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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o>
To: "Chris L. Mason" <clmason@×××××.com>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Non-root emerges
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 17:00:58
Message-Id: 20041001175701.0ee98f90@snowdrop.home
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Non-root emerges by "Chris L. Mason"
1 On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 13:01:26 -0300 "Chris L. Mason" <clmason@×××××.com>
2 wrote:
3 | So, if builds (and installs to temporary target) were done as a
4 | regular user, wouldn't that obviate the need for a sandbox at all?
5 | Also, this would make things a lot safer on macos (and presumably
6 | BSD), where the sandbox does not work.
7
8 Install to a temporary target still needs root privs...
9
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11 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Sparc, MIPS, Vim, Fluxbox)
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