Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 21:21:39 +0200 From: Dirk Engling <erdgeist@erdgeist.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: change ports default work directory prefix Message-ID: <560ED943.4060106@erdgeist.org>
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Today in EuroBSDCon's jail working group we discussed changing the default for WRKDIRPREFIX to /usr/obj/ports. This has the advantage of being able to share the ports tree between host system and jails. Another plus is that cleaning all work directories is much faster than a recursive make clean. With the current default, exposing the ports tree to jails potentially leaks information about installed programs, configured options or host specific generated secrets (thinking of LocalSettings.php). On the down side, developers can't by default just copy the port, hack away and be sure to only modify files in their respective home directories. bapt@ asked me to discuss this here, also looking for potential other pitfalls I have not thought about. Regards, erdgeist
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