On 16/04/14 20:00, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 16.04.2014 11:52, schrieb Allan McRae: >> On 16/04/14 17:25, Daniel Micay wrote: >>> On 16/04/14 03:15 AM, Daniel Micay wrote: >>>> Pacman hooks would >>>> be a nicer solution than editing all the install scripts, but we don't >>>> have those :). >>> >>> It also wouldn't be nearly as bad if packages could store extended >>> attributes, since the ugly install scripts could be avoided and paxctl >>> would only be a make dependency. Packages like iputils already run into >>> this issue due to using capabilities as a replacement for setuid. >>> >> >> Just submitted a patch to pacman that will allow setting capabilites in >> the package() function. > > Since we want PAX support to remain optional, we'd still need hooks so > that after each upgrade, a script can adjust the flags appropriately.
Sure... I really don't care about PAX (and think it should just be packaged in a separate repo...). I just wanted pacman to support setting capabilities during packaging. A
