FS#17133 - [gdm] directory permissions warnings

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by tigrmesh (tigrmesh) - Saturday, 14 November 2009, 02:45 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Saturday, 14 November 2009, 15:27 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: When upgrading gdm to version 2.28.1-2, I get the following:
warning: directory permissions differ on var/run/gdm/
filesystem: 1775 package: 1777
warning: directory permissions differ on var/log/gdm/
filesystem: 1770 package: 755
usermod: no changes


Additional info:
* package version(s) 2.28.1-2


Steps to reproduce: Upgrade gdm to 2.28.1-2.

I'm not the only one. I found a thread in the forums about this:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=82769
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Saturday, 14 November 2009, 15:27 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't fix
Additional comments about closing:  gdm will fix these permissions as soon as it's launched. Pacman does not change permissions on directories, so this warning is harmless.
Because ownership has to be set from post_upgrade, this warning can be hard to fix.
Comment by tigrmesh (tigrmesh) - Saturday, 14 November 2009, 02:50 GMT
I didn't realize how old that forum thread was. I installed gnome (new machine) on Oct 25.
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Saturday, 14 November 2009, 10:02 GMT
gdm adjusts these permissions when it is launched, so that's why you get these warnings. During the build, the gdm user does not exist, so the make install process doesn't set permissions correctly.

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