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From: Maxim Kammerer <mk@×××.su>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Enable FEATURES="userpriv usersandbox" by default?
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 01:10:39
Message-Id: CAHsXYDAW7o24Mmk9qWaoem-SD-ddff0otAJWxk3jZBUgCz0NLw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Enable FEATURES="userpriv usersandbox" by default? by Zac Medico
1 On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> wrote:
2 > Note that ebuilds can set RESTRICT="userpriv" if they require superuser
3 > privileges during any of the src_* phases that userpriv affects.
4
5 Current list of packages in portage using userpriv restriction:
6
7 app-laptop/tp_smapi
8 dev-db/firebird
9 games-board/gnuchess-book
10 games-fps/quakeforge
11 games-rpg/wastesedge
12 gnome-extra/gnome-lirc-properties
13 mail-filter/qmail-scanner (vpopmail)
14 media-gfx/gtkimageview
15 media-gfx/imagemagick (when USE=perl)
16 net-dialup/ltmodem
17 net-libs/courier-authlib (vpopmail)
18 net-mail/courier-imap (vpopmail)
19 net-mail/qmailadmin (vpopmail)
20 net-mail/vpopmail (old stable)
21 net-misc/icaclient
22 sys-fs/udev (when USE=test for udev-9999 only)
23
24 It could also be that anything vpopmail-related doesn't need
25 RESTRICT=userpriv anymore.
26
27 > I've been using FEATURES="userpriv usersandbox" for years, and I don't
28 > remember experiencing any problems because of it, so I think that it
29 > would be reasonable to have it enabled by default.
30
31 Ditto, ~2 years with regular full @world rebuild.
32
33 --
34 Maxim Kammerer
35 Liberté Linux: http://dee.su/liberte

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