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FS#19294 - [gdm] GDM has directory permission warning on upgrade

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by tigrmesh (tigrmesh) - Thursday, 29 April 2010, 21:30 GMT
Last edited by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Friday, 30 April 2010, 09:31 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Ionut Biru (wonder)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description: I got the following warning when upgrading GDM today:

warning: directory permissions differ on var/log/gdm/
filesystem: 1770 package: 755


Additional info:
* package version(s): 2.30.2-1
I'm on x86_64, if that matters.


Steps to reproduce: Upgrade GDM to 2.30.2-1
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Closed by  Ionut Biru (wonder)
Friday, 30 April 2010, 09:31 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  in trunk
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Thursday, 29 April 2010, 22:20 GMT
the permissions of this directory is adjusted automatically by the daemon and because gdm user is not available at compilation, make install is creating the directory with root privileges.
Comment by tigrmesh (tigrmesh) - Friday, 30 April 2010, 00:06 GMT
I know this will shock and amaze you, but it happens with 2.30.2-2, too.

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