Package umask issues

[Warren Togami]

Tom Lane wrote:
> Warren Togami <wtogami at redhat.com> writes:
> 
>>Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:
>>
>>>I'm inclined to add:
>>>
>>>MUST: Packages should not create files in %post. All files should be
>>>accounted for in %files.
> 
> 
>>That isn't going to be easy to fix for all software.  It is desired though.
> 
> 
> Would it work in such cases for the %post routine to just fill in the
> contents of a file that was created (as empty, say) in the regular file
> list?
> 
> 			regards, tom lane
> 

If it preserves the file permissions (by modifying?) then yes.  If it 
deletes and recreates the file, it will still be affected by the umask 
problem.

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com