Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 07:46:05 -0600 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> To: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/audio/arts Makefile Message-ID: <20040302134605.GA678@lum.celabo.org> In-Reply-To: <200403020912.29657.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> References: <200402072116.i17LGmkA007339@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040301212624.GF8957@lum.celabo.org> <200403020912.29657.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
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On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 09:12:25AM +0100, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > On Monday 01 March 2004 22:26, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 01:16:48PM -0800, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > > lofi 2004/02/07 13:16:48 PST > > > > > > FreeBSD ports repository > > > > > > Modified files: > > > audio/arts Makefile > > > Log: > > > Make artswrapper suid. This will enable running artsd with realtime > > > priority. Bump PORTREVISION. > > > > Hi Michael! > > > > Could you make this an option, and default off please? > > > > Otherwise, please explain why the benefits outweight the risks of > > another set-user-ID root binary? > > The benefit of a setuid artswrapper is basically that you will get decent > audio playback even when your machine does more than light i/o (for example > untaring a distfile while building a port). > > I won't revert this to the previous off by default because almost all users of > KDE have "run with highest possible priority" set in the soundsystem options > and "Why is music still skipping while I build a port?" is a FAQ. I understand the FAQ. It is a KDE FAQ, not a FreeBSD FAQ. It ought to stay a FAQ--- users should make a concious decision to turn this on. The default installation-from-source does not install the set-user-ID bit... but the FreeBSD port (now) does. Please make this an option and default to off. Display a message to the user if you want to reduce the frequency of this particular FAQ. :-) Cheers, -- Jacques Vidrine / nectar@celabo.org / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@freebsd.org
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