On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 08:00:18AM +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:48:37 +0100 Harald van Dijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > | On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 07:15:53AM +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > | > On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:55:00 +0100 Harald van Dijk > | > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > | When does upstream get to install arbitrary content on my > | > | computer? Upstream's build system gets to write stuff to $D, but > | > | not to $ROOT (malice aside). The move to $ROOT, and anything > | > | after that, is the ebuild writer's and the package manager's > | > | responsibility. > | > > | > Well that's the point. We're talking malice here, > | > | You're talking malice here. I don't think everyone else is. > > Why else would a user want to refuse ebuilds that set userpriv?
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