Bug 523706

Summary:	sys-apps/portage: config protection for file modes
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Mike Gilbert <floppym>
Component:	Enhancement/Feature Requests	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	preed, till2.schaefer
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134677 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=836954 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=654122 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=605082 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230818
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Bug Blocks:	193766

Description Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2014-09-25 16:13:32 UTC

It would be nice if portage would compare modes (permissions) when merging config-protected files. There are cases where the file mode is significant.

For example, files in /etc/grub.d are only evaluated by grub-mkconfig if the execute bit is set.

Comment 1 Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2014-09-25 18:19:48 UTC

Note that bug 396153 suggests a solution for managing local permissions for *all* files, even those not protected by CONFIG_PROTECT.

Comment 2 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2016-03-06 17:48:40 UTC

*** Bug 576594 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***