[DTrace-devel] [PATCH 2/4] test: correct file permissions
Eugene Loh
eugene.loh at oracle.com
Fri Dec 19 00:11:04 UTC 2025
On 12/18/25 17:09, Kris Van Hees wrote:
> The thing is that these discrepancies to what is typical are flagged as part
> of the Debian packaging, and we cannot just tell the Debian people that this
> is just stuff they can ignore. Likewise, adding in a long list of override
> rules for lintian or a more generic rule bypasses the checks that are meant to
> actually validate that permissions etc are set correctly on files.
>
> So, in the interest of supporting DTrace as a package to be included in Debian,
> yes, this needs to be addressed.
That rationale would be great to include in the commit msg.
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