From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Feb 19 7:28:31 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from wwweasel.geeksrus.net (wwweasel.geeksrus.net [64.8.210.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC35637B425 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 07:27:21 -0800 (PST) Received: (from alane@localhost) by wwweasel.geeksrus.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1JFPcu17848; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:25:38 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from alane) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:25:38 -0500 From: Alan Eldridge To: Ken Stailey Cc: klh@panix.com, FreeBSD ports list Subject: Re: klh10 and its port submissions Message-ID: <20020219152538.GB17665@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> References: <3C6FC9EF.9040900@surfbest.net> <3C703170.5040502@surfbest.net> <200202180001.g1I01Og20036@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <3C726171.8050603@surfbest.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3C726171.8050603@surfbest.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i X-message-flag: Magic 8-Ball says "Outlook not so good." I'll ask it about Exchange next. Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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