bug: unchanged permessions on nfpm file about nfpm HOT 8 CLOSED

if you install in a clean system, does it have the right permissions?

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So the files I want to change permissions for already exist in my container, and usually I only need to change the permissions of the nfpm file. This should change the files' permissions after reinstalling the package in the container. However, it appears that this doesn't work for Debian. As a workaround, I created a post-install script to force the permission changes, and it worked.
and Yes, the usual approach worked when I tested it on a clean system, but it's not working when updating a system where the files already exists.

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there's a lot going on there, can you provide the simplest possible reproducible of the issue?

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yes, this part for example before updating it :

  - dst: "/etc/centreon-gorgone/config.d"
    type: dir
    file_info:
      owner: centreon-gorgone
      group: centreon-gorgone
      mode: 0775

  - dst: "/etc/centreon-gorgone/config.d/cron.d"
    type: dir
    file_info:
      owner: centreon-gorgone
      group: centreon-gorgone
      mode: 0775

after updating it :

  - dst: "/etc/centreon-gorgone/config.d"
    type: dir
    file_info:
      owner: centreon-gorgone
      group: centreon-gorgone
      mode: 0770

  - dst: "/etc/centreon-gorgone/config.d/cron.d"
    type: dir
    file_info:
      owner: centreon-gorgone
      group: centreon-gorgone
      mode: 0770

the permessions didn't change after the update after i checked on a Debian environment.

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I did the installation on a container where the dependencies required are present, the permessions still unchanged

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what do you mean unchanged? were the files already there? I'm not following...

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Oh i'm sorry, i did it on a clean system now and the permissions are set correctly !!

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that's the way deb works, afaik it doesn't override existing files permissions... not much we can do.

the post-install script is probably the right approach.

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