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From:	"Harald van Dĳk" <truedfx@g.o>
To:	gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-dev] Resolve build time default editor dependency. (was: How get ebuild provider virtual/category.)
Date:	Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:13:33
Message-Id:	`20061112100609.GA5352@gentoo.org`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-dev] Resolve build time default editor dependency. (was: How get ebuild provider virtual/category.) by Mike Frysinger

1	On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 04:56:33AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
2	> On 11/12/06, Harald van Dĳk <truedfx@g.o> wrote:
3	> >On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 04:34:25AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
4	> >> On 11/12/06, Peter Volkov (pva) <pva@g.o> wrote:
5	> >> >The possible solution is to add virtual/editor ebuild
6	> >>
7	> >> this is a horrible idea
8	> >>
9	> >> why not modify sudo to not filter the EDITOR env var then there is no
10	> >> more problem
11	> >
12	> >Except for a gaping security hole.
13	>
14	> pulling a ciaranm here huh ? if a guy has access to `sudo`, then
15	> having a modified environment isnt going to make much difference
16
17	sudo can be configured to only allow access to a select few applications.
18	Allowing arbitrary EDITOR settings completely bypasses this.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Resolve build time default editor dependency.	Mike Doty <kingtaco@g.o>