Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:01:54 +0100 From: Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org> To: Florent Thoumie <flz@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pkg_delete and +DEINSTALL Message-ID: <CADLo838ns%2BYyj-fPQ%2BVpEXDKuHff%2BN%2B80aEMK5vL4sSjX-fbKQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKGb7gxWYGbHE1yh1TemDC6eqfTeooVoniUm=B-gmbGM1SDLMQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <4FD4EDA7.40703@FreeBSD.org> <CADLo838AUgF-AXv06-cEROCDh-KNf93MSh-CQK3ffq7nMfiy8g@mail.gmail.com> <CAKGb7gxWYGbHE1yh1TemDC6eqfTeooVoniUm=B-gmbGM1SDLMQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10 June 2012 20:46, Florent Thoumie <flz@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> wrote: >> On 10 June 2012 19:55, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> >>> While pkgng is growing momentum I have a small suggestion for outgoing pkg_* tools. >>> It seems that pkg_delete performs something like exec(+DEINSTALL, ...). >>> I think that it would be better to do exec(/bin/sh, +DEINSTALL, ...). >>> Rationale: >>> - no need to set x bit on +DEINSTALL >>> - no need to allow exec on /var/db filesystem >>> The problem is discovered by actually using noexec mount option. >> >> I don't think this is a bad idea, so I've copied in flz, the de-facto >> pkg_install maintainer.... >> >> .... but don't forget that pkg_install is very close to death! > > Aye. I've just handed my src commit bit for safekeeping but if you're > willing to put in the work, the plan sounds good assuming all scripts > have been rewritten in shell (for those that weren't already). Good point-- I think I nuked the last remaining csh ones, but there might be a few... Be sure to grep the ports tree first! Chris
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