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On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 08:00:18AM +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:48:37 +0100 Harald van Dijk <truedfx@g.o> |
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> | On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 07:15:53AM +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> | > On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:55:00 +0100 Harald van Dijk |
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> | > <truedfx@g.o> wrote: |
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> | > | When does upstream get to install arbitrary content on my |
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> | > | computer? Upstream's build system gets to write stuff to $D, but |
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> | > | not to $ROOT (malice aside). The move to $ROOT, and anything |
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> | > | after that, is the ebuild writer's and the package manager's |
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> | > | responsibility. |
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> | > Well that's the point. We're talking malice here, |
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> | You're talking malice here. I don't think everyone else is. |
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> Why else would a user want to refuse ebuilds that set userpriv? |
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As a safeguard against accidental mistakes by upstream. |
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