From: Kent Fredric <kentnl@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 3/3] dev-vcs/hub: migrate to go-module.eclass
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 19:54:55 +1200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190916195455.13eb6fad@katipo2.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2b8d7f00-fdf9-e879-5035-cc00b9c2b551@gentoo.org>
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On Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:44:55 -0400
Michael Orlitzky <mjo@gentoo.org> wrote:
> They silently get something less than
> they're expecting. We would be better off telling people to run "go
> whatever" themselves, or by putting this stuff in an overlay where
> expectations are clearly defined.
That suggestion actually decreases security.
Especially if the package in question is intended to be run as root.
At least with using portage, you can side-step the nonsense of "and
here's how you install this in /usr/bin .... curl url | sudo bash - "
And additionally, we get a sandbox and all the features of file
ownership tracking.
And if there is a complaint about the package misbehaving, a bug can be
filed in a common location, and a gentoo dev can actually fix the
problem, even if upstream have moved on to greener pastures. ( This is
the sad state of a lot of older perl stuff these days, they simply
don't work vanilla any more, and gentoo are putting the patches in to
keep it working )
So in summary, Portage does a lot more for the end user than "ensure
dynamic linking works".
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Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-09-11 17:21 [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 0/3] add eclass to handle go modules William Hubbs
2019-09-11 17:21 ` [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 1/3] go-module.eclass: introduce new " William Hubbs
2019-09-11 17:38 ` Michał Górny
2019-09-11 18:22 ` William Hubbs
2019-09-11 18:31 ` Michał Górny
2019-09-11 19:40 ` William Hubbs
2019-09-11 19:47 ` Michał Górny
2019-09-11 23:11 ` William Hubbs
2019-09-12 5:39 ` Michał Górny
2019-09-12 16:39 ` William Hubbs
2019-09-12 17:03 ` Michał Górny
2019-09-12 20:16 ` Kent Fredric
2019-09-12 21:10 ` Michał Górny
2019-09-11 23:31 ` Alec Warner
2019-09-12 0:05 ` William Hubbs
2019-09-12 0:28 ` Alec Warner
2019-09-12 15:36 ` William Hubbs
2019-09-12 20:20 ` Kent Fredric
2019-09-12 20:38 ` Alec Warner
2019-09-12 21:12 ` Michał Górny
2019-09-12 22:01 ` Alec Warner
2019-09-13 9:13 ` Kent Fredric
2019-09-11 17:21 ` [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 2/3] app-misc/spire: migrate to go-module.eclass William Hubbs
2019-09-11 17:21 ` [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 3/3] dev-vcs/hub: " William Hubbs
2019-09-11 17:39 ` Michael Orlitzky
2019-09-11 17:47 ` William Hubbs
2019-09-11 17:48 ` Michael Orlitzky
2019-09-11 19:15 ` Kent Fredric
2019-09-11 19:26 ` William Hubbs
2019-09-11 23:34 ` Alec Warner
2019-09-11 23:48 ` William Hubbs
2019-09-12 0:05 ` Alec Warner
2019-09-12 15:46 ` William Hubbs
2019-09-12 16:14 ` Michael Orlitzky
2019-09-12 16:42 ` Alec Warner
2019-09-12 16:52 ` Michael Orlitzky
2019-09-12 16:55 ` Mike Gilbert
2019-09-12 17:05 ` Michael Orlitzky
2019-09-12 17:43 ` Mike Gilbert
2019-09-12 21:11 ` Michael Orlitzky
2019-09-12 21:23 ` Mike Gilbert
2019-09-13 0:14 ` Michael Orlitzky
2019-09-13 1:56 ` Alec Warner
2019-09-13 2:16 ` Alec Warner
2019-09-13 3:13 ` Mike Gilbert
2019-09-13 12:11 ` Michael Orlitzky
2019-09-12 17:45 ` Alec Warner
2019-09-12 21:58 ` Michael Orlitzky
2019-09-13 9:19 ` Kent Fredric
2019-09-13 12:29 ` Michael Orlitzky
2019-09-13 20:17 ` Patrick McLean
2019-09-13 23:44 ` Michael Orlitzky
2019-09-14 0:22 ` Patrick McLean
2019-09-14 17:06 ` Alec Warner
2019-09-14 22:37 ` Michael Orlitzky
2019-09-16 7:54 ` Kent Fredric [this message]
2019-09-14 6:52 ` Ulrich Mueller
2019-09-13 16:50 ` Michael Orlitzky
2019-09-13 20:52 ` Patrick McLean
2019-09-16 8:11 ` Kent Fredric
2019-09-12 20:10 ` Kent Fredric
2019-09-12 17:31 ` Michał Górny
2019-09-12 16:46 ` Alec Warner
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