pandoc.1 and markdown.1 permissions

pandoc.1 and markdown.1 permissions

[Paul R]

Hi,

for some reasons, "cabal install pandoc" on my debian box will install pandoc.1 and 
markdown.1 in /usr/local/share/man/man1 as root with owner and group "root" and permission 
600.
Later, that will make automatic mandb cron job unhappy as it tries to run /usr/bin/mandb 
as another user than root, therefore unable to read pandoc manpage.

     /etc/cron.daily/man-db:
     /usr/bin/mandb: can't open /usr/local/share/man/man1/pandoc.1: Permission denied
     run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/man-db exited with return code 2


The fix I propose is to install this files with perms 644, as it seems to be done by other 
programs.

What do you think ?

-- 
Paul

Re: pandoc.1 and markdown.1 permissions

[John MacFarlane]

+++ Paul R [Nov 04 10 15:46 ]:
> Hi,
> 
> for some reasons, "cabal install pandoc" on my debian box will
> install pandoc.1 and markdown.1 in /usr/local/share/man/man1 as root
> with owner and group "root" and permission 600.
> Later, that will make automatic mandb cron job unhappy as it tries
> to run /usr/bin/mandb as another user than root, therefore unable to
> read pandoc manpage.
> 
>     /etc/cron.daily/man-db:
>     /usr/bin/mandb: can't open /usr/local/share/man/man1/pandoc.1: Permission denied
>     run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/man-db exited with return code 2
> 
> 
> The fix I propose is to install this files with perms 644, as it
> seems to be done by other programs.
> 
> What do you think ?

That makes sense.  I never ran into this problem, since I do a local
install with cabal.  The code to change would be in Setup.hs,
the function installManpages.  I'll try to do this when I have
a chance -- if you put an issue on the bug tracker, I'll be less
likely to forget about it.

John

Re: pandoc.1 and markdown.1 permissions

[John MacFarlane]

+++ John MacFarlane [Nov 04 10 08:32 ]:
> +++ Paul R [Nov 04 10 15:46 ]:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > for some reasons, "cabal install pandoc" on my debian box will
> > install pandoc.1 and markdown.1 in /usr/local/share/man/man1 as root
> > with owner and group "root" and permission 600.
> > Later, that will make automatic mandb cron job unhappy as it tries
> > to run /usr/bin/mandb as another user than root, therefore unable to
> > read pandoc manpage.
> > 
> >     /etc/cron.daily/man-db:
> >     /usr/bin/mandb: can't open /usr/local/share/man/man1/pandoc.1: Permission denied
> >     run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/man-db exited with return code 2
> > 
> > 
> > The fix I propose is to install this files with perms 644, as it
> > seems to be done by other programs.
> > 
> > What do you think ?
> 
> That makes sense.  I never ran into this problem, since I do a local
> install with cabal.  The code to change would be in Setup.hs,
> the function installManpages.  I'll try to do this when I have
> a chance -- if you put an issue on the bug tracker, I'll be less
> likely to forget about it.

Unfortunately, this looks like a problem with Cabal.  I've put
a link to the issue on the bug tracker.

John