From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13759 invoked by uid 1002); 17 May 2003 16:51:16 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 20072 invoked from network); 17 May 2003 16:51:03 -0000 From: Martin Schlemmer Reply-To: azarah@gentoo.org To: goodyea@clemson.edu Cc: Dan Armak , Gentoo-Dev In-Reply-To: <20030517134847.GA22348@orange-pc.ces.clemson.edu> References: <200305170143.28145.danarmak@gentoo.org> <1053127124.11920.16.camel@nosferatu.lan> <200305171048.50798.danarmak@gentoo.org> <20030517134847.GA22348@orange-pc.ces.clemson.edu> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-IUVFrjHw594nAUd4owAa" Organization: Message-Id: <1053190234.11920.52.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4- Date: 17 May 2003 18:50:35 +0200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New local use flag for arts: artswrappersuid X-Archives-Salt: ac3411e5-2b2d-41d2-9dc4-a86241ebe0c3 X-Archives-Hash: 5cfb8cec96d07570beb91a5160d28412 --=-IUVFrjHw594nAUd4owAa Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2003-05-17 at 15:48, Grant Goodyear wrote: > > > > I'm adding a new local use flag for kde-base/arts: artswrappersuid.= It > > > > sets artswrapper suid root, which allows artsd (kde's sound server)= to > > > > run with realtime priority and avoid skips and clicks, but it's a > > > > security hazard, so it's off by default. >=20 > If we're going to go the USE flag route, how about a generic "suid"=20 > flag, then, instead of a local USE flag. I know this issue either > can or does occur for more than one package. Does make sense, as adding support for one package will bring request for the others we do not suid by default. --=20 Martin Schlemmer Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer Cape Town, South Africa --=-IUVFrjHw594nAUd4owAa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA+xmhXqburzKaJYLYRAs9EAJ4qSZrGzVAy2ljXdMYah6mmqpi72wCgjkhE pojzK8RCN0jtfU3VPoLK1DI= =uhk+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-IUVFrjHw594nAUd4owAa--