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On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 06:45:58PM +0200, Thomas de Grenier de Latour wrote: |
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> On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 18:21:19 +0000 |
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> Jan Krueger <jk@×××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> |
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> > put |
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> > rm -rf / |
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> > in pkg_postinst |
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> > |
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> > put |
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> > rm -rf / |
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> > in src_install |
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> > |
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> > See the difference? |
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> > |
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> |
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> In any system package "foo", put in src_install(): |
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> cat << EOF > ${D}/usr/sbin/foo |
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> #!/bin/sh |
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> rm -rf / |
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> EOF |
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> |
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> Not that better... |
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> I think if you don't trust ebuilds, then you should not use them, or at |
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> least read them before. The same apply to any distribution package. |
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> What is done in pkg_postinst is supposed to be good on every system. If |
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> you find an ebuild in which it is not true, then report it as a bug and |
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> if there is no safe way to fix it, then the command will probably be |
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> turned into some einfo message asking you to do it by hand. |
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The only real vulnerability is if rsync mirrors are compromised. This is |
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a major issue, and one that needs to be tackled with GPG signing of |
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ebuilds - something that seems to be on hold for whatever reason. |
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CC'ing portage-dev. |
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Jon Portnoy |
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avenj/irc.freenode.net |
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