Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:10:18 +0100 From: Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org>, Florent Thoumie <flz@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_delete and +DEINSTALL Message-ID: <CADLo838AUgF-AXv06-cEROCDh-KNf93MSh-CQK3ffq7nMfiy8g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4FD4EDA7.40703@FreeBSD.org> References: <4FD4EDA7.40703@FreeBSD.org>
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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! Chris
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