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On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 08:30:49AM +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:11:11 +0100 Harald van Dijk <truedfx@g.o> |
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> wrote: |
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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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> But ebuilds setting RESTRICT=userpriv are explicitly saying "we can't |
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> use userpriv not because of an accident but because the build system |
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> really needs elevated privs". If a user wants to be protected against |
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> accidental mistakes, they set FEATURES=userpriv and accidental mistakes |
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> are caught whilst intentional requirements are let through. |
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Accidental mistakes in packages for which the ebuilds specify |
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RESTRICT=userpriv are also let through. ACCEPT_RESTRICT=-userpriv (or |
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whatever) would mean "I want to be protected against accidental |
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mistakes, even if it means I can't install some software." |
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