Re: chown and @install_files

Scott Henry Harrison wrote:

> >> Does @install_files handle anything like chown ownership?
> >> Otherwise, what I am doing is stuff like:
> >> @os.chown("/tmp/filename",pwd.getpwnam("sharrison")[2],pwd.getpwnam("sharris 
> >> on")[3]) 
> > It could work like this: 
> > 
> >     INSTALL_DATA += afile {mode = 0744} {user = scott} {group = hackers}
> 
> How about 
> 
>     INSTALL_DATA += afile {mode = 0744} {own = www:www} 
> 
> and 
> 
>     INSTALL_DATA += afile {mode = 0744} {own = www} 
> 
> when the default group is to be used 
> 
> and 
> 
>     INSTALL_DATA += afile {mode = 0744} {own = :subversion} 
> 
> when the default user is to be used? 

I like to keep things simple.  I don't see a good reason for combining
user and group names and it does make the value more complex.

I'll make a note in the todo list for adding the "user" and "group"
attributes.  Don't expect it soon though...

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