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From: Florian CROUZAT <gentoo@××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] packages that run as root
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:45:00
Message-Id: FE88CEFE-A784-4F3F-BB57-F3FE111CDDC9@floriancrouzat.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alt] packages that run as root by Fabian Groffen
1 On 4 juin 2010, at 08:35, Fabian Groffen wrote:
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3 > On 03-06-2010 20:28:27 +0000, Jeremy Olexa wrote:
4 >> Current situation is to mask packages that run as root. I'm seriously
5 >> considering to lift this restriction
6 >> Anyone disagree?
7 >
8 > No. Ideally we should also try to get rid of "prefix == unprivileged"
9 > assumption
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11 How do we tell users who can't gain root privileges they shouldn't compile a certain package because they won't be able to run it if we remove the masks ?
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14 Florian CROUZAT

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[gentoo-alt] Re: packages that run as root Dirk Tilger <dirk@××××××.de>