[gentoo-dev] Abusing RESTRICT={no,}userpriv (was [RFC] ACCEPT_RESTRICT for questionable values of RESTRICT)

[Georgi Georgiev]

Ciaran pointed out that there are "a small number of occasions where it
[the userpriv FEATURE] really does need to be disabled". I consequently
decided to see what these legitimate reasons are but it appears that
RESTRICT=userpriv is not needed in a lot of cases.

Here is a list of all packages that currently have RESTRICT=userpriv or
RESTRICT=nouserpriv (no idea why there are both). I also added a comment
regarding the use of the RESTRICT but it would be nice if those in charge
of a package could comment as well.

# no idea about the following three, input appreciated
app-admin/gps
media-gfx/maya
app-laptop/tp_smapi

# emerged OK without the restrict, no idea if it works
dev-db/firebird

# No idea why, it's just a kernel module and should work fine (can't
# test at the moment)
net-dialup/ltmodem

# seem fine even without the RESTRICT
mail-filter/qmail-scanner
net-misc/quagga

# only older ebuilds have the restrict so these are probably OK
sys-apps/mindi
sys-apps/mindi-kernel

# "because the vpopmail lib directory is locked down and non-root can't
# access them" says a comment in the ebuild. I don't know why but with a
# clean install of vpopmail the lib directory is not "locked down". Did
# something change down the road?
net-mail/qmailadmin

# I figure it's the same reason as above?
net-libs/courier-authlib
net-mail/courier-imap

# Bug 161765
net-mail/vpopmail

# These are games... no idea why, input appreciated
games-board/ggz-txt-client
games-board/ggz-sdl-games
games-board/ggz-gtk-games
games-board/ggz-kde-games
games-board/gnuchess-book
games-board/ggz-kde-client
games-board/ggz-gtk-client
games-util/emilia-pinedit
games-fps/quakeforge
games-rpg/wastesedge

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