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| From: | Jan Krueger <jk@×××××××××××.net> | ||
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| To: | Jon Portnoy <avenj@g.o> | ||
| Cc: | azarah@g.o, Gentoo-Dev <gentoo-dev@g.o>, Thomas de Grenier de Latour <degrenier@×××××××××××.fr> | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] suggestion portage ebuild system file modification rights and protection | ||
| Date: | Sun, 07 Sep 2003 23:35:04 | ||
| Message-Id: | 200309080140.32886.jk@microgalaxy.net | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-dev] suggestion portage ebuild system file modification rights and protection by Jon Portnoy |
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| 1 | On Sunday 07 September 2003 20:35, Jon Portnoy wrote: |
| 2 | > What, that any situation involving installing software is going to have |
| 3 | > security holes? That's the nature of software installation. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | Installing software at the end comes down to putting files at the right place. |
| 6 | (on windows you would add: modifying the registry) |
| 7 | |
| 8 | So thats exactly what portage should do: put files at the right place. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | The ebuilds may play in the sandbox whatever game they like. |
| 11 | It should however in no way possible for them to wipe your box. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | You agree? |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Jan |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| 18 | -- |
| 19 | gentoo-dev@g.o mailing list |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-dev] suggestion portage ebuild system file modification rights and protection | Michael Cummings <mcummings@g.o> |
| Re: [gentoo-dev] suggestion portage ebuild system file modification rights and protection | Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o> |