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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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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