Debian Bug report logs - #406307
/usr/games/xboing is not sgid games; cannot write scorefile

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Dwayne C. Litzenberger" <dlitz@dlitz.net>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: /usr/games/xboing is not sgid games; cannot write scorefile

Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:14:56 -0600

Package: xboing
Version: 2.4-29
Severity: normal

$ ls -l /usr/games/xboing /var/games/xboing.score 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  663108 2006-05-30 14:16 /usr/games/xboing
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root games    684 2003-04-13 11:11 /var/games/xboing.score

The result is that xboing cannot write new highscores to the score file.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
 APT prefers unstable
 APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_CA.UTF-8)

Versions of packages xboing depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libx11-6                     2:1.0.3-4   X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6                     1:1.0.1-2   X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxpm4                      1:3.5.5-2   X11 pixmap library

xboing recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

-- 
Dwayne C. Litzenberger <dlitz@dlitz.net>

Message #10 received at 406307-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Barry deFreese <bddebian@comcast.net>

To: 406307-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#406307: fixed in xboing 2.4-30

Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:47:12 +0000

Source: xboing
Source-Version: 2.4-30

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xboing, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

xboing_2.4-30.diff.gz
  to pool/main/x/xboing/xboing_2.4-30.diff.gz
xboing_2.4-30.dsc
  to pool/main/x/xboing/xboing_2.4-30.dsc
xboing_2.4-30_powerpc.deb
  to pool/main/x/xboing/xboing_2.4-30_powerpc.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 406307@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Barry deFreese <bddebian@comcast.net> (supplier of updated xboing package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:39:59 -0400
Source: xboing
Binary: xboing
Architecture: source powerpc
Version: 2.4-30
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Barry deFreese <bddebian@comcast.net>
Description: 
 xboing     - blockout game for X
Closes: 406307 443453
Changes: 
 xboing (2.4-30) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Barry deFreese ]
   * Add watch file
   * debian/rules: make xboing group games and SGID so it can save to scores file
     * (Closes: #406307)
   * Move prerm to postrm to purge score file (Closes: #443453)
     * Also typo in filename .score not .scores
   * Bump debhelper b-d to 5
   * Add desktop file
   * Use icon.xpm as debian/xboing.xpm for desktop icon (resized to 32x32)
   * Set menu section to Games/Blocks
   * Don't let make clean ignore errors
   * Add VCS tags
   * Add myself to Uploaders
Files: 
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 e7bbbb0173cd237bf1bbbd52a0565331 19721 games optional xboing_2.4-30.diff.gz
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