamas@21:1/5 to Andrey Rahmatullin on Wed May 5 16:40:01 2021
    Hi,

    Thanks for taking time to reply to this strange issue...


    On 04/05/2021 08:39, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
    On Tue, May 04, 2021 at 04:46:42AM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote:
    Touching files under $HOME in a postrm script is obviously a bad idea.
    However, a colluegue insists in trying to make me do this.

    Under which of the home dirs? Normally it just doesn't make sense to find
    all real users and then find and access their homedirs, especially taking into account various complex setups.


    Just to resolve this issue: is the the limitations on what files which
    can be touched by a packaging script documented somewhere?

    I have been skimming through the Policy Manual, but no luck. Did I miss
    something? Is it somewhere else? Or is it just an undocumented "good
    judgment" thing?

    I think it's the latter, together with what I said above.


    On 04/05/2021 08:54, Geert Stappers wrote:

    Describe the original goal, tell what you want to achieve.
    Why the need for touching files under $HOME.


    It's certainly not what *I* want to achieve...

    Anyway, your replies are most useful to sort out this situation. I will
    invite my colleague pursue his arguments here, should he feel he needs
    more input.


    Again: thanks for your replies!

    Cheers!
    --alec

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