GNU bug report logs - #56444
Gitolite home directory permissions

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Evgeny Pisemsky <evgeny <at> pisemsky.com>

Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2022 21:36:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: "Thompson, David" <dthompson2 <at> worcester.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 56444 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Thompson, David" <dthompson2 <at> worcester.edu>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
Cc: 56444 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56444: Patch to fix Gitolite home directory permissions
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 10:45:53 -0400

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Hi Maxime,

On Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 8:41 AM Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> wrote:

>
> During "guix system reconfigure", there is now window where the
> directory temporarily has incorrect bits and hence if gitolite is
> restarted during that time it will presumably fail.  Could a
> 'home-permission-bits' or such field be added instead to <user-account>
> to make things atomic?
>

That would be a nice improvement to backlog now that such a use case has
emerged. However, I think for our immediate needs this one line patch,
while imperfect, solves a longstanding problem adequately. So how about
merging it, closing this bug, and opening a new bug for the system level
improvement?

- Dave

>

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