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From: Grant Goodyear <g2boojum@gentoo.org>
To: Dan Armak <danarmak@gentoo.org>
Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New local use flag for arts: artswrappersuid
Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 09:48:47 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030517134847.GA22348@orange-pc.ces.clemson.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200305171048.50798.danarmak@gentoo.org>

> > > 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.

If we're going to go the USE flag route, how about a generic "suid" 
flag, then, instead of a local USE flag.  I know this issue either
can or does occur for more than one package.

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  reply	other threads:[~2003-05-17 13:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-05-16 22:43 [gentoo-dev] New local use flag for arts: artswrappersuid Dan Armak
2003-05-16 23:18 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-05-17  7:48   ` Dan Armak
2003-05-17 13:48     ` Grant Goodyear [this message]
2003-05-17 16:50       ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-05-17 18:49         ` Dan Armak
2003-05-17 19:47           ` torbenh
2003-05-20  9:27       ` Václav Hůla

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