[gentoo-dev] EAPI change: Call ebuild functions from trusted working directory

[Robert Buchholz]

Hello,

currently, PMS section 10.1 states:

  Some functions may assume that their initial working directory is
  set to a particular location; these are noted below.
  If no initial working directory is mandated, it may be set to
  anything and the ebuild must not rely upon a particular location
  for it.

Please consider the following addition to this paragraph:

  The ebuild can rely that the chosen initial working direcotry is
  a trusted location that is not world-writable and owned by
  a privileged user and group.

This change affects all pkg_ functions.

Rationale:
This feature presents a security hardening to work around 
vulnerabilities in ebuilds and applications called by ebuilds, and the 
Gentoo Security Team considers this the official solution to
bug 239560 / GLSA 200810-02.

I would like:
 * everyone to comment on the change and propose changes to the wording
 * council to vote on this change to EAPI-0, -1 and -2.

Portage implements this in 2.1.4.5 and 2.2_rc12, Paludis in 0.30.2.
I have not heard back from Brian on pkgcore (because this issue has been 
disclosed to him on a really short notice).

Thanks,
Robert