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On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:55:00 +0100 Harald van Dijk <truedfx@g.o> |
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wrote: |
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| When does upstream get to install arbitrary content on my computer? |
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| Upstream's build system gets to write stuff to $D, but not to $ROOT |
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| (malice aside). The move to $ROOT, and anything after that, is the |
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| ebuild writer's and the package manager's responsibility. |
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Well that's the point. We're talking malice here, and whether or not |
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one should trust a build system that won't work with userpriv. If you |
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don't trust the build system with non-userpriv, you shouldn't trust it |
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at all. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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Mail : ciaranm at ciaranm.org |
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Web : http://ciaranm.org/ |
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