Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:25:38 -0500 From: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net> To: Ken Stailey <kstailey@surfbest.net> Cc: klh@panix.com, FreeBSD ports list <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: klh10 and its port submissions Message-ID: <20020219152538.GB17665@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> In-Reply-To: <3C726171.8050603@surfbest.net> References: <3C6FC9EF.9040900@surfbest.net> <3C703170.5040502@surfbest.net> <200202180001.g1I01Og20036@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <3C726171.8050603@surfbest.net>
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On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 09:30:09AM -0500, Ken Stailey wrote: >Alan E wrote: > >>On Sunday 17 February 2002 17:40, Ken Stailey wrote: >> >>>Ports have to do "pkg_delete" and "make uninstall." How can cleanup be >>>done if the installation allows aribtrary files to be created after >>>"make install"? We really need to spend time thinking about all the >>>aspects. >>> >> >>It uninstalls what it installs. It's not responsible for uninstalling >>something that a *user* installed later. See graphics/mplayer's >>"install*user" >>script for a example of this in principle. >> > >Still does not deal with the administrative nightmare of unprivledged >users installing an ITS on an arbitrary IP address which they cannot >firewall. The dpimp setuid could be restricted to group 'network'. > Suggest group "wheel" instead. IE you must be able to su to root (at least in principle) in order to run it. -- Alan Eldridge "Dave's not here, man." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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