kwk...@hkbn.net wrote: > On Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:03:40 +0200 > Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It's not in the profile, the xorg-server ebuild sets USE="suid" on by >> default. >> >> Most likely is that Walter has USE="-suid" in his make.conf and sets >> it back on for things he's checked out personally. Meaning that in >> this case one slipped through. > > I suspect it is a USE="-* (blah)" rather than an explicit USE="-suid" > in the make.conf file. > > One question though --- should the xorg-server ebuild be such that > IUSE="(blah) +suid" when using a hardened-profile? Also, checking > my PORTDIR, given the global description in use.desc (suid - Enable > setuid root program, with potential security risks), shouldn't the suid > use flag entries (net-analyzer/nagios-plugins:suid and > net-wireless/kismet:suid) be deleted from use.local.desc? > > Kerwin.
I think you are right. I seem to recall that Walter is one of few that does USE="-* blah" in make.conf. Seems he may have asked for this one. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
