Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:30:09 -0500 From: Ken Stailey <kstailey@surfbest.net> To: Alan E <alane@geeksrus.net> Cc: klh@panix.com, FreeBSD ports list <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: klh10 and its port submissions Message-ID: <3C726171.8050603@surfbest.net> References: <3C6FC9EF.9040900@surfbest.net> <3C703170.5040502@surfbest.net> <200202180001.g1I01Og20036@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
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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'. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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